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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rail
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a curtain rail/pole/rod (=a long stick for hanging a curtain)
▪ Velvet can be heavy so choose a strong curtain pole.
a rail accident/a train accident
▪ It was the country's worst ever rail accident.
a rail commuter (=a commuter who travels by train)
▪ Rail commuters face severe delays because of engineering works.
a rail/coal/postal etc strike (=affecting the rail/coal etc industry)
▪ A rail strike would cause enormous public inconvenience.
a rail/railway tunnel
▪ the 15km long Gotthard railway tunnel
a road/rail/air crash
▪ There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.
an air/rail disaster (=an air or rail accident)
▪ The crash was the worst rail disaster in Pakistan’s history.
by air/sea/land/road/rail etc
▪ All supplies are transported by air.
picture rail
rail network
▪ a high-speed European rail network
rail passengers
▪ Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
rail trail
rail transport
▪ Freight delivery costs could be reduced substantially by using rail transport.
rail travel
▪ The measures were introduced to make rail travel safer.
the rail/road system (=all the roads or railways in a country)
▪ Traffic problems are made worse by the country’s inadequate road system.
towel rail
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
light
▪ This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system.
▪ Prescott said this could even include light rail or metro projects.
▪ Chiarelli sees light rail as an alternative to widening the busy Airport Parkway which parallels the route near South Keys.
▪ A LIGHT rail transit scheme could still go ahead in Cleveland, although the Government has axed funding for a similar project.
▪ Thus, the comparative analysis of achievable stopping patterns by bus, light rail and suburban rail is well done.
national
▪ Rules were relaxed to allow the first privately owned locomotives unlimited access to the national rail network.
▪ This envisages greater private-sector investment, including concessions to run parts of the national rail network.
▪ Incoming/outgoing trains linked with the national rail network at Haybridge Junction, Wellington.
■ NOUN
commuter
▪ Caltrain carries more bicyclists than any other commuter rail system in the United States, according to Caltrain officials.
▪ Amtrak holds the Caltrain contract to run the commuter rail service that runs between San Francisco and Gilroy.
▪ Caltrain contracts with Amtrak to operate the commuter rail line, which accommodates 26, 000 daily riders.
crash
▪ He was in the Lockington rail crash near Beverley, East Yorkshire in 1986.
curtain
▪ If you do not want to use a pelmet, curtain rails and poles can also provide great visual variety.
disaster
▪ He has been undamaged by floods, rail disasters, the dome or the loss of Peter Mandelson.
▪ Survivors of the Paddington rail disaster told the inquiry that inadequate emergency equipment hampered efforts to save lives.
fare
▪ That's eighty-five pounds less my rail fare.
▪ Present rail fare concessions will be retained.
▪ Finally here is one comparison of a rail fare and a car fare.
▪ We regret that we are unable to provide this rail fare facility for clients booking within one week of departure. 6.
▪ This type of package is sometimes offered in conjunction with cheap rail fares and bus vouchers.
▪ The passengers felt bad enough earlier when they were hit by a regional rail fare rise of more than five percent.
freight
▪ This is expected to lead to a halving of rail freight tariffs by 2005.
▪ The road lobby once again reigns supreme with rail freight raising prices to meet absurd Government targets.
▪ Fewer people have a car and half of Britain's rail freight is unloaded here.
guard
▪ He stood up and walked across the deck to stand by the chromium guard rail, looking down at her.
▪ When you drive in, the road narrows, the metal guard rail is replaced by a hand laid rock wall.
▪ There had been no guard rails and the men had had no experience or instructions to carry out the job.
▪ It also owns shipyards and structural steel plants that make highway guard rails.
▪ The guard rail twisted beneath her hands, and they fell backwards into empty space.
▪ A carbon-fibre brake disc shattered as he slowed from high speed, and his McLaren crashed into a guard rail.
journey
▪ For those who are not travelling by road, direct rail journeys are possible from most urban centres.
▪ Retiro Station offered Paul Theroux a comfortable sense of home-coming after a long rail journey through the continent.
▪ With branch lines axed, the only practical rail journeys begin or end in a city.
▪ The rail journey to Swindon involved no fewer than three changes, at Southampton, Basingstoke and Reading.
▪ The international network, at least for the Western imperial system, added a long ocean voyage between two rail journeys.
line
▪ There will also be concern that cuts in support for provincial services will threaten the viability of many rural rail lines.
▪ Ringed by mountains cut by two-lane winding roads, it has no rail lines or airports.
▪ However, many people in Thurrock fear that construction of the rail line will further blight the area.
