DCHP-2

head of steel DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1

  the most recently laid tracks of a railway under construction; the farthest point to which tracks have been laid.

  See also: end of steel (def. 1b)  railhead (def. 1a)  

• 2

  the farthest point to which railway service extends; the terminus of a railway.

  See also: end of steel (def. 1a)