hump yard

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounhump yard (plural hump yards)

plural hump yards

  1. rail transporta 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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