Sidings may be used for marshalling (classifying), stabling, storing, loading, and unloading rail vehicles.
Common sidings store stationary rolling stock, especially for loading and unloading. … See more

A refuge siding is a single-ended (or dead-end) siding with a similar purpose to passing loop in that it temporarily holds a train whilst another one passes. See more

• Classification yard (US), known (internationally) as a marshaling yard
• Rail yard See more

A particular form of siding is the passing siding (U.S. and international) or passing loop (U.K.). This is a section of track parallel to a through line and connected to it at both ends by See more

Private siding describes a siding not belonging to a railway, but linking a factory, government department, etc. to it. Some larger private … See more

A team track is a small siding or spur track intended for the use of area merchants, manufacturers, farmers and other small businesses to … See more

• Jackson, Alan A. (2006). The Railway Dictionary, 4th ed., Sutton Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 0-7509-4218-5.
• Ellis, … See more