Rail Transport
In rail transport in North America, decoupling is the separation of two railroad cars by manipulation of their couplers.
In British English and on railway systems elsewhere using British practices, the term used for separating locomotives from trains, or separating coupled rail vehicles from each other, is uncoupling.
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