headshunt
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thumb|Platform track and run-round loop at Toyooka Station (Hyōgo)|Toyooka Station, Hyōgo, Japan, the terminus of the line from MiyazuA headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Terminal headshunt
- Reversing headshunt
- Shunting neck
- Run round
- Examples
- No loop
- See also
- References
thumb|Platform track and run-round loop at Toyooka Station (Hyōgo)|Toyooka Station, Hyōgo, Japan, the terminus of the line from MiyazuA headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
==Terminal headshunt== left|thumb|Sequence at a terminal headshunt: 1. train arrives at the station 2. locomotive is detached from the train and moves into the headshunt 3. locomotive reverses and the points are switched 4. locomotive travels along the passing loop to pass the cars 5. locomotive reverses direction and the points are switched 6. locomotive couples to the opposite end of the train 7. locomotive reverses and the train departs
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