sorting yard AmE
classification yard AmE
marshalling yard BrE
shunting yard BrE

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad sited major rail sorting yards here, including the first to use hump sorting.

'The wee pug', which translated into language sassenachs understand, means little saddle or tank engines who worked their lives in the washeries, sorting yards and transfer to main line.

However, the City of Montreal has delayed their timeline for constructing the new road until at least 2015, seeing as there is a current debate on CPR sorting yard space recycling and rezoning deposited at the city planning department.