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
It was a bitter attack on the proposed spur track along Third Avenue, which is the habitat of the down-trodden workingman and the playground of his children.
From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan
The cement house and mixer platform were placed at the foot of the embankment at opposite ends of the spur track.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
I have received word from Barney MacShane that the City Council will be pleased to grant a permit to lay a spur track on Third Avenue.
From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan
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