Monday, March 23, 2015

train station and the train yard

I'm going to tell you about a train station and the train yard.


At the train yard they have steam locomotives and diesel locomotives in the roundhouse.

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Diesel Locomotives in the roundhouse


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Steam trains in the roundhouse


 Most trains carry passengers at the station.

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Train carry people at the train station

 It can also travel through countryside.

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Steam train at the countryside

 Trains travel through tunnel.

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Train coming through the tunnel


 It travels over the bridge.


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Train travel over the bridge


 Some of these trains are in the United Kingdom. It has buffers. It is in the National Railway Museum in York, it has a Museum Engine called Mallard


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Mallard

Green Arrow is a v2 class engine. 



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Green Arrow


 Flying Scotsman has two tenders. Tenders are cars that connects to an engine.

Flying Scotsman


 The greatest red train that takes Harry and friends to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the Hogwarts Express.

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Hogwarts Express


Locomotives can shunt freight cars at the freight yard.

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Shunting freight cars



There is also a coal yard to fill all the hopper cars with coal for the steam trains.

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coal yard



A stange car with a crane on it called the breakdown crane. Which means the cranes can lift heavy things like trains coaches and cars.

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Lifting an engine back on the track


to be continued.




























































































































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