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Bratislava, Slovakia 24.01.2024

Small rail yard that is part of the Bratislava river port. The layout suggests that is have been used in the past as hump yard. The building in the front offers good view of the yard, there are loudspeakers around, which were once probably used to instruct shunting workers. Not seen on the photo, behind building is a rusty tank for compressed air that must have been used for the rail brake that is typically used in hump yards for slowing down wagons going down from the "hump".

I was attempting to find more information on this, but with no success. Several hump yards are active in Slovakia, although their number have decreased over the years. Some large industrial facilities also operate their own hump yard, notably DUSLO chemical factory and oil refinery Slovnaft.

Description
Bratislava, Slovakia 24.01.2024

Small rail yard that is part of the Bratislava river port. The layout suggests that is have been used in the past as hump yard. The building in the front offers good view of the yard, there are loudspeakers around, which were once probably used to instruct shunting workers. Not seen on the photo, behind building is a rusty tank for compressed air that must have been used for the rail brake that is typically used in hump yards for slowing down wagons going down from the "hump".

I was attempting to find more information on this, but with no success. Several hump yards are active in Slovakia, although their number have decreased over the years. Some large industrial facilities also operate their own hump yard, notably DUSLO chemical factory and oil refinery Slovnaft.