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Wagon train

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A wagon train is a long chain of wagons, each moving together and forming a line. Wagon trains were common in the Old West, in other places of the world different forms of caravans and convoys were often used, such as camel trains in Australia.
See train (disambiguation) for more information on other sorts of train.