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Rail yard
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A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in
A large Amtrak and Metra coach yard just south of Chicago Union Station. About 25 percent of all rail traffic in the United States travels through the
A large Amtrak and Metra coach yard just south of Chicago Union Station. About 25 percent of all rail traffic in the United States travels through the Chicago area.
Yard for Amtrak equipment, located next to the Los Angeles River. The two tracks on the left are the mainline.
Yard for Amtrak equipment, located next to the Los Angeles River. The two tracks on the left are the mainline.
The "hump" of a hump yard. Railcars travel past retarders, which control their speed, and are directed onto tracks to be assembled into new trains. Th
The "hump" of a hump yard. Railcars travel past retarders, which control their speed, and are directed onto tracks to be assembled into new trains. The control tower operates the retarders.
A coach yard in Shanghai, China
A coach yard in Shanghai, China
Classification yard
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A classification yard, marshalling yard or shunting yard is a railway yard used to accumulate wagons or railway cars on one of several tracks. First, a group of cars is taken to a track, sometimes cal
Rail yard
…yards—yards where cars are sorted for various destinations and assembled into blocks have different formal names in different cultural traditions: Classification yard (US and by Canadian National Railway in Canada) or Marshalling yard (UK and Canadian Pacific Railway in Canada) Departure yard, where car blocks are…
Godorf Station, Cologne, Germany
Godorf Station, Cologne, Germany
Not all cars can be sent over a classification hump. This Union Pacific track maintenance vehicle is permanently labeled "Do not hump" because it is n
Not all cars can be sent over a classification hump. This Union Pacific track maintenance vehicle is permanently labeled "Do not hump" because it is not designed to withstand hump sorting.
The retarders grip the sides of the wheels on passing cars to slow them down.
The retarders grip the sides of the wheels on passing cars to slow them down.
A CNW towerman operates the retarders at Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois (1943)
A CNW towerman operates the retarders at Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois (1943)