What are railroads?

Railroads are long roads made just for trains to zoom along.

Imagine you have a toy train set, the tracks your train moves on are like real railroads! Just as your train needs those tracks to go from one place to another, real trains need railroads to travel across big distances.

Railroads have two tracks, side by side. Trains run on these tracks, and they can carry lots of people or things, like a big school bus full of kids!

When the train moves, it goes vroom-vroom along the tracks, just like your toy train zooms around your room.

Railroads help cities talk to each other. If you live in one city and want to visit another, a train can take you there, kind of like how you use a bike to go from your house to the park.

Trains are also really good at carrying big things, like boxes full of toys or food, all across the country!