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Noun: railroad yard
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: railway yard)
  1. An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
    "The train pulled into the bustling railroad yard for inspection";
    - yard, railway yard [Brit, Cdn], railyard, switchyard [N. Amer]

Derived forms: railroad yards

Type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

Encyclopedia: Railroad yard