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Train ferry facts for kids

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A train ferry is a ferry which was designed to carry railway vehicles. Train ferries are used where it is not possible or practical to build a bridge. Some train ferries were built to also carry cars or passengers, in addition to trains.

Gallery

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    Car and train ferry across the Strait of Messina

  • Qiongzhou Strait Train Ferry

    Train ferry across the Qiongzhou Strait

  • Bohai Train Ferry - Lushun West Station B

    Train ferry with waggons in China

  • Trainferry Korsør Nyborg

    Train on a ferry, in Denmark

Images for kids

  • Yard and ferry

    Classification yard and two docking train ferries in Detroit, April 1943. A third ferry slip can be seen at the bottom of the photograph.

  • Floating railway 1850

    The 'Floating Railway', opened in 1850 as the first roll-on roll-off train ferry in the world.

  • Granton train ferry

    Bouch's ferry design. Note the adjustable ramp.

  • 69th-st-transfer-bridge

    The New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge

  • Docking ferry

    Loaded train ferry approaches dock in Detroit, Michigan, United States in April 1943.

  • Woodf3a

    Woodfibre, British Columbia

  • Trajekt im Strom

    Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry

  • FSRR FBQ 01

    MV Bali Sea along the CG Railway loads up with Ferrosur trains in Coatzacoalcos

  • DS-Ammonia Mæl 2004 SRS

    The Tinnsjø railway ferry, Norway

  • Van Ferrybot-lake Van-from Van harbour

    Ferry Van approaching Van harbour.

  • SouthernPacificTransferQuaintNO

    Southern Pacific Railroad in New Orleans

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Transbordador ferroviario para niños

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