railyard
- noun
- /ˈreɪlˌjɑrd/
- Specialized
- Nevertheless, Sacramento city officials remain obsessed with redeveloping the railyard.
Examples
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The workers at the railyard carefully organized the train cars for efficient transport.
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Is there any question that the downtown railyard is the worst of them?
Blog text (13) -
Review about the railyard cleanup in October 2006.
Blog text (13) -
At the time, efforts to redevelop the railyard had been ongoing for 12 years.
Blog text (13) -
The Santa Fe Community Convention Center and the Railyard are two of the largest public works projects in modern Santa Fe history.
Blog text (6) -
A large blown-up photograph is projected on the screen: an aerial view of a railyard, a river snaking through, some trees, and houses.
Fiction book (1990) -
The success at the Railyard is equally exciting, and it’s another project that wouldn’t have happened without community involvement.
Blog text (6) -
In the distance, a train was braking into the railyard, either to load up sacks of beans or deposit milled lumber or field equipment.
Fiction book (2001) -
Six years ago, Georgia-based developer Thomas Enterprises purchased the railyards after years of haggling with UP over cleanup issues.
Blog text (13) -
He spent the afternoon at the railyard, watching the locomotives being repaired.
Synonyms
A place with many train tracks where train engines and cars are kept and fixed
A place by train tracks where workers sort and attach freight cars
A place where train cars or electric circuits are moved and connected
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Etymology
Railyard combines rail ('a metal track that trains run on') and yard ('an open area'), so it is literally a yard of rails, a place of tracks where trains and cars are stored, sorted, and repaired.