Rail

One of the two steel or metal bars the wheels run on. Two rails on sleepers together form the track.

Dutch

spoorstaaf

German

Schiene

Articles using this term

• Märklin C Track curved turnouts: a passing loop in the curve
• Cork and sound deadening under your track
• Laying track: from plan to baseboard
• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• Software to draw a model railway layout: overview
• DCC and Märklin Motorola: digital protocols
• The starter set oval does not fit on your table
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• How much space do you need for a Fleischmann piccolo layout?
• TRAX2 has closed: how to carry on with your layout
• Analogue or digital control?
• The right height for your model railway
• Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
• The helix: gaining height in little space
• How much space do you need for a Minitrix layout?
• Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
• Benchwork: open frame or solid baseboard?
• The double slip: when you need one
• Gradients: how steep can a model train climb?
• Minitrix or Fleischmann piccolo: the differences side by side
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• Turnout won't throw
• How much space do you need for a Piko A-Gleis layout?
• Terminus or through station?
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Piko A-Gleis or Roco geoLine: the differences side by side
• Your layout will not close: a gap of a few millimetres
• Shunting puzzle: designing a small yard
• Hidden staging and fiddle yards: trains out of sight
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• Roco geoLine or Roco Line: the differences side by side
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• The Auto-designer: layouts from your own track
• H0, N, TT or Z: which scale fits your space?
• Give your old box of track a second life
• Eras I to VI: what do they mean?
• The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
• Track spacing: how far apart do two tracks lie?
• Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• How to make a track plan in seven steps
• An H0 layout on 180 x 90 cm: what fits?
• Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side

See also

• Rail profile
• Sleeper
• Track gauge