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Definition of Railway yard
1. Noun. An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.
Specialized synonyms: Marshalling Yard
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railway Yard
Literary usage of Railway yard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat by Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1919)
"On arrival of the train in the railway yard, he takes his way bills and his train
list to the railway yard office. The way bills are then given to the clerk ..."
2. Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat by Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1919)
"On arrival of the train in the railway yard, he. takes his way bills and his
train list to the railway yard office. The way bills are then given to the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeal [1876-1900]. by Ontario Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels, Christopher Robinson, James Frederick Smith, Law Society of Upper Canada (1901)
"The plaintiff's son was given leave by a yard master of the defendants to learn
in the railway yard the duties of car-checker, with the expectation that if ..."
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