Train Information Text

jaden
27 April 2016

trains were 1st built in south wales in 1804

waqar
27 April 2016

a train is a series of connected railway carriages

Armaan
27 April 2016

the world fastest train is shangio magley

alishba
27 April 2016

a train power up by stem and coale

Aftab
27 April 2016

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

Aftab
27 April 2016

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

waqar
27 April 2016

the world fastest train is maglev

abby
27 April 2016

a train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicle that usually runs along a tarck

Ben
27 April 2016

the first train is made in 1804

shaan :3
27 April 2016

the worlds fastest train is the shanghai maglev

jaden
27 April 2016

the fastest train is the shanghai maglev

Waqar
27 April 2016

A train is powered form rail transport.

khhadijah
27 April 2016

Khadijah Omar


What is a train?

A train is train is a form of rail transport.

How can trains be powered?

Trains can be powered by electro magnets.

What is the world’s fastest train?

Top 10 fastest train in the world 29 August 2013.

Abby
27 April 2016

trains can be powed by cole

Aftab
27 April 2016

There are various types of trains that are designed for particular purposes. A train can consist of a combination of one or more locomotives and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit (or occasionally a single or articulated powered coach, called a railcar). Trains can also be hauled by horses, pulled by a cable, or run downhill by gravity. Special kinds of trains running on corresponding special 'railways' are atmospheric railways, monorails, high-speed railways, maglev, rubber-tired underground, funicular and cog railways.

Hamza
27 April 2016

First steam locomotive rail way know as penderran loco motive was built by Richard.

Jaden
27 April 2016

the trains were powerd by steam and charcoal.

Aftab
27 April 2016

There are various types of trains that are designed for particular purposes. A train can consist of a combination of one or more locomotives and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit (or occasionally a single or articulated powered coach, called a railcar). Trains can also be hauled by horses, pulled by a cable, or run downhill by gravity. Special kinds of trains running on corresponding special 'railways' are atmospheric railways, monorails, high-speed railways, maglev, rubber-tired underground, funicular and cog railways.

shaan :3
27 April 2016

trains can be powered by coal and electricity.

Waqar
27 April 2016

A stem train is powered by coal

Mr Clegg
27 April 2016

Lots of interesting facts! Well done. Remember coal not cole.

Abby
27 April 2016

the world's fastest train is a shanghai maglev

shaan :3
27 April 2016

thank you mr Clegg

Mollie
27 April 2016

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of vehicles that usually runs along a rail a track to transport cargo or passenger.

Aftab
27 April 2016

The Trans-Siberian Railway (the Moscow-Vladivostok line), spanning a length of 9,289km, is the longest and one of the busiest railway lines in the world.

James
27 April 2016

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. With a length of 9,289 km (5,772 miles) it is the longest railway line in the world.

Waqar
27 April 2016

The first train was made in 1804

La
27 April 2016

A train a form of rail transport consisting of a series ices of vehicles that to usually runs along a rail track to transport for passenges

Mrs Newell
27 April 2016

A lot of hard work and thoughtt has gone into the subject matter. Well done everyone.

Armaan
28 April 2016

the first steam powered machine was built in 1698 by the engine military engineer

Waqar
28 April 2016

Steam train is powered by coal and the fastest steam train is mallard

hamza
28 April 2016

the first train is the world was built in 1804 febuary 21st

Alishba
28 April 2016

a fire where the coal buns a boiler full of waer that the fire heat up to make stema

khadijah
28 April 2016

Steam Train

A steam engine also pulls a tender (a vagon containing fuel).

Diesel Trains

Diesel trains started to replace steam trains in the middle of the 20th century.

Shaan :3
28 April 2016

Steam trains were first built in the early 1800s.

