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
But it was not the spur track that interested Sammy Durgan—it was that the rock wall, diverging away from his elbow, as it were, presented a wide and open space.
From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
Sally sang, at Betty’s request, as she sped across vacant lots to the show train resting engineless on a spur track.
From Girl Alone by Austin, Anne
On the spur track lay a car half full of stone.
From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre
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