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Transport can be defined as the movement of people, goods, signals and information from one place to another. The term "transport" is derived from the Latin word trans ("across") and portare ("to carry"). Although the term transport has many aspects like infrastructure, vehicles, and operations.
This site will focus mainly on the vehicles, ships used to transport people or goods.
| <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=2&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=2&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Ford Mustang" border="0" width="150" align="left"></a> A car or an automobile is defined as a passenger vehicle with wheels that has its own propulsion system, a motor. Automobiles run in most cases on roads, usually carry people (from one to seven passengers.) Go to: Car station | <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=5&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=5&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Volvo FH12" border="0" width="120" align="left"></a> A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods. |
| <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=6&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=6&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Irisbus Agora" border="0" width="120" align="left"></a> Buses can be defined as large road vehicles wich can carry many people. The term bus is a short version of the Latin Omnibus, (this means "for everyone"). Bus types Bus manufacturers | <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=7&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=8&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Locomotive" border="0" width="150" align="left"></a> Usually in rail transport, a train is a set of connected rail vehicles or a single rail vehicle which is capable of moving along a guideway (railway) to transport passengers or freight. Trains Locomotives Rolling stock |
| <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=4&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=4&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Il-76" border="0" width="170" align="left"></a> Air transport is the activity wich involves mechanical flight and the aircrafts used in the process. Aircrafts include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types. Airplanes Helicopters | <a href="tiki-browse_image.php?galleryId=3&sort_mode=created_desc&imageId=3&scalesize=o"><img src="show_image.php?name=Cruise ship" border="0" width="100" align="left"></a> Ships are large, sea-going watercrafts. List of ships by destination |
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