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5	[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/TrainSimulator https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trainsimulator.png]]]]
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7	This tiny index is a collection of any and all tropes related in any way to railroads, as well as any works featuring railroads.
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9	JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith {{Railroading}} or UndergroundRailroad.
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11	''All Aboard!''
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14	!! Tropes:
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16	[[index]]
17	* AfterlifeExpress: The main characters are being taken via train to a place after they die.
18	* CarsWithoutTiresAreTrains: Cars are able to drive on railroad tracks when they don't have their tires on.
19	* ChainedToARailway: A character (often a DamselInDistress) is tied up to the tracks and left to die.
20	* TheChikan: Men on crowded trains act very inappropriate with women.
21	* CoolTrain: A locomotive (fictional or real life) gives off an impressive appearance.
22	* DingyTrainsideApartment: A character lives in a dilapidated apartment next to a railway line.
23	* GhostTrain: A train from beyond the afterlife (usually the ghost of a wrecked train from long ago) appears to haunt the tracks.
24	* HandcarPursuit: The characters attempt to chase after their quarry using a handcar.
25	* HighSpeedTrainReroute: A character is able to get a train to switch tracks to avoid danger at the last second.
26	* {{Hobos}}: Inextricably link to the US rail network and 'riding the rails'.
27	* JustTrainWrong: Writers with scenes involving trains get a fact about them inaccurate.
28	* LocomotiveLevel: A video game level involving a train of some sort.
29	* MultiTrackDrifting: Trains somehow end up on multiple tracks at once.
30	* OffBridgeOntoVehicle: Someone who's on the run jumps off a bridge at the right time so that they land on a passing vehicle, in this case a train, and escape.
31	* OrientExpress: The famed European passenger train that is often used in fictional works.
32	* PaintedTunnelRealTrain: A character paints a tunnel to trick their target, but a vehicle (often a train) randomly appears as if it was a real tunnel.
33	* RacingTheTrain: A character attempts to catch up with (or beat) a train.
34	* RailEnthusiast: A person who loves trains.
35	* RailCarSeparation: A train's carriages are uncoupled in mid-transit.
36	* RailroadBaron: The often unscrupulous and morally shady head of a railroad empire.
37	* RailroadEmployeeRoundhouse: The various characters behind the scenes of day-to-day railroad operations.
38	* RailroadPlot: A story where a railroad tries to use its influence to expand, only to get blocked by something and use dirty means to get their way.
39	* RailroadToHorizon: The tracks lead over the horizon to end a scene or story.
40	* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Any time the characters approach train tracks, a train appears to ram them down.
41	* RunawayTrain: A train loses its brakes and barrels out of control.
42	* SinisterSubway: The subway system looks rather creepy and often nightmarish.
43	* SteamNeverDies: Despite the plot being set in the modern era, steam locomotives are still in everyday use.
44	* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: Random characters who don't know each other get caught up in a murder mystery.
45	* SubwaysSuck: Subway systems are depicted as grimy, dirty, vandalism-heavy rats nests.
46	* ThrillerOnTheExpress: A luxury train suddenly becomes a hot-spot for an intriguing thriller.
47	* TrackTrouble: A train derails thanks to the tracks being sabotaged or damaged.
48	* TrainEscape: Characters use trains to disappear and avoid pursuit.
49	* TrainJob: The characters attempt to rob a train of high-value contents.
50	* TrainProblem: A common math question where a character is forced to determine where two trains operating at opposite speeds will pass each other.
51	* TrainSong: A song involving a train, railroad, locomotive, or other aspect of railroads.
52	* TrainStationGoodbye: A romantic couple (typically) says their goodbyes as one of them boards a departing train.
53	* {{Trainstopping}}: A character forcibly brings a train to a stop with their own strength.
54	* TraintopBattle: The characters come to blows on the top of a train.
55	* VehicleRoofBodyDisposal (a train is often used for this)
56	* WagonTrainToTheStars: Trains that flies through space!
