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hump yard

noun

hump yard

noun
1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport a classification yard or marshalling yard which has a hump over which trains are shunted, the vehicles then running on their own by gravity into various sidings.

  • New works in hand at and near Basle include a mechanised hump yard at Muttenz for outwards international freight to relieve Basle Wolf yard, which has been handling such traffic, [...].1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland”, in Modern Railways, page 62:

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