Definition of Railroad siding

1. Noun. A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.

Exact synonyms: Sidetrack, Siding, Turnout
Generic synonyms: Railroad, Railroad Track, Railway

Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Siding

railmen
railroad
railroad bed
railroad car
railroad cars
railroad crossing
railroad disease
railroad engineer
railroad flat
railroad gun
railroad guns
railroad line
railroad man
railroad nystagmus
railroad sickness
railroad siding (current term)
railroad spike
railroad station
railroad stations
railroad switch
railroad switches
railroad terminal
railroad ticket
railroad tie
railroad track
railroad tracks
railroad train
railroad tramp
railroad truck
railroad tunnel

Literary usage of Railroad siding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Annual Convention (1910)
"The plant should ordinarily be located at the source of the sand supply; and should have railroad siding with depressed loading tracks, and if situated ..."

2. Year Book by Charleston (S.C.) (1922)
"railroad siding. When the plant was built in 1902, there was laid a private railroad siding from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company's main line to the ..."

3. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"1t cost approximately $35000, including the cost of the railroad siding, building and ... railroad siding, building and foundations, piping in power house, ..."

4. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"It cost approximately $35000, including the cost of the railroad siding, building and ... railroad siding, building and foundations, piping in power house, ..."

5. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"It cost approximately $35000, including the cost of the railroad siding, building and ... railroad siding, building and foundations, piping in power house, ..."

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