A STUDENT PILOT WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR TAXIED A SMALL TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT ONTO A RUNWAY END FOR A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE RIGHT PROPELLER HIT A RUNWAY END LIGHT DAMAGING THE PROPELLER SLIGHTLY.

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WHILE ON A TRAINING FLT; I LANDED AT ZZZ. I TAXIED BACK TO RUN-UP AREA AT RWY 8. I DID RUN-UP AND PREPARED FOR A SHORT FIELD TKOF. I ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON CTAF AND TAXIED UP TO RWY. AS I DID SO; I STEERED A LITTLE TO THE R TO USE ALL OF THE RWY. AS SOON AS I VEERED A LITTLE TO THE R; MY INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE PWR OFF AND HOLLERED AT ME TO STOP. I STOPPED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD. SADLY; I DID NOT STOP SOON ENOUGH. THE AIRPLANE PROP STRUCK THE REIL'S. MY INSTRUCTOR SHUT DOWN ENGS AND LOOKED AT DAMAGE. WHEN I LOOKED I COULD SEE THE REIL'S WERE RIGHT AT THE BLACKTOP EDGE; NOT LIKE TAXI LIGHTS THAT WERE WELL BACK FROM TAXI AREA. I DID NOT SEE THE LIGHTS EVEN -- AFTER WE STOPPED; I COULD NOT SEE THE REIL'S THROUGH WING AND ENG AND DID NOT REALIZE I HAD HIT UNTIL I SAW THE DAMAGE. MY INSTRUCTOR THEN CALLED HIS EMPLOYER AND A MECH AND HAD THE PLANE REPAIRED. THE MECH SAID PLANE WAS FINE TO FLY. I THEN FLEW BACK TO SCHOOL. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL AND I WILL ALWAYS BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL IN THE FUTURE. MY PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENT WILL BE MUCH BETTER IN THE FUTURE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 812383: AT ZZZ ARPT; WHILE TAXIING TO RWY 8; MY COMMERCIAL MULTI-STUDENT PLT TAXIED ACFT WIDE TO THE R SIDE OF THE TXWY; IN PREPARATION FOR USING FULL LENGTH OF THE RWY FOR A SHORT FIELD TKOF. I SAW WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE REIL'S AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED FULL L RUDDER. AT THE SAME TIME I INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO 'STOP THE PLANE NOW.' SINCE WE WERE TAXIING SLOWLY AND I HAD PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK; THERE WAS NO RUDDER CTL FROM R SIDE. IN ADDITION; THERE ARE NO BRAKES ON R (CFI) SIDE OF THIS TWIN. STUDENT QUICKLY COMPLIED AND STOPPED ACFT. THESE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WERE TOO LATE; AS ACFT R PROP HAD STRUCK REIL'S. I SHUT DOWN ENG AND LOOKED AT PROP AND SAW DAMAGE. I CALLED MY BOSS; OWNER OF THE FLT ACADEMY; FOR INSTRUCTION. HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT LOCAL MECH TO INSPECT PROP. I CALLED LOCAL MECH. HE CAME AND REPAIRED PROP AND SAID IT WAS AIRWORTHY AND FINE TO FLY. BASED ON THE OWNER'S INSTRUCTION TO HAVE LOCAL MECH INSPECTION ACFT AND DETERMINE AIRWORTHINESS AND LOCAL MECH'S ASSURANCE THAT ACFT WAS AIRWORTHY; MY STUDENT THEN FLEW BACK TO ZZZ1. AT NO TIME HAD ACFT LEFT TXWY. THERE WERE NO TAXI LINES ON SIDE OF TXWY. THE REIL'S WERE MUCH CLOSER TO THE TXWY THAN THE TXWY LIGHTS. MY STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO SEE REIL'S OVER WING AND ENG COWLING; AND MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE. AS TO CORRECTING THIS SITUATION AND PREVENTING A RECURRENCE: 1) MORE VIGILANCE ON PART OF FLT INSTRUCTOR AND PLT. 2) MOVE REIL'S SAME DISTANCE FROM TXWY AS TXWY LIGHTS. 3) INSTALL BRAKES ON BOTH SIDES OF TRAINER ACFT. THIS WAS A PERFECT VFR DAY; UNLIMITED VISIBILITY; WIND CALM. CLEARLY PLT PERCEPTIONS; JUDGEMENTS; AND DECISIONS WERE THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT.