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Definition of Switchbacks
1. switchback [v] - See also: switchback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switchbacks
Literary usage of Switchbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forest Improvements (1915)
"switchbacks. The chief objection to switchbacks is the sharpness of the turn.
A sharp turn is objectionable on level ground, and is even more so on a ..."
2. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1914)
"221 shows another very peculiar development—a combination of switchbacks and
horseshoes. From A to B by line of road is 4.9 miles, by Fir. ..."
3. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1887)
"... very peculiar development—a combination of .switchbacks and horseshoes. ...
than switchbacks, and others where switchbacks alone are practicable, ..."
4. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1887)
"221 shows another very peculiar development — a combination of switchbacks and
horseshoes. From A to B by line of road is 4.9 miles, by FIG. ..."
5. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1887)
"221 shows another very peculiar development—a combination of switchbacks and
horseshoes. From A to B by line of road is 4.9 miles, by FIG. aao. air-line 1.6 ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"switchbacks. switchbacks, instead of curves, are sometimes used where a railway
is developed by a "zigzag" on a hillside in order to reach a desired ..."
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