The alignment of a turnout that directs a train away from the primary or straight-through route. In signal logic and dispatching, switches are either in the normal position for the main route or the reverse position for the diverging route. A dispatcher will command a switch to reverse to route a train into a siding or branch line.
Heard on the job
The dispatcher has the switch at the east end lined reverse to put us in the hole for the hotshot.
Also heard as
- diverging