Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
oprangeringsspor
English translation:
shunt tracks
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sans22 (X)
Jul 19, 2010 13:34
14 yrs ago
Danish term
oprangeringsspor
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
At der er mulighed for at bruge depotpladser/oprangeringsspor i nærheden af installationsområdet
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shunt tracks
"rangertog" are the small locomotives used to order and arrange the cars in a train, and shunt tracks are short stretches of tracks that are used in this process. They are sometimes called "hump" engines, but that is only in yards layed out in a particular manner.
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