Rail

Rail or rails may refer to:

Rail transport

• A generic term for railroads, railways, rail transport, and related matters
• Track (rail transport), or railway lines, the running surface of a railway
• Rail profile, the cross sectional shape of a railway rail
• Third rail (or conductor rail), a method of providing electric power to a railway train

Science, technology, biology, and medicine

• Picatinny rail, a bracket used on some firearms in order to provide a standardized mounting platform for telescopic sights and other accessories
• Rails or Rallidae, a family of birds which includes crakes, coots, and gallinules
• Structural
  • Guard rail, for protective separation of persons (including those in vehicles) from dangerous places or situations
  • Hand rail, for physical support, such as on stairways and steps
  • Theatre rail, see batten (theater), from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or curtains may be hung
  • Curtain rail, see curtain, from which curtains are hung
  • Door rails, see frame and panel, a horizontal outside member on a door or in a frame and panel construction
• Electrical engineering
  • Power supply rail or voltage rail, a single voltage provided by a power supply unit
• Computer Science
  • Ruby on Rails, often simply Rails, is an open source web application framework which runs via the Ruby programming language

Other uses

• The Rails, a British folk-rock band
• Rails (film), a 1929 Italian film directed by Mario Camerini
• Rail (1967 short film), made by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films
• Rail drink, alcoholic beverage served using lower-cost liquors

See also

• RAIL (disambiguation)
• Railway (disambiguation)
• Railways (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Rail"
• All pages with titles containing railway "OR" railways