switchyards
Train sorting facilities
Switchyards are rail yards where freight cars are sorted and assembled into trains.
Cars roll down a hump or incline and are directed onto different tracks by switches, organizing them by destination.
The term extends to electrical substations where power lines connect and voltage is regulated: The utility built a new switchyard to serve the growing suburb.
Wheeled train compartments
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- freightGoods being transported
- boxcarsHighest dice throw
- tankersShips transporting fluids
cabooses · conductors · couplers · gondolas · hoppers · junctions · signals · marshalling
Voltage transformation facilities
- transformersVoltage-altering electrical devices
- circuit breakersAutomatic electrical shutoffs
- insulatorsMaterials blocking energy transfer
- voltageElectrical potential difference
transmission · distribution · power grid · capacitors · relays · feeders · conductors · high-voltage
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- containersObjects for holding things
shipping · sorting · dispatch · haulage · consignment · intermodal · transloading · pallets
Central focal points
- routersPacket-forwarding network hardware
- ethernetWired networking standard
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- cablingInstalled wire systems
connectivity · bandwidth · routing · network infrastructure · ports · throughput · traffic management · load balancing
railcars
Wheeled train compartments
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- freightGoods being transported
- boxcarsHighest dice throw
tankers · cabooses · conductors · couplers · gondolas · hoppers · junctions · signals · marshalling · shunting
substations
Voltage transformation facilities
- transformersVoltage-altering electrical devices
- circuit breakersAutomatic electrical shutoffs
- insulatorsMaterials blocking energy transfer
voltage · transmission · distribution · power grid · capacitors · relays · feeders · conductors · high-voltage · utility
cargo
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- distributionAllocation across recipients
containers · shipping · sorting · dispatch · haulage · consignment · intermodal · transloading · pallets · inventory
hubs
Central focal points
- routersPacket-forwarding network hardware
- ethernetWired networking standard
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
cabling · connectivity · bandwidth · routing · network infrastructure · ports · throughput · traffic management · load balancing
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- rail operationstrain schedules, signals, timetables, rail network, signaling
- power gridspower grid, transformer, substation, substations, transmission lines
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
switchyardspassenger terminals
Facilities for traveler embarkation
train stations · railway stations · depots · transit hubs · terminus