end on

adj, adv — 2 senses

end-on

adjalso spelled end-on

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Of a link between the tracks of two railway companies that meet end on, forming a through line, at a point called an end-on junction.

Beyond the station an end-on junction was made with the L.N.W.R., which worked most of the M. & C. trains on to Workington and Whitehaven.1939 December, “Notes on the Maryport & Carlisle Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 417:

end on

adv

Nautical, Transport Having the end pointing directly to an object.

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