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<p>[quote user="John WR"]</p> <p>[quote user="Bucyrus"]</p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I do not know the origin of the application of the word "Train" to a string of railroad cars, but an earlier name for a train was "The cars." </span></p> <p>[/quote]And I too have heard a passenger railroad referred to as "the cars" or "the steam cars." Today, though, this seems quaint. [/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I was just wondering if they used the term, "train" back in say the 1850s. I think they did, but I wonder why the use of the term "the cars" became so popular. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">In old newspapers from circa 1880, "the cars" was nearly universally used when refering to a train. Usage for example would be, "I took the cars to St. Paul," "He was killed by the cars on the river road," or "The cars passed at 11:30 AM."</span></p> <p> </p>
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