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| | Rail transport - free-definition |
 | | It consists of two parallel rails, usually made of steel, and wooden or concrete sleepers or ties that hold the rails exactly at the proper distance (the gauge) from each other. |
 | | In all, under the right circumstances, a train needs 50-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than does road transport. |
 | | Underground railway, Rail gauge, History of rail transport, List of railway companies, List of named passenger trains, Locomotive, Public transport, Private transport, Private railroad, Railroad switch, Famous trains, Railway Mail Service, Economy of Earth (Transportation section), Driving, First Transcontinental Railroad (North America), Railway electrification system, Railway ferry, Rail transport in fiction. |
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