Siding

Statkowski · Post by **Statkowski** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:07 am

A.A.R. definition - A track auxiliary to the main track for meeting or passing trains.

4rail · Post by **4rail** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:54 am

What is AAR please?

Statkowski · Post by **Statkowski** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:24 pm

A.A.R. - Association of American Railroads. A non-government trade group that established Recommended Standards and Practices.

stroudley · Post by **stroudley** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:36 am

In GB a siding is a dead end storage road.

s_truck · Post by **s_truck** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:29 pm

As many other things, note difference between UK and American usage. UK and Oz usage, a siding is for storage of wagons only, a mainline used for crossing of trains is a loop, whereas US usage is siding