freight yard
Train sorting area
A freight yard is a rail facility where cargo trains are assembled, sorted, and stored.
Cars carrying different goods arrive and are rearranged into new trains bound for various destinations.
The largest freight yards span miles and operate around the clock: The shipment sat in the freight yard for three days waiting to be coupled to an outbound train.
Organizing into proper order
- switchingChanging from one to another
- sortingArranging into sequence
- couplingJoint between systems
- humpingCarrying with difficulty
classification · dispatch · receiving · shunting · spotting · switchman · brakeman · signalman
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
reefer · caboose · intermodal · piggyback · railcar · coupler · wheelset · coal car
Objects for holding things
- cratesSturdy shipping containers
- palletsFlat freight platforms
- bulkMain mass or size
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
goods · consignment · merchandise · shipments · grain · coal · lumber · automobiles
Railway's supporting base
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- sidetrackDivert from purpose
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- humpRounded raised mass
lead track · control tower · retarder · floodlights · scale house
Allocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
scheduling · routing · interchange · transfer · throughput · staging · demurrage · bill of lading
Rail junction operator
- brakemanRail worker controlling deceleration
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- engineerTechnical design professional
- hostlerStable attendant at inns
clerk · dispatcher · loader · maintenance crew · safety inspector
marshalling
Organizing into proper order
humping · classification · dispatch · receiving · shunting · spotting · switchman · brakeman · signalman · trackside
boxcar
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- hopperTapered dispensing container
tanker · reefer · caboose · intermodal · piggyback · railcar · coupler · wheelset · coal car · bulkhead
containers
Objects for holding things
commodities · goods · consignment · merchandise · shipments · grain · coal · lumber · automobiles · chemicals
trackbed
Railway's supporting base
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- sidetrackDivert from purpose
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
hump · lead track · control tower · retarder · floodlights · scale house
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
fulfillment · scheduling · routing · interchange · transfer · throughput · staging · demurrage · bill of lading
switchman
Rail junction operator
- brakemanRail worker controlling deceleration
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- engineerTechnical design professional
hostler · clerk · dispatcher · loader · maintenance crew · safety inspector
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- freight transportcargo ship, container, cargo plane, semi truck, tanker
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, package, merchant ships
freight yardpassenger station
Transit boarding facility
passenger terminal · train station · railway station · bus station · commuter station
yard, freight, barnyard, courtyard, fraught, shipyard, dockyard, freightage, yardmaster