Sunday, October 14, 2012

German steam trains at a hump yard


An old art postcard with the title Züge auf einem Verschiebebahnhof - trains at a shunting or marshalling yard, in the US usually called a classification yard, but the reason for the term 'hump yard' is obvious in this scene.  Wheel flange retarders slow the wagons to the appropriate speed once they reach their intended track and position.

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