Switchback

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005813",
  "term": "Switchback",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A railway track configuration designed to overcome steep gradients by having trains reverse direction at intermediate points. This allows a train to ascend or descend a slope that would otherwise be too steep for continuous travel. Switchbacks are common in mountainous terrain and industrial settings.",
  "subject": "Shop talk and trade slang",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Switchback",
    "es": "switchback",
    "fr": "switchback"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/switchback/"
}