Atab
28 April 2016

•A train is made up of carriages (also known as wagons or cars) pulled by an engine (or locomotive). A steam engine also pulls a tender (a wagon containing fuel).
•Steam trains were first built (in the early 1800s) to carry goods and materials, but they soon were used to transport passengers, too.
•Diesel trains started to replace steam trains in the middle of the 20th century.
•The fastest trains in the world are powered by electricity. The electricity is transmitted to the train, either by overhead cables or through special rails running alongside the track.

Steam Engine Facts
•The first ever steam train was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804. This train was too heavy and broke the track, so Trevithick built a new engine, called Catch Me Who Can. This was lighter and worked well on a circular track.
•In 1825, George Stephenson opened a railway in the north of England. He designed a steam train called Locomotion, and used it to pull wagons full of coal.
•George Stephenson’s most famous steam engine was called the Rocket. The Rocket was both fast (for 1829) and reliable.
•From the 1830s, railways started to spread throughout the world. To begin with, British built trains were used in foreign countries, but then countries like France and Germany started to manufacture their own steam locomotives.
•The first steam locomotive to be run in Germany was called Der Adler.
•Many individuals made lots of money in the railway industry. George Hudson, and English businessman, for example, was known as the ‘Railway King’.
•The oldest working steam locomotive is in India. The Fairy Queen was built in Britain in 1855 and shipped to India. It still runs today.
•Steam locomotives have three types of wheel. The largest wheels are known as the ‘driving wheels’. These are turned by pistons and make the locomotive move. Small wheels at the front are called ‘leading wheels’. These help to guide the engine forward. Small wheels at the back of the locomotive are called trailing wheels, and these help to support the weight of the firebox and driver’s cab.
•In America, railways are called railroads. Railroads were first built in the United States in the 1930s.
•The Union Pacific Railroad opened in 1869, and ran all over the USA, crossing North America.
•The first passenger trains had three classes of carriage. First class carriages had many windows and were beautifully decorated and furnished. Second class carriages were designed in much more simple fashion. They had fewer windows than the first class carriages. Third class carriages were very rough an ready. They weren’t decorated at all, and, before 1840, they didn’t even have the have a roof.
•The very richest travellers really did travel in luxury in the 19th century. Queen Victoria’s coaches had walls padded with silk, and Emperor Napoleon III of France had a private train with a balcony and an extensive wine collection.
•Steam trains were also used in city railways, but it soon became apparent that they weren’t ideally suited for this purpose – the locomotive’s smoke covered everything in soot. Electrically-powered trains started to be introduced in cities as an alternative to steam in the 1880s.
•One of the world’s fastest steam locomotives was called The Flying Scotsman. It was built in Britain and went non-stop between London and Edinburgh. In 1934 it become the first locomotive to travel faster than 100 mph.
•In 1938, the Mallard set a new steam locomotive speed record when it hit 138 mph in 1938.
•The largest steam engines were built in the 1940s. The Union Pacific Big Boy locomotives, for example, were massive and could haul 100 full wagons, reaching speeds of 70 mph.
•Steam trains are still used in some parts of the world. China, for example, still uses steam locomotives, but no new Chinese steam trains have been designed since 1982.
•In Europe and the US, groups of steam enthusiasts restore and run steam locomotives, ensuring that steam trains will never disappear completely. Some lines run steam locomotives purely for the tourist industry.

Electric Train Facts
•High-speed electric trains started to be used in the 1950s for long distance passenger journeys.
•The earliest high-speed electric trains were designed in Europe (such as Italy’s Settebello). They could reach speeds of 80 mph, but they often had to slow down because they were sharing tracks with slower moving passenger and freight trains.
•In 1964 the Japanese opened a purpose built high-speed electric train line, running between Osaka and Tokyo. The ‘bullet trains’ could travel at speeds of 130 mph.
•In France in 1982, Paris and Lyon were linked by a line using TGV trains. These electric trains had an average speed of 168 mph.
•Modern TGV trains have a top speed of 186 mph.

