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Furthermore, most headshunts (U.S. switching, or yard, leads) are of the kind that are actually used for shunting (U.S. switching) – i.e. for more than just the simple release of a locomotive for run-around purposes. Such a headshunt (which is a track separate from and normally parallel to the main
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Although I have no references for this, aren't there more practical reasons for heritage railways using run-round loops? I thought there were special requirements to be met if trains were to be operated in a push-pull manner. One method of avoiding these is to top-and-tail, but of course this
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