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Old December 30th 10, 02:41 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default The "Third Rail problem"
On 30 déc, 14:07, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
"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 "tra ner" 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

I so agree! My problem arrives with equating drag,pull,haul & tow
with push and propel &(shove, ram etc)!
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