On the road, we "put the train away" or "yarded" it. That entailed parking it on whatever track for the yard crews to work it.
Now in the yard, we take that train and "shift or switch" it. If the whole train doesn't need shifted, we may just have to "set out" or "dig out" some cars that are needed.
To each terminal its own.
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locoi1sa NKP guy What is the correct term for taking a freight train apart in a yard? The PC used to call it a derailment.
NKP guy What is the correct term for taking a freight train apart in a yard?
The PC used to call it a derailment.
But, no - that's just what they called it when it happened out on the main tracks . . .
- Paul North.
Ya see, what I mean...never ever mix Benadryl with prescription medicines....
uphogger 40th Street Yard and the connection north over the Cragin and Weber industrial branches are gone. There's still a little bit of industry work at the south end of what used to be 40th Street (and why did they call it that? It's right off of Pulaski). The engine facility at M-19A is still there and in regular use doing maintenance work on Metra F-40 engines and UP freight power. The two big coaling towers were torn down about three years ago, and the turntable was taken out at the beginning of last year. The Weber and Cragin both still branch off from Mayfair (the tower there has been gone for about 12 years or so; ops are remoted to CY Tower), but the Cragin no longer connects with 40th Street and the Weber no longer goes as far as Canal in Evanston. Yeah, I've heard war stories about that area and you aren't the first to tell me how close the clearances were in that yard. FWIW, the old steam shop with the overhead crane is still standing but no longer in railroad use.
40th Street Yard and the connection north over the Cragin and Weber industrial branches are gone. There's still a little bit of industry work at the south end of what used to be 40th Street (and why did they call it that? It's right off of Pulaski). The engine facility at M-19A is still there and in regular use doing maintenance work on Metra F-40 engines and UP freight power. The two big coaling towers were torn down about three years ago, and the turntable was taken out at the beginning of last year. The Weber and Cragin both still branch off from Mayfair (the tower there has been gone for about 12 years or so; ops are remoted to CY Tower), but the Cragin no longer connects with 40th Street and the Weber no longer goes as far as Canal in Evanston. Yeah, I've heard war stories about that area and you aren't the first to tell me how close the clearances were in that yard. FWIW, the old steam shop with the overhead crane is still standing but no longer in railroad use.
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In the Norfolk-Southern description of a conductor's job duties listed on their website the term is "break-up".
One "boards" a train and exits it by "leaving" it. Although I'm partial to the word Paul North suggested above: passengers "alight" from a train.
Coupling cars together for purposes of moving them along a main track is called "building" a train. Upon arrival at final destination the remaining cars are "busted up" (a crude term), "switched out" or "classified" into classification, storage, company business, rip, and interchange tracks.
Randy Stahl Tuck and roll ??
Tuck and roll ??
Johnny
2. "Alight", esp. pertaining to females leaving passenger trains.
Detrain. I'd forgotten about that word, and I need it every trip we make as I advise the passengers of when they can detrain. (Sometimes we need to stop to throw a switch or flag the crossing and we don't need everyone in the vestibule simply because the train stopped...)
I should probably write it down.
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What is the correct term for taking a freight train apart in a yard? Or, what is the opposite of "making up" a train?
Depends on what you are going to do with the cars...you can block out the cars if they are in large groups destined for the same location you can classify cars, break it into groups that either need blocking or switching, or switch them...all the above terms are loosely considered "switching"
Also, when people get off a train upon arrival, what's the correct term? Or, what's the opposite of "boarding" a train?
Off, detrain, on, entrain...both terms used in most rule books, also used to describe mounting and getting off moving freight cars.
Thanks.
dakotafred NKP guyAlso, when people get off a train upon arrival, what's the correct term? "Detrain" is time-honored and simplest, when you're talking paying passengers and passenger trains.
NKP guyAlso, when people get off a train upon arrival, what's the correct term?
"Detrain" is time-honored and simplest, when you're talking paying passengers and passenger trains.
Carl
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Carl, I do not remember much about 40th street yard. I only went there a few times, and I never had any idea where anything was. All I remember is the tracks were so close together in a few places that I could not fit between cars on adjacent tracks. Plus I always felt that I needed a weapon to feel a bit safer. Especially when driving in the neighborhood in my soft-top Jeep.
Seems to be that there is no process of un-making up a train. When it comes into a yard it might be split into two or more sections based on space available, but it is not taken apart per se, the cars are taken as a group to the end of the switch yard and split apart to be made up into new trains in the process of "Making up" trains.
Passenger "deboard" a train (or ship or airplane).
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NKP guyWhat is the correct term for taking a freight train apart in a yard? Or, what is the opposite of "making up" a train?
Switching out.
NKP guyAlso, when people get off a train upon arrival, what's the correct term? Or, what's the opposite of "boarding" a train?
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