▪ As the floodwaters moved north of Grand Forks, more roads and rail lines were submerged.
▪ The Exeter to Barnstaple rail line was under water at Yeoford.
▪ The contract for the rail line was originally to have been awarded late last year, but there have been repeated delays.
▪ Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.
lines
▪ There will also be concern that cuts in support for provincial services will threaten the viability of many rural rail lines.
▪ Ringed by mountains cut by two-lane winding roads, it has no rail lines or airports.
▪ As the floodwaters moved north of Grand Forks, more roads and rail lines were submerged.
▪ Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.
▪ He said the two rail lines would schedule another vote later.
link
▪ Altogether the new £28 million rail link is expected to carry over 1.5 million passengers a year.
▪ By train, it will take just 40 minutes on the direct rail link from Liverpool Street.
▪ Transport 2000 claims that reopening a rail link to Guisborough could save taxpayers millions and remove the need for a bypass.
▪ He also knows that there are plans for a high-speed rail link to run through Stratford.
links
▪ Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
▪ Damage to farmland was catastrophic and main rail links were severed.
▪ Fortunately it has retained road and rail links with Hull, Scarborough and the historic town of Beverley.
network
▪ Rules were relaxed to allow the first privately owned locomotives unlimited access to the national rail network.
▪ That accident led to speed restrictions and disruption throughout Britain's rail network during an emergency program of replacing cracked rails.
▪ The rail network can not soak up demand displaced from the roads.
▪ Immediate improvements in the rail network, allowing more movement of goods and passengers by rail and less environmental damage.
▪ Approval is being sought to install state-of-the-art electronic systems to control the busiest parts of the rail network outside London.
▪ I did not believe that there were large savings to be made simply from reducing the size of the rail network.
passenger
▪ The launch will bring a rare toast from millions of rail passengers hit by winter delays caused by leaves on the line.
▪ Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.
▪ Jan 16, 2001 Who should pay the penalty for the miseries suffered by rail passengers this winter?
▪ Elsewhere rail passengers either found other means of transport, or stayed at home.
picture
▪ Rail removal I want to take down some dado and picture rails.
▪ A shelf for decorative plates running at picture rail height will instantly bring an interior to life.
▪ Pick out any interesting mouldings, dado rails or picture rails in different colours to emphasize these features.
▪ A festive sprig or two round the picture rail?
▪ Other interesting features of this room are the brass pots and pans that hang from a brass picture rail.
privatisation
▪ John MacGregor's too grey, and he's terrified my voters over rail privatisation.
▪ The rail privatisation issue and the appalling loss of freight from the railway to road haulage is frightening in its implications.
▪ That could include non-educational matters, such as the effect of rail privatisation on reduced fares for young people.
▪ Today a gentle meander through the horrors of rail privatisation.
▪ The firm's crash will come as a blow to the Government's rail privatisation plans.
▪ On board were hundreds of campaigners heading for a national demonstration against the government's rail privatisation plans.
route
▪ The same company is also expected to operate the orbital light rail route which opens in August.
service
▪ Flooding disrupted rail services in three areas of Devon and Cornwall where flood warnings were issued on 33 rivers.
▪ The Tunnel is due to open in December 1993, but full rail services are unlikely to be operating before mid-1994.
▪ I recently travelled on the Kent rail service and visited my hon. Friend's constituency with him.
▪ A manual of advice on how best to forecast the demand for new rail services of various types will then be prepared.
▪ We are concerned to maintain and improve standards on all rail services, including those in the western region.
▪ Public transport is poor - with buses only adequate for local use - and there is no rail service.
▪ These involved road blocks, interrupting rail services and police controlling the route to the airport.
station
▪ Your local bus or rail station can supply booklets on places to visit, or country walks within reach of big cities.
▪ Le Bez is accessible from the Toulouse airport, 50 miles to the west, or the Castres rail station.
▪ All rail stations should be developed or moved to incorporate bus stations and car parks.
strike
▪ Read in studio Thousands of commuters once again decided to stay at home rather than try to beat the rail strike.
▪ Indeed Sears points to £6.3m worth of special factors, such as the rail strike, accounting for almost half the profits set-back.
system
▪ Caltrain carries more bicyclists than any other commuter rail system in the United States, according to Caltrain officials.
▪ Then the narrow gauge became the standard Voice over A rail system based on a horse's behind.
