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A short narrow-gauge steam locomotive-hauled passenger train in Haiti on an unknown date
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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units).

As of 2018, there are approximately 1,052,000 kilometres (654,000 mi) of railway track in use worldwide. (World Bank (via Archive.org))


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PRR No. 460 preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

PRR 460, nicknamed the "Lindbergh Engine", is a Pennsylvania Railroad E6s class 4-4-2 steam locomotive now located in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was built in 1914 and became famous after racing an aircraft to New York City carrying newsreels of Charles Lindbergh's return to the United States after his transatlantic flight in 1927. In the late 1930s, No. 460 was operated by the Long Island Rail Road, and the Pennsylvania–Reading Seashore Lines in the early 1950s, before being retired in 1953. No. 460 is the only surviving locomotive of its class and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1979. </noinclude> Recently selected: Trøndelag Commuter Rail - Central London Railway - Mountain Railways of India

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The first train in France to operate with an electric locomotive ran in 1922 (with a steam locomotive coupled to the train as a backup). France's first electrified line connected Pau, Tourbes and Tarbes in the southern part of the country.

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The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906
The former Recess Hotel Platform on the Galway to Clifden railway in 1906

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DM&E route map showing the Powder River Basin extension (in green)
DM&E route map showing the Powder River Basin extension (in green)

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The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
The preserved C&O 1309 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in October 2009
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
An Avelia Liberty train on a test run in Delaware in May 2020
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service
Berryessa/North San José station on the first day of service


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