marshalling yard
Railcar sorting area
A marshalling yard is a railroad facility where freight cars are sorted and assembled into trains.
Cars roll down a slight incline called a hump, where switches route them onto different tracks based on destination.
Also called a classification yard.
The marshalling yard operated around the clock during the shipping season.
Moving vehicles between tracks
- retardersDevices that slow motion
- switchingChanging from one to another
- freight carsWheeled rail containers
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
sidings · couplers · signal box · yardmaster · marshaller · brake test · air hoses · derailment
Auxiliary rail tracks
- terminalAt the endpoint
- depotVehicle storage facility
- trackPath or monitored route
- signalsConveyed indications
platform · mainline · lead track · control tower · floodlights · rail network · junction
Goods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- shipmentGoods being transported
- dispatchSend with speed
loading · unloading · containers · scheduling · tracking · consolidation · transshipment · intermodal
Systematic grouping by traits
- sequencingDetermining element order
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- orderingPlacing in sequence
shunting
Moving vehicles between tracks
- retardersDevices that slow motion
- switchingChanging from one to another
- freight carsWheeled rail containers
locomotives · sidings · couplers · signal box · yardmaster · marshaller · brake test · air hoses · derailment · interchange
sidings
Auxiliary rail tracks
signals · platform · mainline · lead track · control tower · floodlights · rail network · junction
freight
Goods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- shipmentGoods being transported
dispatch · loading · unloading · containers · scheduling · tracking · consolidation · transshipment · intermodal · goods
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- sequencingDetermining element order
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- yardsbackyard, courtyard, churchyard, schoolyard, barnyard
- British Railcarriage, guard, signal box, level crossing, platform
- Freight Hubsdistribution center, fulfillment center, freight terminal, cargo terminal, shipping hub
- freight yardsfreight car, freight train, siding, cargo terminal, loading dock
- railway infrastructurerailway station, train station, platform, tracks, rails
marshalling yardpassenger station
Transit boarding facility
passenger terminal · railway station · train station · depot · terminus
yard, marshal, marshalling yards, marshals, marshalled, marshalling