Noun: railway yard
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad yard)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: railroad yard)
- An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
"The old steam engine was restored in the railway yard"; "The train pulled into the bustling railway yard for inspection";
- yard, railyard, railroad yard [N. Amer], switchyard [N. Amer]
Derived forms: railway yards
Type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
Encyclopedia: Railway yard