Illustrated Trains Vocabulary

Common words used for various types of railway trains and locomotives. You can download this image as an A4/A3 wall poster from our free ESL posters page.

trains vocabulary illustrated

Vocabulary in context

Below, you see the train words used in example sentences (in alphabetical order):
  • carriage: The conductor came into our carriage and asked to see our tickets.
  • freight train: The freight train was carrying concrete and coal.
  • high speed train: Gary travels into the city each morning on a high-speed train.
  • locomotive: The locomotive pulls the train carriages along the track.
  • maglev train: Maglev trains are one of the fastest types of train.
  • passenger train: The passenger train was full of people travelling to work.
  • steam locomotive: The train is pulled by a steam locomotive.
  • subway train (US): I travel round the city on the subway train.
  • tram: I caught a tram to the top of the hill.
  • train: My train doesn’t leave until 12:30.
  • underground train (UK): I travel round the city on the subway train.