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check rails

check rails is the plural of check rail.

Meaning of check rail

Noun

check rail (plural check rails)

  1. A rail laid parallel to a running rail to guide wheels through points, rail crossings, and round curves, to reduce wear and the risk of derailments such as those due to flange climb.
    • I think it of great importance that the whole of this portion of the Brecon and Mertyr Railway, which originally was an old mineral line (the old Rumney), should be carefully examined by the Company's engineer, to ascertain if there are any other curves of 10 or 12 chains radius or less on the...1869, Colonel W. Yolland, “Brecon and Merythr Railway”, in Accounts and Papers volume 21 Railways; Turnpikes; Highways; Harbours, &c., Session 10 December 1868 — 11 August 1869, Volume LIV., House of...
    Synonyms:
    guard rail

Questions about check rails

What is check rails the plural of?
Check rails is the plural of check rail.

Words near check rails in the dictionary

  1. check out
  2. check over
  3. check plus
  4. check pluses
  5. check rail
  6. check rails
  7. Check Republic
  8. check ride
  9. check rides
  10. check scale
  11. check scales

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