HOWARD HICKSON'S HISTORIES [Index] Elko: The First 100 Years Elko was the end of the tracks laid from the west by the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868. When CPRR tracklayers moved on east to meet construction crews of the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah Territory, they left a small tent town on the banks of the Humboldt River.
By definition, reciprocal switching is âan interchange of inbound and outbound carload freight among railroads in which the cars are switched by one railroad to or from the siding of another under a regular switching charge that is usually absorbed by the carrier receiving the line-haul.â.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: reciprocal (Noun). Of a number, the number obtained by dividing 1 by the given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction. 0.5 is the reciprocal of 2. reciprocal (Adjective). Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.