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  2. Train - Wikipedia

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    A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") [1] is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units or railcars.

  3. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Part of a series on Rail transport History Company types Infrastructure Management Rail yard Railway station list Railway track Maintenance Track gauge Service and rolling stock Bogie (truck) Couplings Freight Locomotives Multiple units Passenger train Commuter High-speed Inter-city Regional Rail subsidies Railroad cars Operating Trains Maglev Monorail Urban rail transit Tram History Light ...

  4. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. [244] [circular reference] UP (US) The common name and reporting mark for the Union Pacific Railroad [245]

  5. Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia

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    In some cases the term higher speed rail would sound incorrect to define a train travelling below a high speed since higher is greater than high. Therefore, the word higher speed rail would sound correct to refer to a train at a speed between 300 and 500 km/h (i.e. greater than the high speed of 200–300 km/h). [according to whom?]

  6. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  7. List of rail accidents (1930–1939) - Wikipedia

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    March 17 - United States - Adams, Tennessee - L&N steam engine pulling a freight train explodes, killing 4 trainmen and 2 hobos [3] March 22 – United Kingdom – A London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot express passenger train derails at Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire when a crossover is taken at excessive speed.

  8. Passenger train - Wikipedia

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    A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line, as opposed to a freight train that carries goods. [1] [2] These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self propelled passenger trains are known as multiple units or railcars.

  9. Pulling - Wikipedia

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    Pulling may refer to: Pulling, a 2000s British TV series; Truck pulling and tractor pulling, a motor sport; Pulling (American football), an offensive maneuver in American football; Pulling (cooking), pouring milk between two cups to alter its consistency, as when making teh tarik; Pulling station, a railway station on the Munich S-Bahn