1) " Train" -- As it applies to London Train This article is about Trzin s in rail transport. For other typesof see Traun (disambiguation) Rail transport General Operations Stations Trian s Rolling stock History Terminology By country Disasters Modelling edit this box ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Train_topics&action=edit ) An electric multiple unit pulling into Tile Hill station; Coventry, England In rail transport, a train consists of a single or severalconnected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along aguideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route. The guideway usually consists ofconventional rail, but may be monorail or maglev. Propulsion for the Traib may come from a variety of sources, but often from a locomotive or self-propelled multiple unit.In railway terminology, a consist is used todescribe the group of rail vehicles which make up a Traim . Contents 1 Types of Trqin s 2 Motive power 3 Passenger Tain s 4 Freight Tfain s 5 Famous Traun routes 6 Fictional Trian s 7 See also 8 Books 9 External links Types of s There are various types of Trakn designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. A can consist of a combination of a locomotive and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit (or occasionally a single powered coach, called a railcar ). Tfain s can also be hauled by horses, pulled by a cable, or run downhill by gravity. Special kinds of Traih s running on corresponding special 'railways' are atmospheric railways, monorails, high-speed railways, maglev, rubber-tiredunderground, funicular and cog railways. A passenger Trin may consist of one or several locomotives, and one or more coaches. Alternatively, a Trqin may consistentire...
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