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Rail transport

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Rail transport Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...
and related matters * Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway


Arts and media


Film

* ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films *'' Mirattu'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub


Magazines

* ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical


Other arts

* The Rails, a British folk-rock band * Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung


Technology

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Rails framework Ruby on Rails (simplified as Rails) is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby under the MIT License. Rails is a model–view–controller (MVC) framework, providing default structures for a database, a web service, and web ...
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Rail system (firearms) Rail systems on firearms are straight mounting brackets (usually made of strips of metal or polymer) on the gun's receiver, handguard or fore-end stock to allow sliding/variable-position attachment of Iron sights, Scopes , Holographic Sig ...
, a mounting system for firearm attachments *
Front engine dragster The front-engine dragster is a type of racing car purposely built for drag racing. Commonly known as a "rail", "digger", or "slingshot", it is now considered obsolete, and is used only in nostalgia drag racing. Wheelbases ranged from . Histor ...
*Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system *Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for printed circuit boards; companion to the Input/output Buffer Information Specification


Other uses

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Rail (bird) The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, althou ...
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Rail (name) Rail is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Rail Malikov (born 1985), Azerbaijani football defender * Rail Rozakov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey defenceman * Rail Zaripov (born 1995), Russian football play ...
* Rail, Missouri, a ghost town in the United States *
Rail drink A well drink or rail drink is an alcoholic beverage served using the lower-cost liquors stored within easy reach of the bartender in the counter "speed rail", "speed rack", or "well". In any given establishment, the rail/well liquors available ma ...
, an alcoholic beverage ordered with house liquors * Rural Appalachian Improvement League, an American non-profit organisation *Rail, a line of
cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly used recreationally for its euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from the leaves of two Coca species native to South Ameri ...


See also

*Curtain rail, a rail from which
curtain A curtain is a piece of cloth Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fa ...
s are hung *Door rails, a horizontal outside member on a door or in a frame and panel construction * Guard rail, for protective separation *
Hand rail A handrail is a rail that is designed to be grasped by the hand so as to provide safety or support. In Britain, handrails are referred to as banisters. Handrails are usually used to provide support for body or to hold clothings in a bathroom or ...
, for physical support, such as on stairways and steps *
Picatinny rail The Picatinny rail ( or ), or Pic rail for short, also known as a MIL-STD-1913 rail, 1913 rail or STANAG 2324 rail (cancelled), is a military standard rail interface system that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories. It was ...
, a bracket used on some firearms as a mounting platform *
Power supply rail A power supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a computer. Modern personal computers universally use switched-mode power supplies. Some power supplies have a manual switch for selec ...
or voltage rail, a single voltage provided by a power supply unit * Rail profile, the cross sectional shape of a railway rail *
Railing (disambiguation) Railing or railings may refer to: * Railings (horse), a racehorse * Guard rail, a structure blocking an area from access ** Cable railings, a type of guard rail * Handrail, a structure designed to provide support on or near a staircase * Grab bar ...
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Railway (disambiguation) A railway is a means of transport. Railway, Railways or The Railway may also refer to: Arts * '' The Railway'', an 1873 painting by Édouard Manet, also known as ''Gare Saint-Lazare'' * ''The Railway'' (novel), a 2006 novel by Hamid Ismailov * ...
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Railways (disambiguation) A railway is a means of transport. Railway, Railways or The Railway may also refer to: Arts * '' The Railway'', an 1873 painting by Édouard Manet, also known as ''Gare Saint-Lazare'' * ''The Railway'' (novel), a 2006 novel by Hamid Ismailov * ...
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Rayl (disambiguation) Rayl is a unit of acoustic impedance. Rayl may also refer to: * Rayl, California, ghost town, United States * Jimmy Rayl (1941–2019), American basketball player See also * Rail (disambiguation) * Rale (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, su ...
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Riding a rail Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more beare ...
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Third rail A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway ...
, a method of providing electric power to a railway train * * * {{Disambiguation