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Definition of Railheads
1. railhead [n] - See also: railhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railheads
Literary usage of Railheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"While nothing occurred probably because you are running with proper reserves in
absolutely necessary supplies at the railheads, I am wondering whether you ..."
2. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"Your telegram brought up the question of forage at railheads and I have sent
Major Halsey, of the QM Department, to inspect railheads and see that the ..."
3. Occasional Papers by U.S. Army Engineer School (1919)
"In the first army zone the engineers had kept well apace with the advance; the
railheads were within favorable distance of the front lines (about ..."
4. Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars by Mark (1995)
"Ordinarily, the ports and railheads would have been no farther from the divisional
depots than one or two days' travel. The service-ready transport (2226 ..."
5. The Times History of the War: The Battlefield of Europe (1914)
"The second phase—which is hardly distinguishable from the first—is the protection
of the central railheads against the immediate and direct onset of the ..."
6. The Three Hundred and First Engineers: A History, 1917-1919 by 301st Engineer Regiment, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Army, United States (1920)
"New railheads for the march of occupation had been hastily established, ...
These railheads moved forward with the march, and it was the Supply Officer's ..."
7. Joint Report with Comprehensive Plan and Recommendations by William Russell Willcox (1920)
"It is to be served when built both by rail direct and by a float-bridge station
about midway of its length, connecting it immediately with all the railheads ..."
8. Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men by William Howard Taft (1922)
"The business of these stations was to collect stores from the various depots and
get them out daily to the railheads where the divisional transport men came ..."
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