rail yard
Locomotive parking lot
A rail yard is a complex of railroad tracks where trains are assembled, stored, switched, and serviced.
Cars are sorted and coupled into new configurations, locomotives are maintained, and cargo is loaded or unloaded.
Also called a railyard, train yard, or marshalling yard (British): The freight cars sat in the rail yard overnight.
Railway pulling machine
- boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- hopperTapered dispensing container
tanker · caboose · reefer · coal car · stock car · engine · wagon · carriage
Changing from one to another
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- shuntingMoving vehicles between tracks
- humpRounded raised mass
retarders · coupling · decoupling · sorting · dispatch · routing · signalbox · interlocking
Auxiliary rail tracks
- turntableRotating music player
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- trackPath or monitored route
- terminalAt the endpoint
spur · bumper · ballast · ties · switches · signals · floodlights · maintenance shed
Transported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
- freightGoods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- transshipmentCargo transfer between carriers
containerization · bulk · distribution · warehousing · pallets · consignment · intermodal · import
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
- boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
hopper · tanker · caboose · reefer · coal car · stock car · engine · wagon · carriage · consist
switching
Changing from one to another
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- shuntingMoving vehicles between tracks
hump · retarders · coupling · decoupling · sorting · dispatch · routing · signalbox · interlocking · points
sidings
Auxiliary rail tracks
- turntableRotating music player
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- trackPath or monitored route
terminal · spur · bumper · ballast · ties · switches · signals · floodlights · maintenance shed · scale house
cargo
Transported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
- freightGoods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
transshipment · containerization · bulk · distribution · warehousing · pallets · consignment · intermodal · import · export
smokestacks
Tall industrial exhaust pipes
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- heavy industryCapital-intensive manufacturing sector
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
factory · machinery · workers · labor · grime · rust · diesel · grease · clanging · metalwork
- storage yardsjunkyard, scrapyard
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- railroadsteam engine, locomotive, train car, caboose, passenger car
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- transitbus, subway, train, metro, buses
- industrial sitesfactory floor, oil refinery, factories, petrochemical plants, plants
rail yardtrain station
Passenger boarding facility for locomotives
passenger terminal · railway station · depot · platform · ticket hall
rail yardairport
Aviation passenger facility
seaport · harbor · bus terminal · truck depot · marina
rail yardnature preserve
Protected natural habitat area
wilderness · wilderness area · green space · public park · residential neighborhood