railyard
Locomotive parking lot
A railyard is a complex of tracks where trains are assembled, sorted, stored, and maintained.
Locomotives are coupled to cars, freight is transferred between trains, and rolling stock awaits its next use.
Also called a rail yard or railway yard.
The old railyard has been converted into a public park.
Changing from one to another
- dispatchingSending out promptly
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
marshalling · coupling · uncoupling · shunting · spotting · humping · inventory · coordination
Marks showing passage
- switchesCircuit opening devices
- turntableRotating music player
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- signalsConveyed indications
ballast · ties · sleepers · platforms · hump · gantry · crane · electrification
Transported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
- shipmentGoods being transported
- transloadingFreight mode switching
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
intermodal · piggyback · distribution · warehousing · forklift · manifest · bulk · breakbulk
Number attending an event
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- pointsUnits of tally
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
derail · interlocking · diverge · converge · alignment · gauge
switching
Changing from one to another
- dispatchingSending out promptly
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
sorting · marshalling · coupling · uncoupling · shunting · spotting · humping · inventory · coordination · tracking
tracks
Marks showing passage
- switchesCircuit opening devices
- turntableRotating music player
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
signals · ballast · ties · sleepers · platforms · hump · gantry · crane · electrification · floodlights
cargo
Transported goods
- containersObjects for holding things
- shipmentGoods being transported
- transloadingFreight mode switching
consolidation · intermodal · piggyback · distribution · warehousing · forklift · manifest · bulk · breakbulk
turnout
Number attending an event
diamond · derail · interlocking · diverge · converge · alignment · gauge
smokestacks
Tall industrial exhaust pipes
gravel · weathered · utilitarian · scrapyard · cinders
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- yardsbackyard, churchyard, schoolyard, barnyard, junkyard
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
- freight railfreight train, freight car, boxcar, boxcars, hopper car
- Santa FeSanta Fe, Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe style, art market, historic district
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
railyardairport
Aviation passenger facility
seaport · harbor · marina · truck depot · bus terminal
railyardtrain station
Passenger boarding facility for locomotives
railway station · passenger terminal · station platform · train platform · passenger station