Hump-shunting is when a railway locomotive propels rail cars to the summit of an artificial hump in the track, where the locomotive stops and the cars, propelled by gravity, roll into a number of sidings.
Grant Barrett
Linguist, lexicographer, writer, editor, broadcaster
Hump-shunting is when a railway locomotive propels rail cars to the summit of an artificial hump in the track, where the locomotive stops and the cars, propelled by gravity, roll into a number of sidings.