"Sailor" schreef

Since Train is derived from the french "trainer" - to follow what
noun should be applied to those strings of passenger vehicles
propelled by a locomotive but controlled from the leading vehicle?
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The French word "traîner" means: drag, pull, haul, tow, and so "train" is
exactly the apt word.

The first sense of the French word "train" is a string, series, or line of
things, in sequence or linked together.

Colin Youngs
Brussels