railhead

[ reyl-hed ]

/ ˈreɪlˌhɛd /

the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.

the upper part of a rail, used for supporting and guiding the wheels of railroad cars.

a railroad depot at which supplies are unloaded to be distributed or forwarded by truck or other means.

Origin of railhead

First recorded in 1895–1900; rail¹ + head

He said that before we reached the railhead we would probably hear the sound of the guns.

On the King's Service |Innes Logan
Valladolid—railhead, frontier-town—is the back of beyond in Yucatan.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold
This arid outpost of Empire was linked to civilisation by a camel trail to Railhead.

With Manchesters in the East |Gerald B. Hurst
I have now selected two campaigns, those for railhead and for Tekrit, and made a straightforward narrative.

The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad |Edward John Thompson

It was impossible at this time to supply more than a limited number of troops far forward of railhead.

With the British Army in The Holy Land |Henry Osmond Lock

railhead

/ (ˈreɪlˌhɛd) /

a terminal of a railway

the farthest point reached by completed track on an unfinished railway

military the point at which material and personnel are transferred from rail to another conveyance

the upper part of a railway rail, on which the traffic wheels run