Diesel Train Facts
•From the 1930s, diesel locomotives started to replace steam engines. They were cheaper and faster.
•In 1957, the high-speed diesel Trans-Europe Express linked the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany. The Trans-Europe Express trains were red and were fitted out to a luxury standard.
•Diesel powered engines were introduced in Britain in the 1960s. The early designs of British diesels were called Deltics.
•Freight trains are hauled by diesel locomotives. The longest freight train ever had 660 wagons and was pulled by 16 diesel engines.

Underground Train Facts
•The London Underground railway opened in 1863. It’s first line was called the Metropolitan Railway. It was 4 miles in length and was originally used by steam engines. These were replaced by electric trains when people decided steam engines were too smoky for use in tunnels.
•By 1900 underground railways also existed in Boston, Paris and Budapest. The Moscow Metro, with it’s ornate stations, was built in 1930
•The Paris Metro opened in 1900. It now has more than 300 stations, many of which have entrances designed by Hector Guimard in the Art Noveau style.

Other Train Facts
•Some of the highest railways in the world are in the Andes mountain range in South America. The Peruvian Central line climbs so high that it carries bottled oxygen in case passengers experience breathing difficulties due to the high altitude.
•Model trains have been in existence for almost as long as real trains. One of the largest model railway layouts was made by Bruce Williams Zaccagino. It included 8 miles of track, incorporated more than 250 bridges, and included thousands of buildings and half a million trees.





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5 Responses to Train Facts For

Ben
28 April 2016

coal and water power steam trains

Jaden
28 April 2016

Diesel type of internal engine is invented by the German engineer Rudolf Diesel and patented by him in 1892.

Mr Clegg
28 April 2016

Well done everybody and well done Mrs Newell. Let's see if we can get more facts to help us write our information text.

Ben
28 April 2016

AND stem trains can go 100mpe

Aftab
28 April 2016

Diesel and electric locomotives were developed through the 20th century (the 1900s).

Magnetic levitation (where magnets lift a train just off a track and propel it along) is the most recent technology used.

The first passenger trains had three classes. First class had lots of windows and were well furnished; second class were more simply decorated; while third class was not decorated and sometimes didn’t even have a roof.

Trains changes how people lived in many countries. They helped people go on holiday more easily; let them live outside cities and travel in for work; and move fresh food, construction material and other goods around more quickly and easily.

General train facts

Some trains have an engine (locomotive) at the front and another at the back.

Cargo trains typically have an engine (locomotive) at the front and possibly a back engine.

Passenger trains often have carriages that help push the train forward (known as multiple units).

A train that has just one rail is call a monorail.

Train Facts For Kids Monorail

Funicular railways have two cars joined by cables. As one goes down, it helps pull the other one up.

Some high speed rail services can reach speeds over 300 kilometres per hour (186 miles per hour).

The word ‘train’ comes from the Old French trahiner, from the Latin trahere ‘pull, draw’.

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Some trains tilt to help them go around corners quickly but still safely and comfortably for passengers.

Trains can have double-decker carriages so they can carry more passengers.

Some passenger trains have fold up seats so more people can fit in standing up during busy times.

The invention and success of aeroplanes, cars, lorries and buses means that trains are no longer the main way of transporting people and cargo.

High speed trains typically make less air pollution than aeroplanes for the same distance.

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Steam train facts

Inventor James Watt created an engine in 1775 that used steam to turn a wheel.

Steam engines often have a tender, a special truck right behind the locomotive to carry its coal.

Steam engines have three types of wheels. The smallest wheels at the front are called leading wheels and these help to guide the train. The largest wheels are called driving wheels and make the engine move. The wheels at the back are called trailing wheels and they help carry the weight of the firebox and driver’s cab.

Richard Trevithick built the first steam engine in 1804 but it broke the track because it was too heavy.

Richard Trevithick’s then built a second engine called Catch Me Who Can. As it was lighter, it ran well.

George Stephenson built a steam engine called Locomotion and used it to pull trucks of coal on England’s first proper railway in 1825. George Stephenson is well known for building an engine called Rocket.

