Meet a steam train. It burns coal.

The engineer runs the engine.

Fire heats the water in the boiler. The water turns to steam.

High-pressure steam goes in cylinders. It pushes pistons back and forth.

Chuff, chuff! That is used steam leaving the chimney.

Japan has fast Shinkansen trains. People call them the bullet train.

Japan set up the Shinkansen train network in 1964.

A maglev train floats above its track. Electromagnetism lifts it.

Words to know

• boiler: water tank
• pistons: moving parts
• chimney: steam pipe
• maglev: floating train