▪ Last year, 68 pedestrians were killed on the 6, 500-mile rail system that stretches throughout the state.
▪ They've built roads and bridges and rail systems.
▪ On the north Kent lines, the Government want to see a modern, first-class rail system in Network SouthEast.
▪ Privatisations gone wrong in rich countries have included the rail system in Britain, electricity in California and water in New Zealand.
▪ An important application could be in low-speed urban rail systems, which often have tight corners.
ticket
▪ Meeting the plane at Heathrow I carried just one rail ticket from London to Sheffield.
▪ The robber, who had a skinhead haircut, took £30 and a rail ticket.
▪ A one-way crossing in a car will cost $ 30, a single rail ticket just over $ 7.50.
▪ Boots' two-for-the-price-of-one rail ticket offer; and plans to extend cheap Apex fares to all routes.
▪ If I buy a rail ticket for two persons, I am issued separate tickets.
towel
▪ If you have a small bathroom, why not consider a radiator with a built-in towel rail?
▪ The alternative to this is a separate, electrically heated towel rail.
▪ Roll top baths, mixers, heated towel rails, soaps and towels.
▪ Kicking off his muddy wellingtons, he walked across to the towel rail on the far side of the old-fashioned kitchen.
▪ The few electrical fittings which are allowed in bathrooms, such as heated towel rails, will already have their own earth connections.
traffic
▪ Doubling rail traffic would cut carbon dioxide emissions by only about 3 percent.
▪ The problem there is that the railroad is so close to the interstate and the traffic lights are controlled by rail traffic.
▪ During a lull in the rail traffic, he opened the bag and had a good look at the object.
▪ Rifkind has commissioned the Department of Transport's Policy Unit to explore ways of encouraging rail traffic, including freight.
transport
▪ The use of buses is becoming even more important in relation to rail transport.
▪ This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport.
▪ Programme contracts were also to govern the implementation of the 1987 rail transport plan.
travel
▪ Yesterday's transport committee heard that a group is being set up to consider all aspects of rail travel in the North-East.
▪ But Michael Fallon, defending Darlington for the Tories said the concessionary rail travel would be safeguarded.
▪ ScotRail will provide our winners with free return rail travel to Glasgow and Ayr.
▪ Not that the beginnings of rail travel were auspicious.
▪ In any event, rail travel is becoming more like a dice game.
▪ Packages that include rail travel are available from Superbreak Mini-Holidays.
▪ If rail travel gets worse before it gets better, voters may dump them at the next general election.
tunnel
▪ Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
▪ The letter refers to King's Cross and the channel tunnel rail link.
▪ The decision on the channel tunnel rail link was environmentally sound.
▪ Projects such as the west coast main line and the Channel Tunnel rail link are expected to come in well over budget.
▪ The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns.
union
▪ And rail union leader Jimmy Knapp said privatisation would put up fares by 142 percent.
▪ The rail unions rejected Mr Parkinson's plans.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jump the rails
rail/road/telephone etc link
▪ Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
▪ However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.
▪ In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated.
▪ Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both.
▪ The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link.
▪ Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities.
▪ When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link.
▪ Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rail travel
▪ a towel rail
▪ Hold on to the rail as you walk up the stairs.
▪ Visitors can enter the city by rail or by boat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Albert Tarr was lying half on top of Mrs. Thomas between the rails.
▪ In other words, Mister Gleason in my estimation has lobbed this one over the rail.
▪ On the rails, Amtrak reported 60-minute delays on its Northeast Corridor line.
▪ The rails were bumpier than usual this evening.
▪ The best way to find out how they were attached is to chisel away a little plaster next to the rail.
▪ With the clamping blocks, join the leg frames with the other rails forming two half hexagons.
II.verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rail/road/telephone etc link
▪ Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
▪ However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.
▪ In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated.
▪ Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both.
▪ The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link.
▪ Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities.
▪ When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link.
▪ Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Besides which, it was my country that was polluting her, and he needed some one to rail against.
▪ The legislators, of course, know better than to rail against evolution.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rail

Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See Rattle, v.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallid[ae], especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.

Note: The common European water rail ( Rallus aquaticus) is called also bilcock, skitty coot, and brook runner. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ( Rallus longirostris, var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail ( Rallus elegans) (called also fresh-water marshhen); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ( Rallus Virginianus); and the Carolina, or sora, rail ( Porzana Carolina). See Sora.

Land rail (Zo["o]l.), the corncrake.

Rail

Rail \Rail\ (r[=a]l), n. [OE. reil, re[yogh]el, AS. hr[ae]gel, hr[ae]gl, a garment; akin to OHG. hregil, OFries. hreil.] An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
--Fairholt.

Rail

Rail \Rail\, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To flow forth; to roll out; to course. [Obs.]

Streams of tears from her fair eyes forth railing.
--Spenser.

Rail

Rail \Rail\, n. [Akin to LG. & Sw. regel bar, bolt, G. riegel a rail, bar, or bolt, OHG. rigil, rigel, bar, bolt, and possibly to E. row a line.]

  1. A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.

  2. (Arch.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.

  3. (Railroad) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc.

  4. (Naut.)

    1. The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.

    2. The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed.

  5. A railroad as a means of transportation; as, to go by rail; a place not accesible by rail.

  6. a railing. Rail fence. See under Fence. Rail guard.

    1. A device attached to the front of a locomotive on each side for clearing the rail of obstructions.

    2. A guard rail. See under Guard.

      Rail joint (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See Fish joint, under Fish.

      Rail train (Iron & Steel Manuf.), a train of rolls in a rolling mill, for making rails for railroads from blooms or billets.

Rail

Rail \Rail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Railed (r[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Railing.]

  1. To inclose with rails or a railing.

    It ought to be fenced in and railed.
    --Ayliffe.

  2. To range in a line. [Obs.]

    They were brought to London all railed in ropes, like a team of horses in a cart.
    --Bacon.

Rail

Rail \Rail\, v. i. [F. railler; cf. Sp. rallar to grate, scrape, molest; perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. radiculare, fr. L. radere to scrape, grate. Cf. Rally to banter, Rase.] To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on.
--Shak.

And rail at arts he did not understand.
--Dryden.

Lesbia forever on me rails.
--Swift.

Rail

Rail \Rail\ (r[=a]l), v. t.

  1. To rail at. [Obs.]
    --Feltham.

  2. To move or influence by railing. [R.]

    Rail the seal from off my bond.
    --Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rail

"horizontal bar passing from one post or support to another," c.1300, from Old French reille "bolt, bar," from Vulgar Latin *regla, from Latin regula "straight stick," diminutive form related to regere "to straighten, guide" (see regal). Used figuratively for thinness from 1872. To be off the rails in a figurative sense is from 1848, an image from the railroads. In U.S. use, "A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing" [Webster, 1830].

rail

"small wading bird," mid-15c., from Old French raale (13c.), related to râler "to rattle," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative of its cry.

rail

"complain," mid-15c., from Middle French railler "to tease or joke" (15c.), perhaps from Old Provençal ralhar "scoff, to chat, to joke," from Vulgar Latin *ragulare "to bray" (source also of Italian ragghiare "to bray"), from Late Latin ragere "to roar," probably of imitative origin. See rally (v.2). Related: Railed; railing.

rail

"fence in with rails," late 14c., from rail (n.1). Related: Railed; railing.

