• wifemademesignup@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Nerd time. Hump yards or hump shunting is when they push a rail wagon down a hill and use gravity to push it.

    Then there are a bunch of switches to go through to make it go into a particular road.

    It then runs into whatever wagon was already there (and automatically couples together).

    This impact is very bad for wagon mounted equipment and sensitive cargo.

    I hate hump shunting. So I agree with this post. DO NOT HUMP.