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What is a railhead?

What is a railhead? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A point on a railway system where goods are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
  2. The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
  3. (military) An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and material.
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Within two years it reached Farina and by 1884 Hergott Springs had become the railhead.
It had not seen regular use since the days when the Erie Railroad had its railhead above us in the area now occupied by the Newport development.
Located at a major railhead, the town was a wool center for the sheep growers in the region.
If it had only one redeeming quality, it was that it was the closest railhead to Montana.
He also hauled back freight from the isolated mountain communities to the railhead.
Meanwhile, the development of a railhead at Milford is likely to be delayed even further due to mounting opposition by local residents.

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