57
58	!! Works in which trains and/or railroads are important or featured:
59
60	[[AC: Anime And Manga]]
61	* ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine''
62	* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheGalaxySuperExpress''
63	* ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited''
64	* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''
65	* ''Anime/GalacticWhirlwindSasuraiger''
66	* ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' And sequels
67	* ''Anime/TheGalaxyRailways''
68	* ''Anime/KabaneriOfTheIronFortress''
69	* ''Anime/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad''
70	* ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion''
71	** ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ''
72	* ''Anime/TrainToTheEndOfTheWorld''
73	* ''Anime/UnderseaSuperTrainMarineExpress''
74	* ''Yuritetsu - Shiritsu Yurigasaki Joshikou Tetsudoubu''
75
76	[[AC: Board Games]]
77
78	* ''[[Creator/AvalonHill 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons]]''
79
80	[[AC: Fan Fiction]]
81	* ''Fanfic/EnginesTogether''
82	* ''Fanfic/TheExtendedRailwaySeries''
83	* ''Fanfic/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasureBadEnding''
84
85	[[AC: Film -- Animation]]
86	* ''Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould''
87	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
88	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''
89
90	[[AC: Film -- Live-Action]]
91	* ''Film/The1517ToParis''
92	* ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix''
93	* ''Film/AtomicTrain''
94	* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''
95	* ''Film/LaBeteHumaine''
96	* ''Film/TheBrain1969''
97	* ''Film/BreakheartPass''
98	* ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''
99	* ''Film/BulletTrain''
100	* ''Film/TheBulletTrain''
101	* ''Film/TheCassandraCrossing''
102	* ''Film/CloselyWatchedTrains''
103	* ''Film/Convoy48''
104	* ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited''
105	* ''Film/Derailed2002''
106	* ''Film/DisasterOnTheCoastliner''
107	* ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors''
108	* ''Film/EmperorOfTheNorth''
109	* ''Film/TheFinishingLine''
110	* ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''
111	* ''Film/TheGeneral''
112	* ''Film/TheGreatStTriniansTrainRobbery''
113	* ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery1903''
114	* ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery1978''
115	* ''Film/TheGreyFox''
116	* ''Film/HorrorExpress''
117	* ''Film/Howl2015''
118	* ''Film/{{Hugo}}''
119	* ''Film/IllusiveTracks''
120	* ''Film/TheIncident''
121	* ''Film/TheIronHorse''
122	* ''Film/JackTheReaper''
123	* ''Film/{{Krai}}''
124	* ''Film/LadyOnATrain''
125	* ''Film/TheLadyVanishes''
126	* ''Film/LastClearChance''
127	* ''Film/LastTrainFromGunHill''
128	* ''Film/LastTrainHome''
129	* ''Film/DerLetzteZug''
130	* ''Film/MillionairesExpress''
131	* ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974''
132	* ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017''
133	* ''Film/{{Nayak}}''
134	* ''Film/NightTrainToLisbon''
135	* ''Film/NightTrainToMunich''
136	* ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''
137	* ''Film/NorthWestFrontier''
138	* ''[[Film/OlsenBanden Olsen-Banden på sporet]]''
139	* ''Film/OnceUponATexasTrain''
140	* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''
141	* ''Film/ThePhantomExpress1932''
142	* ''Film/TheRailrodder''
143	* ''Film/RunawayTrain''
144	* ''Film/ShanghaiExpress''
145	* ''Film/SilverStreak''
146	* ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}''
147	* ''Film/TheStationAgent''
148	* ''Film/StrangersOnATrain''
149	* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree''
150	* ''Film/{{Terminus}}''
151	* ''Film/TerrorByNight''
152	* ''Film/TerrorTrain''
153	* ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain''
154	* ''Film/TheTitfieldThunderbolt''
155	* ''Film/{{Train}}''
156	* ''Film/TheTrain''
157	* ''Film/TrainToBusan''
158	* ''Film/{{Transsiberian}}''
159	* ''Film/TwentiethCentury''
160	* ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory''
161	* ''Film/UnionPacific''
162	* ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}''
