house track - the track (and sometimes more than one) associated with the railroad operated freight house. Trucks brought freight for rail shipment and/or picked up goods arriving by rail. Some of this freight was "lcl".
House track
A siding track running near a station where passengers or freight are loaded or unloaded.
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House Track
A track entering or running alongside a freight house. Cars are spotted here for loading or unloading.
How Many Ems Have You Got?
House track. Tracks serving freight houses.
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Insulating rail joint. Sometimes called Insulated Joint.
House Track A track entering, or along side a freight house. Cars are spotted here for loading or unloading.
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I bring the train to a stop to clear the road crossing near Silver Lake West; we cut away and head up to the house track.
Next, we'll take our engines, remove the empty covered hopper waiting in the house track, and set out our loaded covered hopper in its place.
Later, you can insert additional sidings, such as the station siding, and the house track where the log-loader is located. The coal loader siding can be added when convenient, and can be placed almost anywhere on the road.
SHUFFLE THE DECK"Switch cars onto house tracks at every station you pass on your run
SHUNTING BOILER"Switch engine
SIDE-DOOR PULLMAN"Boxcar used by hobos in stealing rides ...
Turntable - Typically a pit with a rotating steel or wooden bridge that is used to turn locomotives and cars and/or position them in alignment with engine or round house tracks.
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The distance between the gage lines at the heel of the switch rails.
Highway-crossing protection. An arrangement of one or more highway-crossing signals, with or without gates, to protect highway traffic.
House track. Tracks serving freight houses.
 See also: Switch, Track, Engine, Operation, Point
  
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