Rail facts for kids

Rail or rails could mean:

• A guard rail for safety or support
• Handrail on a stairway
• Rallidae, the group of birds called rails
• Rail tracks
• The hot rolled steel profiles used on rail tracks or Tramway tracks
  • Railway rail
  • Vignoles rail
  • Flanged T rail
  • Grooved rail
  • Barlow rail
• A third rail can also refer to a rail configuration allowing dual gauge railway.
• Rail transport
• Rail, an American band
• Rail (theater), rail in theatrical lighting
• Power supply rail, a voltage rail. A single voltage provided by a power supply unit.
• R4!L or Rail: English/American disc jockey and producer
• A third rail used to provide electricity to a trains locomotive.