Definition of "rail-head" []

• The upper portion of a rail; that part of a rail with which the wheels of the vehicles of a railway come in contact in passing. (noun)
• The terminus of railway transportation; the farthest point to which transportation by rail is open. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But if they dress in Waffen-SS uniforms or wax eloquent on how they enjoy seeing the little swastica-marked rail-head markers (denoting the extent of german-gauge rail) move further and further into the Soviet Union in Fire in the East, then I for one, become quite suspicious."
• "But if they dress in Waffen-SS uniforms or wax eloquent on how they enjoy seeing the little swastica-marked rail-head markers denoting the extent of german-gauge rail move further and further into the Soviet Union in Fire in the East, then I for one, become quite suspicious."
• "Tebuk, and finally to Maan, where a fresh rail-head and entrenched position would be constituted."