railˈhead noun

1. The furthest point reached by a railway under construction
2. A railway terminal

railˈman or railˈwoman noun

A railway employee

railˈ-motor noun

A self-propelled railway carriage

railˈroad noun (chiefly N American)

A railway

transitive verb (informal)

1. To force or push forward unduly (a person into a particular course of action, a bill through parliament, etc) (orig US)
2. To get rid of, esp by sending to prison on a false charge

railroad car noun (US)

A railway carriage or a railway van or truck

railˈroader noun (US)

A railway worker or official

railˈ-splitter noun (US)

A person who splits logs for fence-rails

railˈway noun

1. A track laid with rails for wheels to run on, esp for locomotives with passengers and goods wagons
2. A system of such tracks together with their equipment and organization
3. The company owning such a system

Of or relating to a railway

railway carriage noun

A railway vehicle for passengers

railway crossing noun

An intersection of railway lines or of road and railway, esp without a bridge

railˈwayman noun

A railway employee

railˈway-stitch noun

A name for various quickly worked stitches

off the rails

1. Mad, deranged
2. Morally degenerate
3. Not functioning
4. Disorganized

thin as a rail

(of a person) extremely thin