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What (who) is run (or make) rings round (or around) - definition

A SHORT LENGTH OF TRACK TO RELEASE LOCOMOTIVES AT TERMINAL PLATFORMS
Head shunt; Shunting neck; Run-around loop; Run around loop; Run-round loop; Escape track
  • Diagram of a headshunt and run round loop
  • Sequence at a terminal headshunt: <br />
1. train arrives at the station<br />
2. locomotive is detached from the train and moves into the headshunt <br />
3. locomotive reverses and the points are switched<br />
4. locomotive travels along the passing loop to pass the cars<br />
5. locomotive reverses direction and the points are switched <br />
6. locomotive couples to the opposite end of the train <br />
7. locomotive reverses and the train departs
  • [[Melbourne University tram stop]] has three reversing headshunts in succession, between the two running lines.
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run (or make) rings round (or around)      
run (or make) rings round (or around)
informal
outclass or outwit (someone) easily.
Bull Run, Oregon         
  • Bull Run Power Plant {{circa}} early 1900s
HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN OREGON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bullrun, Oregon; Bull Run, Or; Unavilla, Oregon
Bull Run is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located about northeast of Sandy, near the Bull Run River and the powerhouse of the defunct Mount Hood Railway and Power Company (later the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project).
Or Adonai         
PRIMARY WORK OF RABBI HASDAI CRESCAS.
Or Adonai (book); Or Hashem
Or Adonai (Hebrew: אור אֲדֹנָי), The Light of the Lord, is the primary work of Rabbi Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340 - 1410/1411), a Jewish philosopher.

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Headshunt

A 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.