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Siding (rail)

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and avoided delays and damage associated with freight handling during transfer operations. However, as a result of higher fuel costs, greater traffic jams on Interstate Highways, and the growing movement towards sustainable development, there has been recent upward trend towards moving long-distance
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delivering wagon-loads of freight transferred to or from railway cars. Team tracks may be owned by the railroad company or by customers served by the railroad, or by industrial parks or freight terminals that encompass many customers. In some jurisdictions, the operation and construction of team
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Some sidings have very occasional use, having been built, for example, to service an industry, a railway yard or a stub of a disused railway that has since closed. It is not uncommon for an infrequently-used siding to fall into disrepair. Even if officially abandoned such sidings may be left
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U.S. Department of Transportation (1974). "Chapter 1: Introduction". Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region (Report). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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freight traffic off highways and onto rail lines. This has resulted in local communities and rail lines seeking construction of new team track and intermodal facilities.
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A refuge siding is a single-ended (or dead-end) siding with a similar purpose to passing loop in that it temporarily holds a train while another one passes.
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A private siding does not belong to a railway, but to a factory, government department, etc. connected to it. Some larger private sidings have their own
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Some railroads publish detailed specifications for the design and construction of many elements of team tracks. For example, the
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to personally load and unload products and merchandise, usually in smaller quantities. The term "team" refers to the teams of
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has standards and guidelines for many aspects of spur track construction including track layout, clearance standards and
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Earliest rail service to an area often provided a team track on railroad-owned property adjacent to the railroad agent's
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Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway
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belonging to the owner of the siding. In Australia private sidings must be registered with the safety regulator.
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Railway sidings (left) beside the main running-lines (right) at Kingswear in Devon, England
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Generally, team tracks do not have road or pedestrian crossings across them.
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On single-track lines, trains use passing sidings to pass one another. One
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Texas Department of Transport (May 1998). "Chapter 5: Spur Tracks".
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systems and abandonment of low-volume rail lines made full-distance
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Throughout the mid to latter portion of the 20th century, improved
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Solomon, Brian, "Railway Signalling", 1st Edition, Voyageur Press.
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Riley, Joseph E. and Strong, James C., "Basic Track", AREMA, 2003
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equipment or other equipment, allowing trains to pass, or store
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is a small siding or spur track intended for the use of area
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A particular form of siding is the passing siding (U.S. and
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for public use; in American usage these are referred to as
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FY 2009 Update Report of the New Jersey State Rail Plan
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New Jersey Department of Transportation (1 July 2008).
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de Vos, Jerry; Kohler, Gary; McChesney, Chris (2003).
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train waits on a siding while a second train passes.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company Team Track Agreement
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Industrial siding
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Rail transport

History
Company types
Management
Rail yard
Railway station
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Railway track
Maintenance
Track gauge
Variable gauge
Gauge conversion
Dual gauge
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Operating
Locomotives
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Trains
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Railway couplings
Couplers by country
Coupler conversion
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Wheelset
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