Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The farthest point on a railroad to which rails have been laid.
- noun A place on a railroad where military supplies are unloaded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A point on a
railway system wheregoods are loaded, unloaded or transferred to othertransport . - noun US The furthest point on a
railroad under construction to whichrails have been laid. - noun military An
area ofhostile territory at the end of a rail line that, whencaptured , serves for the continuous movement into position of furthertroops andmaterial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
- noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
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Examples
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And some of the ton-miles on truck are complementary … short hauling of the container to the origin railhead and from the destination railhead.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.
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