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