hump yard

(rail 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.

Japanese Meaning

丘や傾斜（ハンプ）を利用して、列車の各車両を重力を利用して各線路へ振り分ける鉄道の車両振り分け場（ハンプヤード） / 列車をハンプ（小丘）上で振り分ける、分類または編成を目的とした鉄道施設

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The freight cars were sorted at the hump yard, where wagons rolled down by gravity into various sidings.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

貨車はハンプ式操車場で仕分けされ、車両は重力でそれぞれの側線に転がり込んだ。

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(rail 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, ….

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hump yards

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