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Introduction1
Dictionary
train : connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive — Webster See also OneLook
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicles that usually runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers. Motive power is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Although historically steam propulsion dominated, the most common modern forms are diesel and electric locomotives, the latter supplied by overhead wires or additional rails. Other energy sources include horses, engine or water-driven rope or wire winch, gravity, pneumatics, batteries, and gas turbines. Train tracks usually consist of two running rails, sometimes supplemented by additional rails such as electric conducting rails and rack rails, with a limited number of monorails and maglev guideways in the mix.[1] The word ‘train’ comes from the Old French trahiner, from the Latin trahere ‘pull, draw’.
There are various types of trains that are designed for particular purposes. A train may consist of a combination of one or more locomotives and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit (or occasionally a single or articulated powered coach, called a railcar). The first trains were rope-hauled, gravity powered or pulled by horses. From the early 19th century almost all were powered by steam locomotives. From the 1910s onwards the steam locomotives began to be replaced by less labor-intensive and cleaner (but more complex and expensive) diesel locomotives and electric locomotives, while at about the same time self-propelled multiple unit vehicles of either power system became much more common in passenger service. — Wikipedia
Train (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Outline
Outline of Rail Transport (Wikipedia)
Search
Rail Transport (Wolfram Alpha)
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Featherbed Railroad (Upper Lake, California)
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Forgotten Rails (YouTube Playlist)
Transportation and Communication Maps, Railroad Maps 1828-1900 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Rail Transport History (Wikipedia)
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List of railway museums (Wikipedia)
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WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
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Community
Occupation
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Railway Associations (Railway News)
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International Railway Journal
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Expression
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Crossrail 360: The Musical (BBC News)
Fun
Toy
Toy Train Museum and Library
All About Toy Trains
Classic Toy Trains Magazine
Humor
Railways (Tim Hunkin, The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia)
Hobby
Google Used Tiny Cameras to Street View the World’s Largest Model Railway (Jamie Condliffe, Gizmodo)
You Can Now Visit The World’s Largest Model Railroad In Street View (Frederic Lardinois, Tech Crunch)
Miniatur Wunderland (Google Street View)
Miniatur Wunderland, Explore (Google Street View)
Miniatur Wunderland, Sections (Google Street View)
Miniatur Wunderland, Behind the scenes (Google Street View)
Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg, Germany (Official Web Site)
Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg, Germany (Wikipedia)
Beginner’s Guide (National Model Railroad Association)
Model Railroader Magazine
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Future
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