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	Rail siding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A siding, in general rail terminology, refers to a section of track distinct from a through route such as a main line or branch line or spur.
		Such "industrial sidings" might be found at factories, mines (mining), quarries, wharves, warehouses, etc. Such sidings can sometimes be found at stations for public use; in American usage these are referred to as team tracks (after the use of teams of horses to pull wagons to and from them).
		Passing sidings, as the name implies, are constructed to allow one train to pass another, and are thus an essential feature of single track lines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_siding (257 words)

	MSW Management \| Rail Haul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		At the transfer station, a new siding was built to allow railcars to be loaded at the transfer station; a new spur to the waste-to-energy facility was built from the track leading to the coal-fired power plant.
		At the rail siding near Allied's landfill, the loaded intermodal containers are transferred to trucks and driven to the landfill where the ash is disposed of in a designated disposal cell.
		Rail is used in several countries in Europe (England and Germany), as well as in South Africa and Japan.
	www.forester.net /mw_0405_rail.html (3232 words)

	TSB Reports - Rail 1995 - R95M0027
		Siding track EG-04 diverges from track EG-01 approximately 500 feet east of Mile 107.4 and siding track EG-03 similarly extends northward from EG-01 at a point approximately 150 feet east of the switch for track EG-04.
		The rail joints were also observed to be low and the track alignment was noted to be irregular.
		The marks on the north rail and the ties on siding track EG-04 and the gouge marks on the L-1 wheel of car UMP 253034 indicate that the noted wheel climbed the rail and followed the diverging EG-04 siding before the truck was pulled over to track EG-01.
	www.bst.gc.ca /en/reports/rail/1995/r95m0027/r95m0027.asp (936 words)

	CPRR “RIC 64” 50 Pound “Pear” Rail, Colfax, California
		Lynn said that the early iron rail was not used long as it fragmented so easily, but that the CPRR moved rail around all the time in an effort to economize iron with some life still in it.
		The first Western Pacific rail purchased from RIC was for 'twenty miles' of 50# rail in 1865 and that was laid on the Western Pacific later to be acquired by the Central Pacific.
		The notches seen on either side of the base in the overhead view of the rail (bottom left) are where it was attached to the rail chair.
	cprr.org /Museum/Ephemera/RIC_64_Rail_at_Colfax.html (946 words)

	WSDOT - Rail Project - Stanwood Siding
		Siding is a track located next to a main line that allows a train to move out of the way of an oncoming train.
		The siding extension project in Stanwood is one of many improvements to track, control and safety systems, train equipment, and stations necessary to reduce travel times, increase train frequency, and improve safety and reliability.
		The rail crossing at Logan Road will either be upgraded with flashing lights and gates, or will be closed as part of the project, increasing safety for drivers and pedestrians.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /Projects/Rail/PNWRC_Stanwood (394 words)

	Galt, California, gault Railroads, Western Pacific, Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		On the east side of the mainline were two sidings, both paralleling the mainline with the most easterly siding being close to the loading platform; rail sidings were designated 1-5, east to west.
		This siding also had another switch onto a spur heading east and dead-ending at approximately "E" Street; this spur was the location of the cattle corral area, into which cattle were off-loaded for feeding and watering during a long trip.
		The heavy rail mainline siding (4), also known as a passing track, ran parallel to the mainline on the west side and was switched at the north approximately 200' south of Orr road and returned to the mainline south of the Sego Milk plant located at 3rd and "F" Streets.
	www.galthistory.org /history/railroad (4113 words)

	Rail car mover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A rail car mover is a vehicle capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks, and fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard.
		Some have two drive systems and drive only on steel wheels on the rail, with their rubber tires lifted out of the way, while others have only one drive system and use steel rail wheels only to guide them and use their rubber tires on the rail, in a similar fashion to HiRail trucks.
		Rail car movers are fairly lightweight, so in order to gain more traction they transfer weight from the car they are hauling onto their own wheels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_car_mover (226 words)

	Longview Rail Services
		The Industrial Rail Corridor is a $21 million Port of Longview rail infrastructure project that provides more efficient rail transportation to and from the Port's industrial sites and marine facilities.
		It improves the connection between the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific main lines and increases the safety of overall rail traffic.The total project consists of an overpass and 3.2 miles of rail trackage from the Longview Switching yard to the Port of Longview.
		The rail corridor is one of the major components of the Port's overall plan to diversify cargo operations and develop industrial land for new customers.
	www.portoflongview.com /page.asp?view=273 (336 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : New rail siding at Kakinada gets Board approval
		A SEPARATE rail line (siding) connecting the port station here and the deepwater port would be constructed at a cost of Rs 15 crore and this would boost the cargo volumes at the port and the rail freight, Mr B. Dattatreya, Union Minister of State for Railways, has said.
		At a press conference here in the town station, after visiting the port and port station, he said rail infrastructure at Kakinada was poor and the cost of the new line would be borne by the Kakinada Seaports Ltd, the private consortium operating the new port, and the asset would be maintained by the Railways.
		Earlier, in the Cocanada Chamber of Commerce hall, a petition was given to the Minister urging the Railways to lay new rail sidings and to improve the infrastructure at the existing sidings.
	www.blonnet.com /2002/10/19/stories/2002101901671700.htm (612 words)

