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Definition of Turnouts
1. turnout [n] - See also: turnout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnouts
Literary usage of Turnouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"Diagrams of speeds of trains through curves and level turnouts are shown in following
... The following table shows relative speeds through level turnouts, ..."
2. Mary Brandegee: An Autobiography by Ellen Peck (1865)
"turnouts proceeded to state, in the nasal tone peculiar to the lower orders of
New England, that he had come to fetch information. ..."
3. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"A crossover consists of two turnouts and a short piece of diagonal track, forming
a connection between two parallel tracks. A ladder track is diagonal to a ..."
4. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"The Design of turnouts. — The two important things to be determined in designing a
... turnouts may be divided into the following four general classes, ..."
5. Maintenance of Way and Structures by William Clyde Willard (1915)
"The Design of turnouts. — The two important things to be de- ... turnouts may be
divided into the following four general classes, according to their use: ..."
6. Text Book on Railroad Surveying by George Wellington Pickels, Carroll Carson Wiley (1913)
"Double turnouts. Occasionally two turnouts to opposite sides of the main track
... It is better practice to use two separate turnouts, placing one switch ..."
7. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Francis Allen (1908)
"turnouts. 139. A Turnout is a track leading from a main or other track. turnouts may
be for several purposes. ..."
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