Passing siding: a track that parallels the main line and joins it at both ends. It is usually long enough that an entire train can pull into it so that another may pass in the opposite direction.
passing siding — trackage used to allow two trains to pass each other on a single track line or to allow an engine to run around its train. Usually has turnouts at each end in model railroad practice but may be stub ended in the prototype.
Passing Siding
A siding specifically for passing of trains in the same or opposite direction. It may be several miles long so that neither train is required to stop.
Passing The Croaker ...
Passing siding where switches and signals are remotely controlled by a dispatcher.
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Passing Siding
A siding intended specifically for passing complete trains in the same or opposite direction.
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A passing siding is an important component of any model railroad track plan. A conventional siding is a simple way of getting one train around another.
The passing siding of Seward is the next point of interest. This is the longest siding on the subdivision, 7175 feet long. It is also home to a large elevator.
The passing siding is a good place to think about TURNIPS. You garden railroaders can forget about sand and slugs jamming those points.
We add a passing siding to the inside back, then a branchline inside connecting a pair of V-shaped spurs. This line is linked to the passing siding on both sides, allowing a train to enter from either direction.
Siding - A passing siding or temporary storage area, An auxiliary track turning out from the mainline and rejoining at another point along the main; can be used as a holding track; ...
Wiring Automatic Passing Siding: Opposite Direction
With an LGB 50101 Jumbo power supply and two diodes, this is an easy one. Isolate the inside rails of the siding and the mainline between the two turnouts as on Page 14.
Trains travel from one station or passing siding to the next based on orders given by the dispatcher through station agents or others.
Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track which is used by trains traveling in both directions; on rail lines like these, "passing loops" or "passing sidings", which consist of short stretches of double track, ...
Altapass: station siding 4,290 feet, passing siding (blank)
Ridge: station siding 300 feet, passing siding 4656 feet.
A side track with a turnout at each end. Passing sidings are long enough to let trains meet each other.
Single slip switch ...
 See also: Siding, Switch, Operation, Train, Track
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