Meaning of running rail | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the two rails of a railway track with which the wheels of a train make contact.
   plural-normally
2. A fence which marks the inside edge of a racecourse track.

Examples

“In order to reduce noise to a minimum, the running rails have been welded into 315 ft. lengths.”

“The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.”

“When AC traction was being introduced this was recognised as a threat to track circuits. Harmonics of the switching frequency would appear in the traction return currents in the running rails and, potentially, this would cause wrong-side track circuit failures.”

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