Shunting locomotive

A railway facility where freight cars and locomotives are sorted and assembled by shunting operations to form trains for onward travel.

A reserve locomotive is a locomotive kept in readiness to replace or supplement active locomotives in case of failure or maintenance.

Remote shunting refers to the movement and classification of locomotives and freight cars in a yard or siding from a remote control point, using remot...

Shunting service refers to rail operations that rearrange, assemble, or separate freight cars within a terminal or on a siding, including movements, c...

The planning of shunting operations in rail yards or depots, including sequencing of movements, timing, coupling/uncoupling of cars, and the assembly ...

Responsibility or process for coordinating and controlling rail shunting movements within a yard or marshalling area, to form train consists by assemb...