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Noun: railroad siding
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: railway siding)
  1. A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
    "The freight train pulled into the railroad siding to let the passenger train pass";
    - siding, turnout [N. Amer], sidetrack, railway siding [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: railroad sidings

Type of: railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Railroad siding