Rail or rails may refer to:
Rail transport
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Rail transport and related matters
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Rail (rail transport)
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, ...
or railway lines, the running surface of a railway
Arts and media
Film
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''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini
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''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films
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Mirattu
''Thodari'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film co produced, written and directed by Prabhu Solomon. It stars Dhanush and Keerthy Suresh, with D. Imman composing the film's music. Set on an express train, ''Thodari'' follows a ...
'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub
Magazines
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''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical
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''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical
Other arts
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The Rails
The Rails is a folk rock band from London, England, composed of husband and wife James Walbourne and Kami Thompson. Thompson and Walbourne first met during the recording sessions for ''Versatile Heart'' by Thompson's mother Linda Thompson in 2 ...
, a British folk-rock band
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Rail (theater)
In theaters, a batten (also known as a ''bar'' or ''pipe'') is a long metal pipe suspended above the stage or audience from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, and theater drapes and stage curtains may be hung. Battens that are located ...
or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung
Technology
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Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework
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Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments
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Front engine dragster
*Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an
approach lighting system
An approach lighting system (ALS) is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end. ALS usually ...
*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, althoug ...
, a family of birds
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Rail (name) Rail is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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* Rail Malikov (born 1985), Azerbaijani football defender
* Rail Rozakov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey defenceman
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Rail, Missouri
Rail is an extinct town in east central Wright County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physi ...
, a ghost town in the United States
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Rail drink, an alcoholic beverage ordered with house liquors
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*Rail, a line of
cocaine
See also
*Curtain rail, a rail from which
curtains are hung
*Door rails, a horizontal outside member on a door or in a
frame and panel
Frame and panel construction, also called rail and stile, is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel ...
construction
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Guard rail
Guard rail, guardrails, or protective guarding, in general, are a boundary feature and may be a means to prevent or deter access to dangerous or off-limits areas while allowing light and visibility in a greater way than a fence. Common shapes ...
, for protective separation
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Hand rail, for physical support, such as on stairways and steps
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Picatinny rail, a bracket used on some firearms as a mounting platform
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Power supply rail or voltage rail, a single voltage provided by a power supply unit
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Rail profile, the cross sectional shape of a railway rail
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Railing (disambiguation)
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Railway (disambiguation)
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Railways (disambiguation)
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Rayl (disambiguation)
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Riding a rail or being run out of town on a rail
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Third rail, a method of providing electric power to a railway train
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