A trackless train — or tram, road train, land train, or parking lot train is a road-going articulated vehicle used for the transport of passengers, comprising a driving vehicle pulling one or more carriages connected by drawbar couplings, in the manner of a road-going railway train.
Similar vehicles may be used for transport of freight or baggage for short distances, such as at a factory or airport. Often depending on use, land train may or may not be skeuomorphically styled to look like traditional, often steam trains.
A trackless train for tourists in Tenerife
Van-hauled trackless train at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England
A trackless train service for tourists in the city of York, England
Trackless Train at the Desert of Maine
An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent pivot joint in its construction, allowing it to turn more sharply. There are many kinds, from heavy equipment to buses, trams and trains. Steam locomotives were sometimes articulated so the driving wheels could pivot around corners.
An articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro, bending as it turns a corner.
Interior of an articulated tram, showing the pivoting floor and concertina gangway connection
Articulated well cars with containers
London and North Eastern Railway articulated train from 1924
