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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, (stylized as AMTRAK) is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States.

Founded in 1971 to take over most of the remaining U.S. passenger rail services, it is partially government funded yet operated and managed as a for-profit corporation.

A railfan, rail buff, or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast or railway buff (Australian/British English), trainspotter or anorak (British English), or foamer (pejorative for American railroaders), is a person interested in a recreational capacity in rail transport.

Railfans of many ages can be found worldwide.

Railfans often combine their interest with other hobbies, especially photography and videography, radio scanning, model railroading, studying railroad history and participating in train station and rolling stock preservation efforts.

Magazines dedicated to railfanning include Trains and Railfan & Railroad.

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 locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th century to distinguish between mobile and stationary steam engines.

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'.