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unusual facts about passing loop



Keith railway station

A signal box (which retains the name Keith Junction) remains at the eastern end to control a passing loop on the single track main line beyond the station, the now little-used goods yard (formerly used by trains accessing the nearby Chivas Regal whisky plant) and the stub of the Dufftown branch.

Wheelock, North Dakota

The railroad track, now owned by BNSF Railway, still runs through town, and Wheelock remains the location of a passing siding.


see also

Imeni Diny Nurpeisovoy

The settlement serves a passing loop on the railway connecting Astrakhan and Atyrau.

Union Mills railway station

On the northerly side of the station runs the River Dhoo and the station had a long passing loop and at one time a goods siding.