Switching district
An area within which a shipper located on one railroad has equal access to other railroads, either through a terminal or switching railroad or through reciprocal switching agreements among line-haul railroads.
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Switching District
An area where shippers have access to many railroads through a terminal.
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To give you a perspective of the Chicago Switching District, it is basically the area encircled by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. The J reaches all around Chicago starting up at Waukegan on the north shore of Lake Michigan.
 See also: Track, Locomotive, Yard, Terminal, Switch
  
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