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Why Do Trains Run On Tracks?

2019/6/21
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Trains operate using locomotives, which can be diesel or electric, to pull multiple cars. The locomotives provide the force to move the heavy train.

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How do trains work? What about electric trains? Steam trains? Bullet trains? Why do they have to go on tracks? How can trains go so fast even though they're so heavy? And why don’t trains have seat belts? We’re traveling to Union Station in Washington, DC and answering all of your questions with Amtrak’s Patrick Kidd.

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