Steam railroad is a term used in the United States to distinguish conventional heavy railroads from street railways, interurban streetcar lines, and other light railways usually dedicated primarily to passenger transport. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train In Australia "interurban" is a general term for Intercity rail. Light railway refers to a Railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail" This article is about passengers in commercial transportation for other uses see Passenger (disambiguation A passenger is a term broadly used
Steam railroads were so called because they were typically powered by steam locomotives hauling unpowered passenger or freight cars, as opposed to light railways that were more typically powered by electricity, cable or animal power. A steam locomotive is a Locomotive powered by Steam. The term usually refers to its use on Railways but can also refer to a "road locomotive" Cargo (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported generally for Commercial gain by ship, aircraft, train, A cable car or cable railway is a Mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed
The term steam railroad continued in use in the generic sense long after most steam power disappeared from American railroads by the 1950s, but is now only used to describe tourist railroads that run steam locomotives. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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