163	* ''Film/VonRyansExpress''
164	* ''Film/WildWildWest''
165
166	[[AC: Literature]]
167	* ''Literature/AdventuresOnTrains''
168	* ''Literature/AnnaKarenina''
169	* ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''
170	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''
171	* ''Literature/TheBoundless''
172	* ''Literature/ChooChoo1937''
173	* ''[[Literature/ClockworkCentury Dreadnaught]]''
174	* ''Literature/ForestOfBolandLightRailway''
175	* ''Literature/TheGreatTrainRobbery''
176	* ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
177	* ''Literature/TheHuffinPuffExpress''
178	* ''Literature/HurrayForTheDorchester''
179	* ''Literature/IronCouncil''
180	* ''Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould''
181	* ''[[Literature/PhryneFisher Murder on the Ballarat Train]]''
182	* ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''
183	* ''Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain''
184	* ''Literature/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad''
185	* ''Literature/ThePolarExpress''
186	* ''The Literature/QuadrailSeries''
187	* ''Literature/{{Railhead}}''
188	* ''Literature/{{Railsea}}''
189	* ''Literature/RailWars''
190	* ''Literature/TheRailwayChildren''
191	* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''
192	* ''Literature/RaisingSteam''
193	* ''Literature/TheStoryOfCaseyJr''
194	* ''Literature/TaroAndJiroTheSiblingLocomotives''
195	* ''Literature/TrainMan2010''
196	* ''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar'' features a post-apocalyptic setting where rail, rather than cars is the main means of transportation in the US. The story lavishes quite a bit of loving description on the railways, trains and mainly steam and diesel locomotives.
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198	[[AC: Live Action [=TV=]]]
199	* ''Series/CaseyJones''
200	* ''Series/TheChooChooBobShow''
201	* ''Series/TheDayOfTheRoses''
202	* ''Series/TheGildedAge''
203	* ''Series/HellOnWheels''
204	* ''Series/ILoveToyTrains''
205	* ''Series/JuniorExpress''
206	* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''
207	* ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching''
208	* ''Series/PetticoatJunction''
209	* ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger''
210	* ''Series/ShiningTimeStation''
211	* ''Series/{{Supertrain}}''
212	* ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding''
213	* ''Series/WildWestTech''
214	* ''Series/TheWildWildWest''
215
216	[[AC: Theatre]]
217	* ''Theatre/StarlightExpress''
218
219	[[AC: Theme Parks]]
220	* ''Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad''
221	* ''Ride/{{Tweetsie Railroad}}''
222
223	[[AC: Video Games]]
224	* ''VideoGame/ThreeDUltraLionelTraintown''
225	* ''VideoGame/ATrain''
226	* ''VideoGame/ChaseTheExpress''
227	* ''VideoGame/ChooChooCharles''
228	* ''VideoGame/DarkTrain''
229	* ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''
230	* ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}''
231	* ''VideoGame/FearEquation''
232	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' [[note]]the protagonists have to travel across a continent on a train in the second half of the game. A lot of the interactions between the main characters in the second half happen on this train, the train gets bombed by TheEmpire and there is a sideplot (which later got expanded in the form of a DLC) which involves one of the main characters being pushed off of the train and being presumed dead or captured.[[/note]]
233	* ''VideoGame/TheFinalStation''
234	* ''VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture''
235	* ''VideoGame/HonkaiStarRail''
236	* ''VideoGame/TheLastExpress''
237	* ''VideoGame/LastTrainHome'' [[note]] Has no relation to the above mentioned documentary of the same name. [[/note]]
238	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' [[note]]the protagonists get around on trains in the first game, and in the third game they get their own CoolTrain to move around in. Trains also play an important part in the lives of the people in the game.[[/note]]
239	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks''
240	* ''VideoGame/LionelTrainsOnTrack''
241	* ''VideoGame/{{Locomotion}}''
