Assertion: railroad's system | /r/CapableOf | shorten the distance
Facets:
value: for the following series of cars
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: These modern sorting and classification systems are sophisticated enough to allow a first car to roll to a stop near the end of its classification track, and, by slowing the speed of subsequent cars down the hump, shorten the distance for the following series of cars so they can bump and couple gently, without damaging one another.