Editing Train (section)

== Cultural impact ==
[[File:Brio_train_on_tracks.jpg|alt=Blue toy trains on wooden interlocking tracks on a red rug|thumb|A [[Wooden toy train|wooden toy train set]] from Swedish manufacturer [[Brio (company)|Brio]]]]
From the dawn of railroading, trains have had a significant cultural impact worldwide. Fast train travel made possible in days or hours journeys which previously took months. Transport of both freight and passengers became far cheaper, allowing for networked economies over large areas.<ref name="effects">{{Cite web|title=The effects of the railways - Transport — canals and railways - National 5 History Revision|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjy6rj6/revision/10|access-date=2021-11-06|website=BBC Bitesize|language=en-GB}}</ref> Towns and cities along railroad lines grew in importance, while those bypassed declined or even became [[ghost towns]].<ref name="effects" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Wolmar|first=Christian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7i0fXplIJEC&q=how+railroads+grew+cities|title=The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America|date=2012-09-25|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-61039-180-1|pages=217–221|language=en}}</ref> Major cities such as [[Chicago]] became prominent because they were places where multiple train lines met.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koziarz|first=Jay|date=2017-09-21|title=Transportation that built Chicago: The railroads|url=https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/9/21/16344608/transportation-chicago-railroad-cta-union-station-history|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Curbed Chicago|language=en}}</ref> In the United States, the completion of the [[first transcontinental railroad]] played a major role in the settling of [[Western United States|the western part of the nation]] by non-indigenous migrants and its incorporation into the rest of the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad |work=American Experience |publisher= PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tcrr-impact-transcontinental-railroad/|access-date=2021-11-06|language=en}}</ref> The Russian [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] had a similar impact by connecting the vast country from east to west, and making travel across frozen [[Siberia]] possible.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2016-10-05|title=The Trans-Siberian Railway reshaped world history|url=https://www.vox.com/world/2016/10/5/13167966/100th-anniversary-trans-siberian-railway-google-doodle|access-date=2021-11-07|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref>

Trains have long had a major influence [[List of train songs|on music]], [[Trains in art|art]], and [[Rail transport in fiction|literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chattanooga, Tennessee: Train Town (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/chattanooga-tennessee-train-town-teaching-with-historic-places.htm|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}</ref> Many films heavily involve or are [[List of films set on trains|set on trains]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilbey|first=Ryan|date=2015-06-19|title=Track record: why trains weave their way through the history of great cinema|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/06/track-record-why-trains-weave-their-way-through-history-great-cinema|access-date=2022-01-25|website=New Statesman}}</ref> [[Toy train|Toy train sets]] are commonly used by children, traditionally boys.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Leggett|first=Bob|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1085144352|title=Toy trains : [1935-1975]|date=2019|isbn=978-1-78442-308-7|location=Oxford|oclc=1085144352}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Delamont|first=Sara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_0-EAAAQBAJ&dq=toy+trains+gender&pg=PT39|title=The Sociology of Women: An Introduction|date=2021-10-17|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-46408-5|pages=38–41|language=en}}</ref> [[Railfan]]s are found around the world, along with [[Rail transport modelling|hobbyists who create model train layouts]].<ref name="railfans">{{Cite web|title=Tips for Railfans {{!}} Metra|url=https://metra.com/tips-railfans|access-date=2021-11-06|website=metra.com}}</ref> Train enthusiasts generally have a positive relationship with the railroad industry, though sometimes cause issues by trespassing.<ref name="railfans" />