Trains

A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicles that usually runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers. Motive power is provided by a separate locomotive or individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Although historically steam propulsion dominated, the most common modern forms are diesel and electric locomotives, the latter supplied by overhead wires or additional rails. Other energy sources include horses, engine or water-driven rope or wire winch, gravity, pneumatics, batteries, and gas turbines. Train tracks usually consist of two running rail ...more

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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Railway Children by E. NesbitThe Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg4 by Agatha Christie
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309 books — 69 voters
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187 books — 24 voters
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Tales on Track: Trains in Fiction
146 books — 38 voters
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Trains on the Cover
177 books — 62 voters


I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended
I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.
Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

Ryū Murakami
He invited me to his apartment in the wee hours one morning and pulled out a set of children's building blocks. It seems he used to ride around and around on the Yamanote Line with them, building castles on the floor of the train. ...more
Ryū Murakami, In the Miso Soup

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