i work for the railroad.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks. It is also commonly referred to as train transport. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on ties (sleepers) and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as slab track, where the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilities. Power is provided by locomotives which either draw electric power from a railway electrification system or produce their own power, usually by diesel engines. Most tracks are accompanied by a signalling system. Railways are a safe land transport system when compared to other forms of transport.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never been on a train but love watching them.  I like to count how many train-cars are being pulled! "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's so much different than cars because you're being guided by the tracks instead of on a prepared flat surface"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I know!  They are so powerful and loud!  How fast can they go?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It depends on the type.  Power either comes from electrification system or they produce their own power, usually with diesel engines."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Where does the electricity come from?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "From the railway electrification system.  Most tracks also have a signaling system."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What does the signaling system do?  Is it to alert cars?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not sure.  The electrification system supplies electric power to the trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or fuel supply on board."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is that more efficient than the use of self powered diesel engines?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, the electricity is generated in very efficient generating stations, then transmitted to the railway networks and trains"}]