carril pasante

English translation: passign loop (UK) or passing siding (US & Canada)

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Spanish term or phrase:carril pasante
English translation:passign loop (UK) or passing siding (US & Canada)
Entered by: Steven Huddleston

13:43 Apr 23, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / rail transport
Spanish term or phrase: carril pasante
Term appears in a sentence from a document of calculations of weight, cost and potential problems for freight trains transporting freight in Uruguay. Sentence appears below:

Ambas terminales tienen la capacidad de ser recorridas y las locomotoras tienen un carril pasante.

My problem is with the term "carril pasante", can't find it anywhere.

Any help gratefully received.

Best wishes
Timothy Cooper
Local time: 19:49
passign loop (UK) or passing siding (US & Canada)
Explanation:
There seems to be no "official" term for this, but these are used in the industry.
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Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 12:49
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4passign loop (UK) or passing siding (US & Canada)
Steven Huddleston
4side track
David Hollywood


  

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passign loop (UK) or passing siding (US & Canada)


Explanation:
There seems to be no "official" term for this, but these are used in the industry.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_loop
Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 12:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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side track


Explanation:
I would say in your context

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in the sense that they can go through unhindered

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or: go-through lane

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Note added at 56 mins (2018-04-23 14:39:07 GMT)
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inventing a bit but that's the idea

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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