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Shunting, in railway operations, is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete train sets or consists, or the reverse. In the United States this is known as "switching". ==Motive power== Motive power is normally provided by a locomotive known as a ''shunter'' in the UK or as a switcher in the USA. Most shunter/switchers are now diesel-powered but steam and even electric locomotives have been used. Where locomotives could not be used (e.g. because of weight restrictions) shunting has been done by horses or capstans. File:Eastleigh Locomotive Depot heavy shunting 0-8-0T geograph-2686473-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|A heavy steam shunting locomotive, SR Z class, Great Britain File:Tem 346.jpg|Light dual-mode (electric and diesel) shunter SBB Tem 346 at work on the Swiss Federal Railways. File:Railway capstan.jpg|Railway shunting capstan found at site of former Hull and Barnsley Railway sidings south of Springhead works. File:24.10.85 Dublin Connolly 149 (12015877326).jpg|A CIE 141 Class shunting the Enterprise rolling stock to enable a NIR Class 111 to haul a service from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Central in 1985. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shunting (rail)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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