Talk:Siding (rail)

I bet "loop" refers to through sidings only. Kwantus 20:36, 2005 Jan 23 (UTC)
 * I'd say that a siding specifically means a track with a buffer stop at the end. A loop is not a siding. Biscuittin (talk) 14:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

In US terminology a siding all but never has a buffer at the end, it is what the British call a loop, a track that say goes into an industry and ends is called an industrial spur, or spur. There are others like short Spurs adjacent to sidings (loop) at interlocking, these are often called house tracks (as they house equipment not in use, perhaps because it is damaged or its MOW equipment staged for future work). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.26.232.88 (talk) 07:12, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Loop is not North American railroad terminology. There is an obvious difference in terminology between the two continents. For clarity, perhaps it may be best to identify railway terms as being either European or North American in usage. For your consideration. Jetson9207 (talk) 18:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Definition The definition of a rail siding according to the Union Pacific RR's "General Code of Operating Rules" is "Siding - A track connected to the main track and used for meeting or passing trains. Location of sidings are shown in the timetable." Transport Canada's definition is "SIDING - A track adjacent and connected to the main track which is so designated in the time table, GBO or operating bulletin." Jetson9207 (talk) 17:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Merge?
There is some potential for a merge here between loop (rail), crossing loop and this article, perhaps. ++Lar: t/c 23:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The American usage of "siding" cuts across British usage. We need to keep some place to point the American usage at. Mangoe 22:20, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Category:Railway track layouts vs. Category:Railway track layouts
Category:Railway track layouts is itself a category within Category:Railway track layouts. — Robert Greer (talk) 21:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Move to Siding (rail)
I have moved this because: It can be qualified with "railway", "railroad" or "rail", but "rail siding" is the least common. (Of course it can also be qualified with "passing", "industrial", etc.)
 * Siding is the most common term
 * It chimes with the article which only talks about "sidings"
 * It is US/Rest of world neutral
 * It is the official UIC, British and US engineering term

It is arguable whether Siding (in the sense of building cladding) should be the primary article rather than this one, but that's for another day. --Bermicourt (talk) 16:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Question
How overgrown can a siding be and still remain functional? Why are they retained when 'inaccessible due to trees etc'? Jackiespeel (talk) 18:30, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I'm not quite sure why nobody has started a discussion on merging this with Team track, even though the template says it's been proposed since July 2017. I Support merging Team track into this article, Siding (rail). It seems this article is much more detailed than the other article, and both would benefit from merging. –Daybeers (talk) 14:25, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Requesting admin closure. I do not see consensus and only 1 comment and no discussing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tayear (talk • contribs) 17:14, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed, on the proviso that Siding remains the article's title and Team track a sub-heading. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:30, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 20:41, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Second Paragraph of History
The first paragraph is nice. But the second appears to be a history of the popularity of railroads as a freight transportation method. Would suggest removing.

Also, the claims about railway freight transportation's recent uptick in usages needs some more citations. Especially where it talks about why. For example, are traffic jams on interstates really a significant force here? Themumblingprophet (talk) 20:09, 29 April 2020 (UTC)