	Port of Tyne Authority - Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Port of Tyne has an extensive rail siding network capable of handling both the export and import of general cargo, automotive, intermodal and bulk commodities.
		Comprises sidings No 4 and 5, which are capable of accommodating train lengths of up to 750m.
		Siding 6 provides 230m of loading length with Sidings 4 and 5 providing a further 337m and 291m respectively.
	www.portoftyne.co.uk /sitepage.aspx?id=73 (289 words)

	Rail traffic has plenty of room to grow
		Norfolk Southern and CSX are adding new tracks and rail yards in places like Buffalo, "things that are going to allow them to run more trains more frequently with less congestion," he said.
		The plant is adjacent to the dormant Norfolk Southern rail line between Corry and Hornell, N.Y. In addition, Engineered Plastics President Kurt Duska said his company might build a rail siding to its new plant on East 12th Street, also to ship in raw materials.
		For plastics companies, shipping by rail cuts the shipping cost per pound, and also cuts warehouse costs because raw materials can be temporarily stored in rail cars.
	www.goerie.com /erie2000/rail_traffic_has_plenty_of_roo.html (1063 words)

	NCDOT Rail Division > News
		Crews are lengthening and upgrading two rail passing sidings – or short segments of track alongside stretches of single-track railroad.
		Construction is scheduled to begin September 3 to upgrade the existing siding along Norfolk Southern's main line between Fifth Street and the former Walton Road Crossing in Mebane.
		The longer rail sidings are part of a $24 million rail improvement project underway between Cary and Greensboro.
	www.bytrain.org /redbarinfo/NEWS/2002releases/mebanesiding.html (390 words)

	Hillsborough Branch 2001 Rail Survey summary
		Although they didn’t see any potential for rail service at the present time, they are interested in expanding their industrial base and an intact rail line would be a good selling point.
		Perhaps the cost of the siding construction should be weighed against the cost of the trestle reconstruction to determine which option is best.
		The fact that there is a double ended siding already in place and the trackage to Wilton is already upgraded, makes this the best location for a transload type of operation not to mention the close proximity to route 31.
	www.trainweb.org /nhrra/Hillsborough/Hillsborough-2001-Survey.htm (1033 words)

	Abandoned Stations : Grand Central Terminal, Waldorf-Astoria platform
		Guests with private rail cars may have them routed directly to the hotel instead of to the Pennsylvania Station or the Grand Central Terminal, and may leave their cars at a special elevator which will take them directly to their suites or to the lobby.
		For one thing, the siding was not used for private cars for seven years, and then when it was finally used, the elevator did not go directly into the hotel.
		In 1961 the siding was used to make a film about the "redcap evangelist" Ralston C Young, a long-time Grand Central railroad porter who held informal noon sessions in a coach in the station.
	www.columbia.edu /~brennan/abandoned/gct61.html (3717 words)

	Rail siding plans opposed
		The deep rumbling of Union Pacific rail cars has always has been a familiar sound in Tempe, in particular through the Clark Park neighborhood near Tempe St. Luke's Hospital and Tempe High School.
		But the rumblings are creating grumblings now that Union Pacific wants to build two staging tracks for temporarily storing up to 40 rail cars until their contents can be dropped off at Tempe destinations.
		The rail company said it plans to erect a 6-foot chain-link fence and ask the school to keep the current fencing locked at all times.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/tempe/articles/1012t-railwayZ10.html (607 words)

	Pulp Handling
		Due to limited storage capacity at the mill rail siding, softwood and hardwood Kraft was being delivered by rail at an off-site siding and stored in leased warehouses off-site.
		Pulp arriving by rail at the mill was unloaded at the siding, then trucked to a loading dock where it was moved through an elevator to the pulpers.
		This new facility allows pulp to be brought to the mill by either rail or truck, unloaded, and conveyed by lift truck directly to the pulpers or stored on-site.
	www.ristfrost.com /pulp_hand.htm (292 words)

	Rail Transport
		This siding will be served by CSX to provide rail transportation to our plant.
		Our plans include the establishment of a trans-loading facility to transfer and load chemicals and other products from rail cars to or from bulk tank trucks, drums, or other containers when this rail siding is complete.
		We will use this capability until we are able to build a rail siding on our plant site.
	www.southern-water.com /rail_transport.htm (120 words)

	Class Is’ MOW Plans
		Sidings: Extend two side tracks between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, one between Denver and Grande Junction, one in Iowa and one between Angelton and Brownsville, Texas; build four sidings on mainlines in Arizona, Missouri and Texas.
		Rail: Install 304 track miles of new; 74 track miles of PW mainline; and 17 track miles of PW yard and siding relay rail with CWR.
		Sidings: Build 10,800-foot siding in Irvington, Ala.; 8,300-foot siding in Jacksonville, Fla.; 18,240-foot siding in Oldham, Miss.; and 11,000-foot siding in Ridgeville, S.C. Ties: Replace or install 2.5 million wood ties.
	www.progressiverailroading.com /pr/article.asp?id=8804 (855 words)

