railyard

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A form of rail yard — A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.

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Meanings

nounrailyard (plural railyards)

plural railyards

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rail yard.

    But the ambitious project requires Related to spend about $2 billion to erect platforms, columns and foundations over a working railyard before it can build the first tower.

    2009 February 3, Charles V. Bagli, “M.T.A. and Developer Agree to Delay $1 Billion Railyard Deal”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

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yardrailway yard
Broader
tractpiece of landpiece of ground
Also see
yard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

railyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railyard

MLA

“railyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railyard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railyard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railyard.

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