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Blocked Trains are railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. This eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.[1]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [1]