Wiktionary
rail

Etymology 1 n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To travel by railway. 2 (context transitive English) To enclose with rails or a railing. 3 (context transitive English) To range in a line. Etymology 2

n. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae. Etymology 3

vb. To complain violently ((term: against), (term: about)). Etymology 4

n. 1 (context obsolete English) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress. 2 (context obsolete English) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief. Etymology 5

vb. (label en obsolete) To gush, flow (of liquid).

WordNet
rail
  1. n. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn: railing]

  2. short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"

  3. a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll [syn: track, rails]

  4. a horizontal bar (usually of wood)

  5. any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

rail
  1. v. complain bitterly [syn: inveigh]

  2. enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" [syn: rail in]

  3. provide with rails; "The yard was railed"

  4. separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" [syn: rail off]

  5. convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"

  6. travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg" [syn: train]

  7. lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"

  8. fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"

  9. spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate]

  10. criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" [syn: fulminate]

Gazetteer
Wikipedia
RAIL

RAIL may refer to:

  • Runway Alignment Indicator Lights, part of an approach lighting system (ALS)
  • RAIL (magazine), UK railway interest magazine
  • Rural Appalachian Improvement League, USA non-profit organisation
RAIL (magazine)

RAIL is a UK magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain. It is published every two weeks by Bauer Consumer Media and is available in the transport sections of many British newsagents. It is targeted primarily at the enthusiast market (those whose hobby is railways, rather than their occupation), but also covers business issues, often in depth.

RAIL is more than three decades old, and was known as Rail Enthusiast from its launch in 1981 until 1988. It is one of only two railway magazines that increased its circulation in 2012 (the other being The Railway Magazine, published monthly, which RAIL outperforms overall). It has had roughly the same cover design for at least a decade, with a capitalised italic red RAIL along the top of the front cover.

Rail (band)

Rail is an American rock band that briefly achieved national fame after winning the grand prize of MTV's Basement Tapes competition in 1983. Before starting their recording career the group was well known in the Seattle area under the names "Rail & Company" and "Rail & Co."

The band was formed by drummer Kelly Nobles, bassist/singer Terry James Young and guitarist Andy Baldwin at Highland Junior High School in Bellevue, Washington in 1970. Interlake High School mate Rick Knotts joined the band in 1973.

Rail won a best local band award from Seattle rock station KZOK-FM in 1978. The band entered the Billboard 200 albums chart with its self-titled EMI America Records release "Rail". The band toured with Van Halen, Heart, Ted Nugent, Blue Öyster Cult, Three Dog Night, The Beach Boys, Nazareth, and others.

Rail released three albums and one EP between 1980–1997 and remains a long-touring staple of the Washington local music scene. Although not officially recognized on any of their albums, during the early to mid-80's several well known local artists appeared as guest performers live and in the studio. In 1985 they were joined by guitarist Ronnie Montrose for several months. He was looking for a new band, and Rick Knotts had recently left. Billed as "Rail featuring Ronnie Montrose" or "Ronnie & Rail," they played a set of half Rail favorites and half Montrose songs ("Rock Candy," "Rock the Nation," "Matriarch," and Gamma's remake of Thunderclap Newman's " Something in the Air"). At the end of the tour, there was an amicable split.

The original four members continue to perform and record together. In late 2009, the band began work on its 5th record.

Rail (Australian band)

Rail was an Australian band from Melbourne in the mid 1990s. The members were Dan Vertessy (vox & guitar), Dave Sayer (bass & vox), Ian Williams (drums & vox), Ash Naylor (guitar & vox). They were originally named Sleeper and a self-titled EP was released in the early '90s. Triple J picked up the track Spinning Ball from the Sleeper EP which was also included on their debut album. They changed their name to Fragment to avoid confusion with a UK band. As Fragment they recorded a single track for Roo Art's Young Blood compilation before settling on the name Rail. They signed to Mushroom Records' White Label in 1994 and released two albums. Their debut album was titled Bad Hair Life and was critically acclaimed. It contained the single "Immune Deficiency" which received a lot of radio and TV airplay on the ABC, specifically Triple J. Rail were nominated for Best New Talent & Breakthrough Artist at The 1996 ARIA Awards.

