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Meaning of "railway yard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAILWAY YARD

railway yard  [ˈreɪlˌweɪ jɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILWAY YARD

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Railway yard is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RAILWAY YARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

railway yard

Rail yard

A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic. Railroad cars are moved around by specially designed yard switchers, a type of locomotive. Cars in a railroad yard may be sorted by numerous categories, including railroad company, loaded or unloaded, destination, car type, or whether they need repairs. Railroad yards are normally built where there is a need to store cars while they are not being loaded or unloaded, or are waiting to be assembled into trains. Large yards may have a tower to control operations.:46 Many railway yards are located at strategic points on a main line. Main line yards are often composed of an Up yard and a Down yard, linked to the associated railroad direction. There are different types of yards, and different parts within a yard, depending on how they are built.

Definition of railway yard in the English dictionary

The definition of railway yard in the dictionary is an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILWAY YARD


backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
barnyard
ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd
boatyard
ˈbəʊtjɑːd
boneyard
ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd
brickyard
ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd
churchyard
ˈtʃɜːtʃˌjɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
dockyard
ˈdɒkˌjɑːd
farmyard
ˈfɑːmˌjɑːd
graveyard
ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd
junkyard
ˈdʒʌŋkˌjɑːd
lumberyard
ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd
Montagnard
ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd
noyade
nwɑːˈjɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
schoolyard
ˈskuːljɑːd
scrapyard
ˈskræpjɑːd
shipyard
ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd
tanyard
ˈtænˌjɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILWAY YARD

railroader
railway
railway bridge
railway carriage
railway crossing
railway engine
railway guide
railway journey
railway line
railway network
railway police
railway porter
railway station
railway timetable
railway track
railway worker
railwayman
railwaymen
railwoman
railworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILWAY YARD

back yard
Bayard
coal yard
exercise yard
freight yard
goods yard
in one´s own back yard
knacker´s yard
lanyard
Layard
main yard
marshalling yard
naval dockyard
navy yard
prison yard
refit yard
shunting yard
switch yard
timber yard
vineyard

Synonyms and antonyms of railway yard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «railway yard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILWAY YARD

Find out the translation of railway yard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of railway yard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railway yard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铁路站场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el patio del ferrocarril
570 millions of speakers

English

railway yard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेलवे यार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساحة السكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

железнодорожная двор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pátio ferroviário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেলওয়ে ইয়ার্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gare de triage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halaman kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rangierbahnhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉄道操車場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철도 마당
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sepur railway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sở hỏa xa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரயில்வே முற்றத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वे यार्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Demiryolu yarda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scalo ferroviario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stoczni kolejowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залізнична двір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curte de cale ferată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός διαλογής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rangeerstation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bangård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jernbane verksted
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railway yard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY YARD»

The term «railway yard» is regularly used and occupies the 57.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY YARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about railway yard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILWAY YARD»

