switch yard

British

noun

an area in a railway system where rolling stock is shunted, as in forming trains

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“There are some savings from the control system, the switch yard, some of the interconnections,’’ Mr. Browning added.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2011

Snorky proudly brought forth a diagram which to Skippy's bewildered gaze looked like the cross section of a switch yard.

From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Fuhr, Ernest

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