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GWR 6959 Class 7903 Foremarke Hall wearing a 40th anniversary placard, is ready to take the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway train out of Toddington station in July 2021
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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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The SR N class were 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell for mixed-traffic duties, initially on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), and latterly on the Southern Railway. A highly standardised class of locomotive, the N class had a long period of conception, delayed by the First World War in 1914, and was not introduced until 1917, three years after the original design. Several members of the class were manufactured as kits of parts at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and given the nickname "Woolworths". Able to operate over most of the Southern Railway network after grouping in 1923, the N class survived until 1966, when all had been withdrawn from service. Only a single example has been preserved, British Railways number 31874; this locomotive is now in storage at the Mid-Hants Railway pending overhaul.

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Berlin-Potsdamer Bahn
Berlin-Potsdamer Bahn

The painting Berlin-Potsdamer Bahn by Adolph von Menzel, 1847.

The Berlin-Potsdamer Bahn was the first railway built in Prussia. It opened in 1838, connecting its namesake cities of Berlin and Potsdam.

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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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