noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
shunting; switching; train operation
Refers to the movement and rearrangement of railway cars within a yard or station, not the running of trains on main lines.
駅の構内で操車が行われている。
Shunting is being carried out within the station yard.
夜間に貨物列
They shunt freight trains at night.