This road also had some features of conventional railroads, such as sidings, turn-tables, freight platform, and car-house. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The Southern Pacific Company today has in service in some of its sidings redwood ties that were put down under its rails fifty-five years ago. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
At the end of the year 1898 there were in use in the United States 36,746 locomotives, 1,318,700 cars, and the mileage in tracks, including second track and sidings, was 245,238. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.