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Advantages and Disadvantages of Railway Transport

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The American economy depends on railroads not only for the money it saves and the jobs it supports, but also because it fuels our growth and sustains our way of life. ... Everything from food, to lumber, to motor vehicles is transported on the railways, and our society as we know it simply could not function without them.

A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally run along a railroad (or railway) track to transport passengers or cargo (also known as "freight" or "goods").

The name of the first train of India which was used for carrying passengers was based on three engines used to pull the train namely Sahib, Sindh and Sultan. This train first ran was on 16th April 1853 from Bombay to Thane covering a total distance of 34 Kilometers.

The first proposals for railways in India were made in Madras in 1832. The first train in India ran from Red Hills to Chintadripet bridge in 1837. It was called Red Hill Railway and used a rotary steam locomotive manufactured by William Avery.



A train driver, engine driver or locomotive driver, commonly known as an engineer in the United States and Canada, and also as a locomotive pilot, locomotive handler, locomotive operator or motorman, is a person who drives a train.