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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by brclem does that spur just reconnect to the track again like a passing siding or is it just for industry??? if it's for industry then it probably continues to get lower depending on the elevation on the industry.... if it's just for passing I have never seen one that is lower in my lifetime.[/quote] It just dead ends. A spur is something that juts out. The rear claw of a bird is called a spur. There is a spur track that delivers clorine tank cars to a small industrial consumer near me. That is a scary piece of track. From the switch points, it looks like a hard "S"- turn and six foot drop on a roller coaster. With the tank car in its spotting position, the rails on the main line are as high as the middle of the parked tank car!
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