A railway line connected to a trunk line.
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Examples for "spur"
Examples for "spur"
1Maybe events in South Australia will provide the painful but necessary spur.
2Analysts also believe the news could spur further takeovers in the sector.
3Necessity, however, has proven a powerful spur to innovation for Indian companies.
4The World Bank arm aims to spur private investment in developing countries.
5CONSOLIDATION The deal could spur more consolidation in the electrical equipment industry.
1At Leighton Buzzard a branch line of seven miles communicates with DUNSTABLE.
2The branch line to Kingsford isn't expected to open until March.
3This frequently happens, as there is a branch line beyond Pegram.
4Could I dream of a branch line that I had never heard of?
5We'll go straight along the branch line to the centre!'
1On the spur track lay a car half full of stone.
2The express shed was a gloomy little den of a place on a spur track.
3He got halfway to the gate, saw the weedy spur track tying Citgo to the Great Road, and sighed.
4Ed would follow on the next train, or mebbe hire a special engine; and Ben would hide off on some blind spur track.
5Around a far bend in Dexter Allison's single spur track there came careening an ashmatic switch engine with a half-dozen empty flats in tow.
6That spur track and engine means a crossing fight which can be prolonged indefinitely, with due vigilance on the part of Mr. Darrah's mercenaries.
7It enlarged the scope of the sleeping car companies, pipe lines, switches, spur tracks and terminals.
8Spur tracks have been built and flat cars are used, much of the removal being done at night.
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