	Railway Project Engineering provides the highest quality of railway mechanical and structural design, including ...
		He can then load it on to a rail wagon directly, offload it to a holding platform or release it to a gantry crane or lift truck.
		The system is free of all the constraints associated with the current use of gantry cranes and lift trucks, which require containers to be loaded to and from rail only at those major freight terminals where such facilities are available.
		This opens up a dramatically new avenue for the use of rail transport in the handling of bulk freight at any points along the entire extent of the rail networks, and opens the door to the wider and more efficient use of rail transport facilities.
	www.railwayproject.com /tran_description.php (397 words)

	Yen Bai Rail Crossing
		Garwood claims that one night in 1977 (the month varies with each telling of the story) he was driving in the Yen Bai area when he stopped at a rail crossing for a train that was stopped on the crossing.
		He claims that the guards along the siding had dogs on leashes and the dogs were barking and snapping at the ARVN and US prisoners.
		He probably had experience at rail crossing near Yen Bai and it is possible that he had encountered trains carrying ARVN officers to the Yen Bai camps.
	www.miafacts.org /railxng.htm (832 words)

	4 xing wiring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The north siding rail and the south siding rail hook to the toptwo lugs.
		The west frog and east frog hook to the center lugs and the west main and east main rails hook to the bottom two.
		Not all rails are cut both sides so be sure you just cut the rails as indicated.
	www.railwayeng.com /hatch/xingwire.htm (344 words)

	WSDOT - Rail - Mt. Vernon Siding Upgrade - Quarterly Project Report - June 2006
		Phase 1 of the project upgraded the existing rail siding, and Phase 2 will extend the siding 3,600 feet south.
		The second phase of the project, the siding extension, will require a biological assessment for its effects on endangered species.
		There may be some brief work windows that may affect rail operation for both freight and passenger trains as old signals are replaced with new signals.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /Projects/Rail/PNWRC_MtVernonSiding/QPR/Jun2006.htm (296 words)

	Railways of New Zealand: Addington Yard & Sidings
		There were two rail sidings located close to the Addington workshops on the Main North Line: the Fletchers private siding on the west side of the line and the Canterbury Saleyards siding on the east side.
		The siding was disused by about 1990 but was not removed for several years.
		Most of the North Yard sidings are still in place at September 2005 (with access only from the Lincoln Road end) but the Wardrops building which has a line running through it is being demolished and the slab track will probably be dug up.
	www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/mainline/christchurch/01/3 (565 words)

	RAILROAD.NET :: View topic - Earle NWS NJ
		When I helped with the rail excursions about 4 years ago, only one of the two mainline tracks had appeared to be used recently, and only for waste water removal from the ships, according to employees.
		The siding was primarily to drill the Toms River Cincinnati Chemical Corp, later bought by Ciba Geigy and then shut down in the early '90's.
		Also for side knowledge, be aware that there was another rail line that crossed the GSP just a little further south that was torn up probably 50 years ago.
	www.railroad.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=4380 (1949 words)

	Hot News! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The BLET is a division of the Teamsters Rail Conference.
		The Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to preserve the legacy of the Ligonier Valley Rail Road, conserve its vestiges, collect its relics and memorabilia and educate the public about railroading in Ligonier Valley.
		Over the last twenty years Kawasaki Rail Car grown their market share in serving America’s mass transit systems and their position is expected to grow as proof of Kawasaki’s excellence in engineering and fabrication is proven with every additional rail mile their rail cars travel.
	www.railpace.com /hotnews (18968 words)

	W&H MAIN YARDS: Guide to Appalachian Coal Hauling Railroads, Volume 5c
		Much of the siding is still in place except for a short section removed in 1993 to make room for the CSX office when the Hill Helpers were moved from Livingston (the bottom of the hill) to East Bernstadt (the top of the hill).
		There is a long rail siding which ends at the quarry and runs back to an inactive fertilizer company in downtown Mt. Vernon that's now used to store cars destined for the plastics plant just ahead.
		Next is the siding for Warner Fertilizer which begins north of the KY30 crossing and runs south to the ANFO storage bin on the east side of the EBIS.
	www.spikesys.com /Trains/App_coal/apcl_5c.html (4034 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Warwick was at one time a rail siding on the Southern Pacific Railroad nine miles east of Marathon in northeastern Brewster County.
		The school was established to serve the children of a number of families who had settled in the area to attempt dry-land farming on small acreages.
		The Warwick rail siding was apparently still in use as late as the early 1970s.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/WW/hvw80.html (209 words)

	Rail Transport
		The rule of thumb is that you can't be competitive beyond 200 miles or one state line.
		Rail transport will require a siding, unloading, and storage near the job.
		Rail transport takes a surprising long transit time.
	www.precastconsulting.com /Thirdlevel/Railtransport.html (383 words)

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