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Definition of Sidings
1. siding [n] - See also: siding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidings
Literary usage of Sidings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railway Engineer by Railway Division (1908)
"Leaving the down fast and the down slow main lines at Basford Hall Junction arc
two lines which skirt the westward boundary of the marshalling sidings. ..."
2. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"sidings, YARDS AND TERMINALS. ' Sidetracks may be considered as being divided
into two classes: (1) Those used in train service; (2) Those used for trains ..."
3. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"The former are now very generally called by the English term "sidings," to
distinguish them from tracks of the second class. The track of the latter is ..."
4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... roadbed or sidings; and to all depots, station-houses, buildings, erections
and structures appurtenant to such railroads and the operation of the same; ..."
5. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"The track of sidings is generally inferior to that of the main tracks, ...
This may be permissible to a certain extent, but the sidings should nevertheless ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"The track of sidings is generally inferior to that of the main tracks, ...
This may be permissible to a certain extent, but the sidings should nevertheless ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... Ky., through the Blue Grass region to Lexington and Louisville, Ky., and
Jefferson, Ind. As of 30 June 1916, the company's lines and sidings comprised ..."
8. Railway Construction by William Hemingway Mills (1898)
"Sorting-sidings.—On many important long main lines it is necessary to establish
special independent sidings for sorting or arranging waggons of merchandise ..."
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