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ID: 300411506
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300411506

 

Record Type: concept
hump yards (marshalling yards, railroad yards, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Railway yards that employ lead tracks on small rises over which an engine pushes single cars, or blocks of coupled cars, where they roll by gravity onto destination tracks where the cars are sorted.
 
Terms:
hump yards (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
hump yard (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
rangeerheuvel (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
rangeerheuvels (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name)
........ Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of complexes (buildings and sites)
............ complexes (buildings and sites) (G)
Hierarchy of <complexes by function>
................ <complexes by function> (G)
Hierarchy of transportation complexes
.................... transportation complexes (G)
Hierarchy of railroad yards
........................ railroad yards (G)
Hierarchy of marshalling yards
............................ marshalling yards (G)
Hierarchy of hump yards
................................ hump yards (P,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een heuvel om goederentreinen te splitsen met daarover een of meerdere sporen waar de te heuvelen wagens overheen worden geduwd die vervolgens door de zwaartekracht zelfstandig verder rollen. 

Related concepts:
contextualized in ....  railroads (infrastructure)
................................  (transit systems (infrastructure), infrastructural systems, ... Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name)) [300008591]
require ....  freight cars
..............  (railroad cars, rail guideway vehicles, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300212993]
require ....  railroad cars
..............  (rail guideway vehicles, guideway vehicles, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300233722]

Sources and Contributors:
hump yard............  [VP]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
hump yards............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  Armstrong, Track Planning for Realistic Operation (1998)
.......................  Lewis et al., Railway Age's Railroad Dictionary (1984)
.......................  Rhodes, North American Railyards (2014)
rangeerheuvel............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
..........................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
..........................  Am-MovE thesaurus
..........................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
rangeerheuvels............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Am-MovE thesaurus
.............................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Armstrong, Track Planning for Realistic Operation (1998)
.......... Rhodes, North American Railyards (2014)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Am-MovE thesaurus
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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