spur track
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spur track
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It would be simple to add a spur track that veers a short way south into Google’s campus, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
After concealing canopies were put up at the doors of the baggage cars, long Army trucks backed up to the spur track to be loaded with the 400-troy-oz. bricks.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The Flouds," she answered impressively, "were living in Red Gap before the spur track was ever run out to the canning factory—and I guess you know what that means!"
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
The orchard behind the house had been cut in two by a spur track, which brought jolting gondola cars piled with red ore down to the furnace.
From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
They were given to understand that there would be no opposition to the spur track going down.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
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