What is a "house track"?

[gfisher]

I am currently finishing up my Indiana Western route by modeling the Soo yard in Gladstone, Michigan from a track plan in a freight yard book and there is a track, a siding off of the main line past the depot, that runs behind the depot on the approaching passenger side of the structure before rejoining the main, and it is labelled as a "house track".

The description in the book didn't offer any definition of the term. Could someone explain what the term means?

[GatoRail]

That was a new term for me also!:) Here's the definition: House Track: A franchise spur adjacent to a freight house.
Here is a couple of links with a glossary of terms:

http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains/rrterms.htm

http://www.rbrdevelopers.co.uk/john259/glossary/index.htm#h

Happy RR,
GatoRail

[gfisher]

Useful links. Thank you.