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
He demands rent for the spur track � $1 a foot, $230 a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"You told me," said he, "that there wouldn't be any trouble about that spur track along Third Avenue."
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
We had followed the spur track up the gulch for maybe a short quarter of a mile when we came to the engine.
From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis
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