Vocabulary

TRAIN

  • a locomotive and the railway cars connected to it

    RAILWAY CAR

  • any vehicle with wheels that moves on rails

    LOCOMOTIVE

  • an engine used to move a railway train

    TENDER

  • the car attached behind a steam locomotive that carries coal and water for the steam locomotive

    CABOOSE

  • a car on a freight train, usually the last, used part time as an office, and sometimes used by the conductor, brakeman and crew as living space during a trip (no longer used)

    TRACK

  • two rails on which the train runs

    TIE

  • a wooden beam across and under the track; supports the rails

    FUEL

  • a substance such as wood or coal that will burn to create heat

    COAL

  • a black rock from the earth that is burned as fuel

    STEAM

  • water in the form of hot gas, produced when water is heated to boiling

    STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

  • a locomotive using water in the form of hot gas for power

    DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE

  • a locomotive using diesel oil to generate electricity for power

    FIREBOX

  • place for the fire in a steam locomotive

    SMOCESTACK

  • place where steam and smoke leave the steam locomotive

    FREIGHT TRAIN

  • a train that carries goods (freight)

    PASSANGER TRAIN

  • a train that carries people

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