DCHP-3

railhead

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an.

the farthest point to which track has been laid on a railway line.

See: head of steel(def. 1)

Quotations

1909
There had been great excitement over the capture and the subsequent escape of a prairie-rover, who had robbed the contractor's money-chest at the rail-head on the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
1939
The railhead by this time had been hammered through the mountains, past Solomon's Flats, across Yellowhead Pass, along the north shore of Yellowhead Lake, and down into the dim Canyon country of the Fraser.
1bn.

the terminus of a railway line.

See: end of steel(def. 1a)

Quotations

1916
If any man in America knew the rail-head value of such commodities it was this man Shaughnessy. . . .
1921
. . . it was eight degrees below zero the second night after we reached railhead at Peace River Landing.
1964
It will eliminate the circuitous and time-consuming haul to Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie via the railhead at Waterways. . . .
2n.

a major railway terminus; a distribution centre for railway traffic, freight, etc.

Quotations

1950
Moncton is many things--a railhead, an industrial center, a factory town--but it is no resort for tourists.
1958
Civic officials have said it would be impractical to raze sections of the main railhead building, which is nearly two blocks long.
1963
The 110-mile route takes the train from its railhead. . . .