A marshalling yard in Hamburg Maschen - Germany.
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A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a complex series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or unused locomotives stored off the main line, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic.
A large straddle crane loads freight containers from trucks to trains at a city intermodal hub. High-rise buildings loom in the background. A yellow container is in transit. Three lines of rail wagons are being loaded with containers aa a fourth line is empty. Trucks and stacks of containers complete the picture. Copyspace.