Is it a railroad or railway track?

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often perway in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), ...



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Rail systems throughout the world use GPS to track the movement of locomotives, rail cars, maintenance vehicles, and wayside equipment in real time.

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Generally, the types of railway track gauges can be divided into the standard gauge, the narrow gauge, and the broad gauge. The most common gauge is standard gauge 1435mm (4 feet 8 1/2 inches). Gauges narrower than 1435mm are called narrow gauge while wider than 1435mm are called broad gauge.

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/'re?lr??d/ (North American English) (British English railway) (British English also railway line) a track with rails on which trains run.

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: a permanent road having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid on a roadbed and providing a track for cars or equipment drawn by locomotives or propelled by self-contained motors. also : such a road and its assets constituting a single property. railroad. 2 of 2.

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