The Flying Scotsman became the first engine (locomotive) to be recorded travelling faster than 100 miles per hour in 1934.

Train Facts For Kids Flying Scotsman

Mallard became the fastest steam engine (locomotive) when it went 125.88 miles per hour in 1938.

British steam trains used to be built and sold abroad, but slowly other countries learned to build their own.

Steam engines make a choo-choo sound because it is releasing excess steam.

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Diesel train facts

Diesel trains started replacing steam trains in the 1930s because they were cheaper and faster, although the first didn’t come to England until the 1960s.

The world’s longest ever freight train was pulled by 16 diesel engines and had 660 trucks.

Electric train facts

Electric engines started replacing steam ones in the 1880s, partly because their smoke covered buildings near city railways with soot.

High-speed electric trains started covering long distances from the 1950s.

Electricity for electric trains comes from a special rail running alongside the railway tracks or from overhead cables.

Shinkansen, one of the most famous bullet trains, first ran in Japan in 1964. It ran on a new high speed track between Osaka and Tokyo. These bullet trains could run at 130 miles per hour.

Train Facts For Kids Shinkansen

TGV trains, with an average speed of close to 170 miles per hour, started running between Paris and Lyon in 1982.

The Channel Tunnel, which carries passengers and freight between England and France, was built in 1994.

Underground railway facts

The London Underground was opened in 1863, with steam engines running on the Metropolitan line for 4 miles. It was the world’s first underground railway.

Eventually electric trains replaced steam ones because they were too dirty and smelly.

Train Facts For Kids London Underground

Underground trains remain incredibly important in busy cities because cars and buses get stuck in traffic.

Some cities have urban railways that run above the ground or on the ground, but all make frequent station stops.

UK railways facts

About 3.5 million passengers travel by train every day in the UK.

The longest railway tunnel in Britain is the Severn Tunnel which is 4.5 miles (7km) long.

The longest train station in England is more than 600 metres long.

The longest UK train station name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Anglesey. The shortest have three letters such as Ash, Ely and Rye.

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Seven of every ten journeys by rail in the UK start or finish in London.

The busiest station in the UK is London Waterloo.

There are 40,000 bridges and tunnels, 9,000 level crossings and 9,941 miles (16,000 km) of railway tracks in Great Britain’s rail network.


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Aftab
28 April 2016

. There is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but you can see it in passing if you take the number 6 train. – Source

2. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping onto an oncoming train, the train company can/will sue his/her family for cleanup fees, loss of income and negative publicity brought on by the suicide. – Source

3. Ore trains in Sweden traveling down to the coast generate five times the amount of electricity they use, powering nearby towns and the return trip for other trains. – Source

4. In 1963, four Princeton students forced a local train to stop by parking a car on the tracks. With a gun loaded with blanks, they got on the train, picked four girls as their dates, and rode away with them on horseback. – Source

5. The fight scene on top of the train in Skyfall was actually filmed on top of a real moving train, and Daniel Craig did not use a stunt double. – Source


6-10 Interesting Facts About Trains

Japanese trains Punctual

6. In Japan, trains are so punctual that any delay over 5 minutes usually incurs an apology and a “delay certificate” for passengers on their way to work. When trains are delayed for an hour or more, it may even make the news. – Source

7. It is possible to travel from Portugal to Vietnam solely by train. At 17,000 km, this is the longest train journey in the world – Source

8. In 1886, 3 people were killed and many more were injured in a Texas train company’s publicity stunt. They had invited the public to watch two of their trains crash head-on into one another at full speed, promising a good show. – Source

9. In 1907 a Mexican railroad brakeman named Jesus Garcia saved the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora by singlehandedly driving a damaged and burning train containing dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it finally exploded, killing him. – Source

10. Hogwarts Express Train used in the Harry Potter movies is an actually train that runs even today in Scotland. The line winds through gorgeous settings, including highland valleys and besides lochs. – Source








