The Cars on the Train

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The Cars on the Train

• What are they for?

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Locomotive
The locomotive is the vehicle that makes the
train move. It is usually at the front of the
train.
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Flat car
Flat cars carry many different kinds of cargo.
There are no no sides on a flat car. They can
carry machines, cars, and building supplies.
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Tank car
Do you know what is in a tank car? They are
designed to carry liquid. This tank car is
carrying oil.
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Box cars
Box cars can carry furniture and other big things
like that. They are completely enclosed or
covered. What else might be carried in a box car?
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Gondola car
Gondola cars are low-sided with open tops and are
used for hauling things such as scrap metal.
Where we live we see gondola cars carrying coal.
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Caboose
This is the last car in the train. It often
carries equipment and part of the train crew.
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Trains are for carrying, hauling and riding. But,
best of all trains are for watching.
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Bibliography

• Classroom Clipart. 2002. ImageFolio. 17 June 2003
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• Gibbons, Gail . Trains. New York Scholastic
  Inc, 1988.