railyards
Locomotive parking areas
Railyards are areas where railroad tracks converge for storing, sorting, and servicing trains.
Cars are assembled into trains, switched between tracks, and held until needed.
A railyard typically includes multiple parallel tracks, maintenance facilities, and loading platforms: The old railyards have been converted into a public park.
Marks showing passage
- switchesCircuit opening devices
- sidingsAuxiliary rail tracks
- turntableRotating music player
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
signals · junctions · ballast · ties · interlocking · maintenance · depot · platforms
Changing from one to another
- shuntingMoving vehicles between tracks
- couplingJoint between systems
- dispatchingSending out promptly
- schedulingAssigning times to events
classification · loading · unloading · inspection · maintenance · coordination · brakeman · conductor
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- goodsThings for sale
- bulkMain mass or size
commodities · haulage · consignment · pallets · transshipment · warehousing · distribution · stockpile
Industrial metal production facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- plantBotanical organism
tracks
Marks showing passage
roundhouse · signals · junctions · ballast · ties · interlocking · maintenance · depot · platforms · gauge
switching
Changing from one to another
- shuntingMoving vehicles between tracks
- couplingJoint between systems
- dispatchingSending out promptly
scheduling · classification · loading · unloading · inspection · maintenance · coordination · brakeman · conductor · manifests
cargo
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- containersObjects for holding things
- goodsThings for sale
bulk · commodities · haulage · consignment · pallets · transshipment · warehousing · distribution · stockpile
steelworks
Industrial metal production facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, coal mines, power stations, mill ponds
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- city historycity history, city archives, city development, urban development, historic districts
- Rust BeltDetroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Gary, Youngstown
railyardstrain stations
Facilities for rail passengers
railway stations · depots · terminals · passenger terminals · transit stations
railyardspassenger terminals
Facilities for traveler embarkation
train stations · airports · bus stations · subway stations · transit hubs