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What are nicknames for trains?

Speed is suggested in such names as Cannonball, Hot Shot, Blue Streak, Bullet, Comet, Rocket, Meteor, Thunderbolt and Flash. Many trains are named for animals, such, for instance, as Man o' War, Black Cat, Yellow Dog, Bulldog, Badger and Bison.



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'Miniature railways' are railways that can be ridden by people and are used for pleasure/as a pastime for their constructors and passengers. In the USA, miniature railways are also known as 'riding railroads' or 'grand scale railroads'.

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Trains have their roots in wagonways, which used railway tracks and were powered by horses or pulled by cables.

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In the United States, they can be referred to pejoratively as foamers. There is a dispute over the origin of this term.

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Maneuver Manhattan's train system like a local LOCAL TIP: New Yorkers typically call the subway “trains” (not underground or metro) or by their alpha name (the C or the Q).

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Powerful, steam-belching railroad locomotives, or iron horses as the Indians called them, now rode the Plains where buffalo once roamed.

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A Funicular Railway is just that, fun. Also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, a funicular railway normally solves the problem of transporting people up extremely steep slopes. They've been used for hundreds of years and are an extraordinary feat of ingenuity.

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