Перевсти . the temple mills marshalling yard of british railways. modern communication facilities and doppler radar techniques help to make temple mills an outstanding example of up-date railway operation. the temple mills is the major marshalling yard near stratford, london, which the eastern region of british railways have modernized with a new layout and the latest operating equipment. in the completed yard, considerable savings have been made in shunting locomotives trip locomotives and marshalling yard staff. the new yard is a hump yard designed for two-directional working and equipped with the latest type of primary and secondary retarders. its double-ended sorting sidings are arranged in eight groups, two of which wagons are pushed to run down the other side at controlled speed into the sorting sidings to form the new trains. a reversing spur (ветка) beyond the crown of the hump enables two humping engines to function with a minimum of delay. the hump cabin, situated beside the hump, has a control desk carrying a diagrammatical representation of the track layout. the operator sets the routes as the “cuts” of wagons approach the cabin, depressing the appropriate points selector button according to the letter and number marked on each wagon. thumb switches are provided on the cabin panel which enable the hump signals and points to be controlled from the cabin.