The single "Immune Deficiency" came in at 72 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1995.

With record label interest in the US, Rail performed at the prestigious South by South West Conference & Festival in Austin Texas in 1996. The second album was titled Goodbye Surfing, Hello God, named after a Brian Wilson reference. Influenced by Neil Young plus (Alex Chilton/ Big Star, The Posies, Swervedriver & Teenage Fanclub), all of whom they supported,

Their second album Goodbye Surfing, Hello God was recorded at Sing Sing Studios Melbourne with New York producer Don Fleming (Teenage Fanclub, The Posies, Sonic Youth) in 1996. This was Naylor's final recording session with the band as he left to peruse his band Even.

Guitarist Dan O'Halloran replaced Naylor in 1997. O'Halloran left the band in mid 1998 & the band performed as trio for the remaining time with the occasional inclusion of keyboardist Craig Sayer. Rail performed at The Big Day Out Melbourne & The Falls Festival.

Television performances include Channel 31 Melbourne, ABC TV's Recovery (as the featured band) plus the programming of Rage in 1996. They split in late 1998. Drummer Ian Williams drowned in 1999.

Rail (1967 film)

Rail is a short 13.5 minute documentary film made by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films between 1963 and 1967, prompted by the success of Snow. The " pure cinema" film illustrated the transition from steam powered locomotives to diesel and electric traction which was taking place during that period.

Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1968, it took four years to make, during which time British Railways changed their livery which required Jones to modify his plans for the film on his return from filming Trinidad and Tobago in 1964.

Usage examples of "rail".

It landed almost at the feet of an old woman standing actionless at the veranda rail, only to dart off again immediately.

The train steamed into the advancing Boer army, was fired upon, tried to escape, found the rails blocked behind it, and upset.

He was asking about the inertial navigation system that kept their position updated between fixes from the NAV SAT Linden leaned over the aft rail of the conn, over the chart table, and pointed with his finger to their estimated position.

If I were the more agile jumper Hovan Du far outclassed me in climbing, with the result that he reached the rail and was clambering over while my eyes were still below the level of the deck, which was, perhaps, a fortunate thing for me since, by chance, I had elected to gain the deck directly at a point where, unknown to me, one of the crew of the ship was engaged with the grappling hooks.

To his ill-concealed annoyance, Alec followed them back and took up a station at the starboard rail.

Reaching the rail, he sagged over it and vomited up his supper, dimly aware that Alec was at his side.

Clambering back over the railing, Alec caught hold of two carved balusters and hung by his fingers.

Tappng his pipe out on the railing above Alec, the man disappeared back into the room.

He stuck his hands in his alpaca pockets and leaned back against the railing.

There is not simply an inquiry as to the value of classic culture, a certain jealousy of the schools where it is obtained, a rough popular contempt for the graces of learning, a failure to see any connection between the first aorist and the rolling of steel rails, but there is arising an angry protest against the conditions of a life which make one free of the serene heights of thought and give him range of all intellectual countries, and keep another at the spade and the loom, year after year, that he may earn food for the day and lodging for the night.

Mary tipping over the rail, clinging on to Toby Argyll, and the two of them plunging down into the icy river.

He advanced between the ranks of assembled Lords and made his bow before the railing that fronted the pyramidal dais.

Kira said, while she helped him unstring the lights from the stair rail leading to the aviary, the birds screaming as if they knew she was there and could hardly wait for her arrival.

Instead, he and his companions camped on the deck, sleeping on raffia mats under a canvas awning that slanted steeply from the rail of the quarterdeck to a cleat by the cargo well.

She looked down to see Byle Bander leaning from the bridge rail, staring up at her with the half sneer he always wore.