"Flying Switch" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
Flying Switch
LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:
In railroading, a flying switch is made by uncoupling the cars from the engine while ln motion, and throw-ing the cars onto the side track, by turning the switch, after the engine has passed lt upon the main track. Greenleaf v. Illinois Cent. R. Co., 29 Iowa, 39, 4 Am. Rep. 181; Baker v. Railroad Co., 122 Mo. 533, 26 S. W. 20
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ENGLISH
To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; …
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ENGLISH
A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
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ENGLISH
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, …
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