Double loop track system for railway freightyard and freight station

摘要

A loop track system for a railway freightyard and freight station, having an arrival line connected to main lines which receive arriving trains, a departure line connected to the main lines which allow departure of made up trains, at least one divergent loop track connected to the arrival line and a convergent loop track connected to the departure line, a plurality of sorting lines connected to the divergent loop track, each having a plurality of parallel connected sidings therein and extending in a diverging direction therefrom. The ends of the sorting lines in the direction of movement of the railway cars through the system are coupled to the convergent loop track, so that when railway cars, received on the arrival lines, are pushed toward the divergent loop track, the cars can be switched along the divergent loop track and sorted onto appropriate sidings of the sorting lines and then connected successively in the desired order in a train along the convergent loop track to the departure line.