"marshalling yard" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1963 January, G. F. Fiennes, “The \"Merry-go-Round\" Railway - a new plan for mineral trains”, in Modern Railways, page 20:",
          "text": "In passing we must glance at marshalling yards. Of course, until the unit of the country's trade is a train-load and not something less than a wagon-load, marshalling yards will continue to be a necessary evil.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1963 February, G. M. Kichenside, “The Newport (Mon.) resignalling scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 125:",
          "text": "Five marshalling yards in the vicinity—Pontypool Road, Rogerstone, Alexandra Dock Junction, East Usk Junction and Severn Tunnel Junction—remarshal much of this traffic into full train loads to destination.",
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        "A railway yard where trains are assembled from individual carriages or goods wagons."
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          "railway",
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        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "classification yard"
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          "word": "marshaling yard"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "platja de classificació"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "word": "調車場"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "word": "调车场"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "rangeerterrein"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "word": "järjestelyratapiha"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "gare de triage"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rangierbahnhof"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stacja rozrządowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "railway yard",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "rangerbangård"
        }
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  "word": "marshalling yard"
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          "yard",
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      "word": "classification yard"
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      "word": "marshaling yard"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "platja de classificació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "word": "調車場"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "word": "调车场"
    },
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      "sense": "railway yard",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "rangeerterrein"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "word": "järjestelyratapiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gare de triage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rangierbahnhof"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "railway yard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stacja rozrządowa"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "railway yard",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "rangerbangård"
    }
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  "word": "marshalling yard"
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