11-15 Interesting Facts About Trains

Moscow train dogs

11. In Moscow, stray dogs have learned to commute from the suburbs to the city. They reach the city, scavenge for food, then catch the train home in the evening. – Source

12. Many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains, often unadvertised, run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them. – Source

13. The engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities. – Source

14. In 1993, a 16 year-old Brooklyn teen pretended to be a subway conductor and drove a train for over 3 hours, safely picking up and discharging passengers at normal station stops along the route, before getting caught. – Source

15. When placed on maps using food sources as cities, slime molds have almost perfectly replicated major train systems in Europe, the USA, Tokyo, and Canada. – Source


16-20 Interesting Facts About Trains

Central Pacific Railway

16. In 1869, Chinese and Irish laborers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day. This accomplishment has not been matched even in modern times. – Source

17. In 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss. – Source

18. After WW1 the French had the railway cars that Germany surrendered in stored in a museum. During WW2 when France was preparing to surrender, Hitler ordered the walls of museum torn down and the railway cars returned to the exact spot of the 1918 armistice in order to humiliate the French. – Source

Shaan :3
28 April 2016

The first ever steam train was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804

Aftab
28 April 2016

. There is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but you can see it in passing if you take the number 6 train. – Source

2. If someone commits suicide in Japan by jumping onto an oncoming train, the train company can/will sue his/her family for cleanup fees, loss of income and negative publicity brought on by the suicide. – Source

3. Ore trains in Sweden traveling down to the coast generate five times the amount of electricity they use, powering nearby towns and the return trip for other trains. – Source

4. In 1963, four Princeton students forced a local train to stop by parking a car on the tracks. With a gun loaded with blanks, they got on the train, picked four girls as their dates, and rode away with them on horseback. – Source

5. The fight scene on top of the train in Skyfall was actually filmed on top of a real moving train, and Daniel Craig did not use a stunt double. – Source


6-10 Interesting Facts About Trains

Japanese trains Punctual

6. In Japan, trains are so punctual that any delay over 5 minutes usually incurs an apology and a “delay certificate” for passengers on their way to work. When trains are delayed for an hour or more, it may even make the news. – Source

7. It is possible to travel from Portugal to Vietnam solely by train. At 17,000 km, this is the longest train journey in the world – Source

8. In 1886, 3 people were killed and many more were injured in a Texas train company’s publicity stunt. They had invited the public to watch two of their trains crash head-on into one another at full speed, promising a good show. – Source

9. In 1907 a Mexican railroad brakeman named Jesus Garcia saved the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora by singlehandedly driving a damaged and burning train containing dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it finally exploded, killing him. – Source

10. Hogwarts Express Train used in the Harry Potter movies is an actually train that runs even today in Scotland. The line winds through gorgeous settings, including highland valleys and besides lochs. – Source








11-15 Interesting Facts About Trains

Moscow train dogs

11. In Moscow, stray dogs have learned to commute from the suburbs to the city. They reach the city, scavenge for food, then catch the train home in the evening. – Source

12. Many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains, often unadvertised, run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them. – Source

13. The engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities. – Source

14. In 1993, a 16 year-old Brooklyn teen pretended to be a subway conductor and drove a train for over 3 hours, safely picking up and discharging passengers at normal station stops along the route, before getting caught. – Source

15. When placed on maps using food sources as cities, slime molds have almost perfectly replicated major train systems in Europe, the USA, Tokyo, and Canada. – Source


16-20 Interesting Facts About Trains

Central Pacific Railway

16. In 1869, Chinese and Irish laborers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day. This accomplishment has not been matched even in modern times. – Source

17. In 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss. – Source

18. After WW1 the French had the railway cars that Germany surrendered in stored in a museum. During WW2 when France was preparing to surrender, Hitler ordered the walls of museum torn down and the railway cars returned to the exact spot of the 1918 armistice in order to humiliate the French. – Source

Jaden
3 May 2016

Trains can be powered by steam,electric.

Jaden
4 May 2016

trains only drive on traintracks