Discover the use of railway yard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railway yard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shunters at work: creating a world in a railway yard
This book is an ethnographic account of a group of railway workers, called shunters, who spend their working lives, partly standing between buffers, but mainly thinking about how best to assemble coaches into trains.
Birgitta Edelman, 1997
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Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association
... facilitated by locating the scale on the hump, ti. Five locomotives are used, all assigned to classifying cars. One hour Ten hours Maximum. 300 ....2,783 Average. 300 2,000 17. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY. (Yard at Williamson, W. Va.) ...
American Railway Engineering Association, 1908
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American ...
The main functions of a railway yard are to receive trains passing over the road, to separate and classify the cars for their proper destinations, and to put the cars together into trains for forwarding. An important consideration is that this should ...
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, 1906
4
Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association
Northern Central Railway, Yard at Fairview. — Railroad Gazette, April 15, 1904. Norfolk & Western Railway, Yard Improvements. — Railroad Gazette, July 3 and 24, and September 25, 1903. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, New ...
American Railway Engineering Association, 1905
5
McCully's New Brunswick: Historic Aerial Photographs, 1931-1939
This aerial view of Moncton's first CN railway yard is looking east across the city to Lewisville and Sunny Brae. The photo was taken in an airplane over the Petitcodiac River near the Gunningsville Bridge. Bordering the railway yard along the ...
Dan Soucoup, Richard Thorne McCully, 2005
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Railway Review ...
A railway yard for the transfer of supplies from standard to narrow gauge also was here constructed, and out of this point a narrow gauge railway was surveyed and constructed. One extremely large cut was put through at this point and men ...
‎1919
7
The Railway Review
A railway yard for the transfer of supplies from standard to narrow gauge also was here constructed, and out of this point a narrow gauge railway was surveyed and constructed. One extremely large cut was put through at this point and men ...
‎1919
8
The Federal Railway Digest
One whose general employment is to make light repairs on both interstate and intrastate cars in a railway yard, and who worked on an average of 25 cars daily, was engaged in interstate commerce within the purview of the Federal Employers ' ...
‎1919
9
History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese ...
Kungchuling, Manchuria. (91) Cartload of soybeans in storage yard of Chinese grain merchant. North Manchuria. (92) Soybeans lumped in piles in a railway yard in North Manchuria. (94) Uncovered rick of bags of soybeans in railway yards in ...
William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, 2014
10
FORMS/FORMAT 2010: Formal Methods for Automation and Safety ...
The interlocking monitors the status of the objects in the railway yard (e.g., points, switches, track circuits) and allows or denies the routing of trains in accordance with the railway safety and operational regulations that are generic for the region  ...
Eckehard Schnieder, Geza Tarnai, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILWAY YARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railway yard is used in the context of the following news items.
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S'ville man dies in accident while working at CN rail yard
A Schererville man died Saturday after he was dragged by a slow-moving train while working at a Canadian National Railway yard in East Hazel Crest, officials ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
2
Demolition in Utkalnagar slum of Surat railway yard continues
SURAT: Demolition work of illegally constructed Utkalnagar Slum in Surat Railway yard continued on the second day. Starting from Varacha Undepass to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
3
AA B&B Awards 2015: Redruth B&B The Old Railway Yard named …
The Old Railway Yard in Redruth, Cornwall, has been named the Friendliest B&B in the UK by the AA in its annual B&B Awards. «BigHospitality.co.uk, May 15»
4
Points failure at Wellington railway yard causing delays
Hundreds of commuters will be affected by cancelled and delayed train services tonight as Kiwirail deals with a points failure at Wellington's railway yards. «The Dominion Post, Feb 15»
5
Mumbai: Boy tries to click selfie atop train, suffers 25000V electric …
The incident took place around 3.30 pm on Sunday, when Ganesh Kumkumawati was at the Jogeshwari railway yard with two of his friends. Railway officials ... «Mid-Day, Jan 15»
6
Brisbane railway yard electrocution: 26yo trespasser dies after …
"They were advised that two males had entered the railway yard - one of them had climbed onto a commercial container that was on the line and came within the ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»
7
Security tightened for at Chitpur railway yard
KOLKATA: After a woman railway employee complained that she was gang-raped for several years by four of her colleagues at the Chitpore railway yard, ... «Times of India, Jul 14»
8
Boy, 16, suffers serious burns from 25k-volt overhead cable in …
A 16-year-old boy is in intensive care with serious burns after coming in contact with a 25,000-volt overhead power cable while playing in a railway yard. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 14»
9
15-year old school student electrocuted at Jasai railway yard
A 15-year-old school student was electrocuted after coming into contact with a high voltage overhead equipment wire at Jasai railway yard on Central Railway's ... «Daily News & Analysis, Dec 13»
10
Sudden death in Regina railway yard under investigation
At 2:15 am on Saturday, the Regina Police Service responded to a report of an injured male in the railway yard. When police and EMS arrived, they located the ... «CTV News, Jan 13»

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