Others will carry people where they want to go. The next busy train leaves from Track Number 1. People hurry to the gate with their baggage. A trainman helps passengers onto the train. The conductor signals the engineer, who will wait until everyone is safely on board before he starts the engine.
Passenger trains carry people and baggage.
Animals ride in the cattle car. Trains with many cars are heavy. They need big, powerful engines to pull them. This steam-powered locomotive carries coal and water in a car called a tender. A fireman shovels coal into the firebox.