: a point on a railroad at which traffic may originate or terminate
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What to Know On January 6, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that state authorities were ready to start laying track on the state's high-speed rail project, starting with the railhead project in Kern County.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
His announcement came on the same day that Governor Newsom said 2025 would see track being laid on the project, with a railhead in Kern County becoming the first area to begin construction on rails.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Seaports and railheads can ensure high levels of connectivity.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But Ukraine’s airfields, training bases, weapons factories and railheads more or less were safe.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 May 2023
Between 1860 and 1890, drovers herded more than four million cattle up the Chisolm Trail to railheads in Kansas so the cattle could be shipped up north.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
Hull acquired the property from his uncle Wes Miller, who had operated a mill on the site since World War I. Located on 28 acres on the east slope of the Coast Range at the end of Dawson Road off Oregon 99W, the property was once a Southern Pacific railhead known as Dawson Station.
—Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022
Many of them have a similar image where they’re encircled by the wagons that are bringing them to the railhead and being guarded.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The maximum workable distance from a railhead is considered to be 90 to 120 miles.
—Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
His announcement came on the same day that Governor Newsom said 2025 would see track being laid on the project, with a railhead in Kern County becoming the first area to begin construction on rails.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Seaports and railheads can ensure high levels of connectivity.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
But Ukraine’s airfields, training bases, weapons factories and railheads more or less were safe.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 May 2023
Between 1860 and 1890, drovers herded more than four million cattle up the Chisolm Trail to railheads in Kansas so the cattle could be shipped up north.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
Hull acquired the property from his uncle Wes Miller, who had operated a mill on the site since World War I. Located on 28 acres on the east slope of the Coast Range at the end of Dawson Road off Oregon 99W, the property was once a Southern Pacific railhead known as Dawson Station.
—Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022
Many of them have a similar image where they’re encircled by the wagons that are bringing them to the railhead and being guarded.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The maximum workable distance from a railhead is considered to be 90 to 120 miles.
—Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
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“Railhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railhead. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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