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Trains is a monthly US magazine dedicated to trains and railroads, and is one of the two flagship publications of Kalmbach Publishing.

The magazine is read both by railroad enthusiasts, commonly referred to as railfans, and those within the railroad industry.

A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating in a shape providing reduced air resistance.

The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "bullet trains".

Less commonly, the term is applied to fully faired recumbent bicycles.

As part of the Streamline Moderne trend, the term was applied to passenger cars, trucks, and other types of light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicles, but now vehicle streamlining is so prevalent that it is not an outstanding characteristic.

In land speed racing, it is a term applied to the long, slender, custom built, high-speed vehicles with enclosed wheels.

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 rails, sometimes supplemented by additional rails such as electric conducting rails and rack rails, with a limited number of monorails and maglev guideways in the mix.

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

Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

It is also commonly referred to as train transport.

In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run.

Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on ties (sleepers) and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves.

Other variations are also possible, such as slab track, where the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface.

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material—usually coal, wood, or oil—to produce steam in a boiler.

The steam moves reciprocating pistons which are mechanically connected to the locomotive's main wheels (drivers).

Both fuel and water supplies are carried with the locomotive, either on the locomotive itself or in wagons (tenders) pulled behind.