a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
同义词:siding??/??turnout??/??sidetrack
Usually one route is more direct than the other, and if a mining company has sidings and a branch line linked to one railroad it cannot quickly and easily switch to another.
ECONOMIST: American railways
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