242	* ''VideoGame/NancyDrew: Last Train To Blue Moon Canyon''
243	* ''VideoGame/RailroadRampage''
244	* ''VideoGame/RailwayEmpire''
245	* ''VideoGame/RailWorks''
246	* ''VideoGame/RiseOfIndustry''
247	* ''VideoGame/{{Trainyard}}''
248	* ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}''
249	* ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon''
250	* ''VideoGame/WorkersAndResourcesSovietRepublic''
251	* Numerous railroad operating simulation programs:
252	** ''VideoGame/MiniMetro''
253	** ''VideoGame/MicrosoftTrainSimulator''
254	** ''VideoGame/PocketTrains''
255	** ''VideoGame/RailroadTycoon''
256	** ''VideoGame/{{Trainz}}''
257	** P I Engineering's ''Rail Driver''
258	* ''VideoGame/{{Voidtrain}}''
259	* ''VideoGame/XtremeExpress''
260
261	[[AC:Web Animation]]
262	* ''WebAnimation/OverTheHills''
263	* ''WebAnimation/NorthWesternRailwayTales''
264	* ''WebAnimation/Shed17''
265	* ''WebAnimation/SodorDarkTimes''
266	* ''WebAnimation/SodortheEarlyYears''
267	* ''WebAnimation/TheStoriesOfSodor''
268	* ''WebAnimation/TobiasAndTheHalfPariah''
269	* ''WebAnimation/TomicaThomasAndFriends''
270
271	[[AC:Web Comics]]
272	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Act Two, Books 1 & 2 (Vols. 14 & 15)
273	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent''
274	* ''Webcomic/WhenHeavenSpitsYouOut''
275
276	[[AC:Web Original]]
277	* ''WebOriginal/EnginesOfEight''
278	* ''WebOriginal/TrainsofFuture''
279
280	[[AC:Web Videos]]
281	* ''WebVideo/TheBritishRailwayStories''
282	* ''WebVideo/CrossedLines''
283	* ''WebVideo/LocomotivesOfBritishRailways''
284	* "WebVideo/TheRailwaysOfCrotoonia"
285
286	[[AC:Western Animation]]
287	* ''WesternAnimation/BigTim''
288	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chuggington}}''
289	* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain''
290	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fuji}}''
291	* ''WesternAnimation/JimButton''
292	* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRails''
293	* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''
294	* ''WesternAnimation/IvorTheEngine''
295	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnHenryAndTheInkyPoo''
296	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyExpress''
297	* ''WesternAnimation/OnionPacific''
298	* ''WesternAnimation/PorkysRailroad''
299	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveEngineer''
300	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''
301	** ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo''
302	* ''WesternAnimation/TrunkTrain''
303	* ''Underground Ernie''
304	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'': [[TrainTopBattle Plot relevant]] [[ChekhovsGun model train]].
305
306	[[AC: Subways]]
307	* ''Film/{{Creep 2004}}''
308	* ''Film/DeathLine''
309	* ''Film/TheIncident''
310	* ''Film/{{Kontroll}}''
311	* ''Metro 2033'' Both [[Literature/{{Metro2033}} the book]] and the [[VideoGame/Metro2033 video game]].
312	* ''Film/TheMidnightMeatTrain''
313	* ''VideoGame/MiniMetro''
314	* ''Anime/MiracleTrain''
315	* ''Film/MoneyTrain''
316	* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2: Octo Expansion''
317	* ''Subway'', a transparently-titled early film by Luc Besson, which takes place almost entirely inside the Parisian subway network.
318	* ''VideoGame/TheStalinSubway''
319	* ''VideoGame/SubwaySurfers''
320	* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree''
321
322	[[AC:Real Life]]
323	* UsefulNotes/{{Amtrak}}
324	* UsefulNotes/DeutscheBahn
325	* UsefulNotes/HighSpeedRail
326	* UsefulNotes/LongIslandRailroad
327	* UsefulNotes/NewJerseyTransit
328	* UsefulNotes/NationalRail
329	* UsefulNotes/TokyoTrainLines
330	* UsefulNotes/WorldSubways
331	** UsefulNotes/LeMetropolitain
332	** UsefulNotes/TokyoSubways
333	** UsefulNotes/SubwaysOfTheUnitedStates
334	*** UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway
335	*** UsefulNotes/WashingtonMetro
336	*** UsefulNotes/ChicagoL
337	*** UsefulNotes/TheT
338	*** UsefulNotes/BayAreaRapidTransit
339	*** UsefulNotes/PortAuthorityTransHudson
340	*** UsefulNotes/PhiladelphiaSubways
341	*** UsefulNotes/LosAngelesMetroRail
342	[[/index]]

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