FUNCTIONS OF A

MARSHALLING YARD
By,
VISHNU MENON V K
ROLL NO. 59

MARSHALLING YARD
Marshalling Yard is a place where goods

trains are received, sorted, reformed

and dispatched.
OR
Place or depot where railway wagons
areshuntedandmadeupintotrains
and
whereengines,carriages,etc,arekeptw
hennotinuse.

FEATURES

A yard is a classifying and distributing machine

with facilities for receiving, sorting and

despatching wagons to their various destinations
after the prescribed attention.
A yard has a network of tracks, divided into
several grids for receiving, sorting, forming and
despatching of trains.
Even though yards perform important functions,
the work done in a Marshalling yard is only
indirectly productive. The ingenuity of operating
man consists in putting in minimum number of
wagons into minimum possible number of
marshalling yards by forming trains for farthest
common points subject to rules and regulations.

FEATURES
The need and importance of Marshalling yards has

considerably reduced with the discontinuance of

piecemeal traffic in favour of point to point train loads.
However such works as placement and removal of
wagons from siding, sorting sick and other wagons
detached at intermediate stations and brought to yard,
running of pilots, ad dealing through trains continue to be
done at marshalling yards and as such Marshalling yards
continue to play an important role in goods operation.
Work in a marshalling yard not only affects the traffic it
deals with, but also the entire train running on the
section in particular and working of Railway system in
general.

OBJECTIVES
1. Quick transit
2. Economy
3. Safety

FUNCTIONS OF A MARSHALLING YARD

Reception of goods trains

Pass through trains after changing engine, C&

W examination, detaching sick wagons if any,

adjusting load of trains if any.
Breakup and sorting of terminating trains and
local loads originating in yard direction or
destination wise.
To form originating through trains for the
farthest possible destination in accordance
with marshalling orders.

FUNCTIONS
Reformation of goods trains
Despatch of trains
Placement and removal of goods wagons into

and from various sidings and sub yards eg.

Sick lines, Transhipment yard, repacking
sheds, Goods shed, sidings served by the
yard.
Reception and despatch of through Block
loads.
To form shunting and van trains for different
sections served by Yard.
To move Train engine and Pilots between Yard,
Loco shed and sidings.

FUNCTIONS
Placement and removal of sick/fit wagons

from Sick Line.

Assessment of room by nominated shunting
Trains from roadside stations.
Supply of stock as per Indent register.
Weighment of Wagons in nominated Yards.
Maintenance of correct tally of daily output of
yard.
Maintenance of record of detentions to other
kind of stock such as local loaded, sick
wagons, empties, special stock etc.

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