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Noun: railhead  'reyl,hed
  1. A railway depot in a theatre of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
     
  2. The end of the completed track on an unfinished railway

Derived forms: railheads

Type of: depot, end, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse, terminal

Encyclopedia: Railhead

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