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guard rail en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of guardrail.
Likewise, guard rails would have made little difference. They are fitted to the track to contain derailed wheels on the approach to tunnel portals or bridge parapets.
2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Driver of ScotRail HST had only seconds to react, says RAIB”, in RAIL, number 953, page 11:At Morez, it runs through the main street on the left, or west, side; guard rails are used only where the line crosses the main road at each end of the town.
1954 September, George Behrend, “The Nyon-St. Cergue-Morez Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 605:
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