What is a train?

Question

my dad talk about train what is a train how does it look like?

Answer 1

One or more locomotives, with or without cars.

Answer 2

In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. The guideway (permanent way) usually consists of conventional rail tracks

-Jake

Answer 3

it is a long row of what look like busses they are attached together and they were used before cars were invented they have a engine were the conductor or guy who drives them controlls the train they carrie people and other things

Answer 4

it is vehicle that was used before cars and semis to transport people and goods long distances.   still used today as a cheaper way of transportation.

it looks like a bunch of big square cars connected together that drive on 2 parellel tracks

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Any piece of self mobile equipment on the rails assigned a train number and the nonself mobile  equipment pulled by it.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/train

Answer 7

Definitions of train

create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"

discipline: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"

prepare: prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"

educate: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"

aim: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

string: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"

coach: teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"

caravan: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"

exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"

train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; "train the vine"

a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a train of disasters"

piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews"

travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"

trail: drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

gearing: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

Answer 8

Uh... Its long and looks like a bunch of boxs put together and it goes "Choo Choo!"

Answer 9

Train:  "An engine, with or without cars, displaying marker."

Engine:  "A unit propelled by any form of energy, or a combination of units operated from a single control, used in train or yard service."

The "marker" application immediately makes a train out of equipment.  Without the marker, it is only an engine with a string of cars.

When engines are running "lite" (no cars) the rear headlight is displayed on dim.  This is the marker making that engine a train.

In daylight, a red marker is displayed to the rear of the cars being handled.  It can be cloth, metal, plastic, it doesn't matter.  It must be red.

At night, FRED (Flashing Rear End Device) comes alive and the red light marker begins to blink.

So, if you're watching a yard engine (goat) pushing and pulling cars around, you're not watching a "train."  You're watching a goat push and pull cars around.

No marker = not a train.