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check rail

check rail

[′chek ‚rāl]
(building construction)
A rail, thicker than the window, that spans the opening between the top and bottom sash; usually beveled and rabbeted.
(civil engineering)
guardrail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

check rail

In a double-hung window, a horizontal meeting rail esp. one which overlaps the other meeting rail.
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``I also believe there were some loose ballast on the check rail which guides the train into the points, and some bolts were seized with rust.''
POTTERS BAR: Call for rail-crash public inquiry; Byers says set of points appear to have caused derailment
Speaking anonymously he said: "There were loose bolts on the check rail which guides the train into the points and some bolts were seized with rust.
Train crash points were 8 years old
Mr Crow said that the rail worker, an RMT member, reported a problem with the check rail near the points and said the track was in a poor state.
Worker warned of 'poor track' MANAGERS TOLD OF PROBLEMS NEAR POINTS, SAYS UNION
Mr Crow said the worker, an RMT member, reported a problem with the check rail near the points and said the track was in a poor state.
Rail worker gave alert to bosses
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