Editing Train (section)

== Types and terminology ==
[[File:Claude Monet - Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare]]'', by [[Claude Monet]], 1877, [[Art Institute of Chicago]]]]
Trains can be sorted into types based on whether they haul passengers or freight (though [[mixed train]]s which haul both exist), by their weight ([[heavy rail]] for regular trains, [[light rail]] for lighter transit systems), by their speed, by their distance (short haul, [[Long-distance train|long distance]], [[Transcontinental railroad|transcontinental]]), and by what form of track they use. Conventional trains operate on two rails, but several other types of track systems are also in use around the world, such as [[monorail]].

=== Terminology ===
The [[railway terminology]] that is used to describe a train varies between countries. The [[International Union of Railways]] seeks to provide standardised terminology across languages.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Terminology |url=https://uic.org/support-activities/terminology/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=[[International Union of Railways]] |language=en}}</ref> The [[Association of American Railroads]] provides terminology for North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MANUAL OF STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES SECTION A-I |url=https://www.aar.com/standards/MSRPs/MSRP-A1.pdf |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Association of American Railroads]]}}</ref>

The British [[Rail Safety and Standards Board]] defines a train as a "light locomotive, self-propelled rail vehicle or [[Road–rail vehicle|road-rail vehicle]] in rail mode."<ref name="Gloss">{{cite web |title=Rulebook Master: Glossary of Railway Terminology, Train Working "Coupled in multiple - Traction units coupled to allow through controls by one driver" |url=https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810143338/https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/rulebooks/GERM8000-master-module%20Iss%201.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2018 |access-date=17 July 2024 |publisher=[[Rail Safety and Standards Board]] |page=14}}</ref> A collection of passenger or freight carriages connected together (not necessarily with a locomotive) is referred to as a [[rake (train)|rake]].<ref>For the use of the term "rake" in the UK, see for instance: {{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web| url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rake#rake--4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003033539/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rake--4| url-status=dead| archive-date=3 October 2012| title=rake| work=Oxford Dictionaries| publisher=Oxford University Press| access-date=19 October 2014}}|{{cite web| url=http://www.safety.networkrail.co.uk/Services/Jargon-Buster/R/RA-RE/Rake| title=Rake| publisher=Network Rail| work=Safety Central: Jargon Buster| access-date=19 October 2014| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141019164728/http://www.safety.networkrail.co.uk/Services/Jargon-Buster/R/RA-RE/Rake| archive-date=19 October 2014| df=dmy-all}}}}</ref> A collection of rail vehicles may also be called a consist.<ref>See, for example: {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcVYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA107 |title=Accident/incident Bulletin |publisher=U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety. |year=1978 |page=107 |language=en |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref> A set of vehicles that are coupled together (such as the ''[[Pioneer Zephyr]]'') is called a trainset.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=train set |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/train-set_n?tl=true&tab=meaning_and_use |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> The term ''[[rolling stock]]'' is used to describe any kind of railway vehicle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of "rolling stock" from the Concise Oxford Dictionary |url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rollingstock?view=uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306033115/http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rollingstock?view=uk |archive-date=March 6, 2007}}</ref>