Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cola de maniobras
English translation:
shunting area
Added to glossary by
Philip Ray
Mar 15, 2005 04:33
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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cola de maniobras
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Railways
"cola de maniobras" I understand this to be the system of track at the railway/metro terminus which enables traisn to change tracks/platforms. Can anyone help with the correct Technical tranlstion into English?
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Proposed translations
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| 4 | shunting area |
tazdog (X)
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| 4 | switch |
Elizabeth Lyons
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| 4 | Shunting yard |
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shunting area
Maniobras is shunting:
v. shunt·ed, shunt·ing, shunts
v. tr.
To turn or move aside or onto another course: shunting traffic around an accident.
To evade by putting aside or ignoring: urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.
***To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.***
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=shunting
I think just "shunting area" will do, but if you want to add "at the end of the line," you could do that.
Yarra Trams began building its new terminus near the corner of Swanston and Grattan streets at the weekend.
The company says the new stop, which includes a shunting area where trams can turn around, will improve what is a dangerous intersection for pedestrians and commuters.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Tram-stop-dispute-may...
v. shunt·ed, shunt·ing, shunts
v. tr.
To turn or move aside or onto another course: shunting traffic around an accident.
To evade by putting aside or ignoring: urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.
***To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.***
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=shunting
I think just "shunting area" will do, but if you want to add "at the end of the line," you could do that.
Yarra Trams began building its new terminus near the corner of Swanston and Grattan streets at the weekend.
The company says the new stop, which includes a shunting area where trams can turn around, will improve what is a dangerous intersection for pedestrians and commuters.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Tram-stop-dispute-may...
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Elizabeth Lyons
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Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
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switch
The mechanism which moves trains from track to track is a switch. The railroad yard where trains are shifted from one track to another is called the switch-yard. Source: American Heritage LaRousee Spanish Dictionary.
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Shunting yard
or "shunt yard", "switchyard"
... shunting yard. Concept definition: Area where a car or a train can be shoven or
turned off or moved from one track to another. ... shunting yard. Spanish. ...
www.eionet.eu.int/gemet/concept?cp=7684 - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
Shunting yards
... The shunting yard was strongly affected by the bombardment of the World
Wars (1916-1918 and 1941-1945). Between 1940-1948, a new ...
www.cfr.ro/CFR_new/Eng/triaje.htm
... shunting yard. Concept definition: Area where a car or a train can be shoven or
turned off or moved from one track to another. ... shunting yard. Spanish. ...
www.eionet.eu.int/gemet/concept?cp=7684 - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
Shunting yards
... The shunting yard was strongly affected by the bombardment of the World
Wars (1916-1918 and 1941-1945). Between 1940-1948, a new ...
www.cfr.ro/CFR_new/Eng/triaje.htm
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