TAKING THE TRAIN

Invented 80 years before the Car, Trains carry both passengers and goods in connected train cars moving as a unit across metal tracks.
My ASL Dictionary’s cartoon of a grey-haired train conductor in uniform illustrates the ASL hand sign for TRAIN.

The fingers of the H hand are rubbed back and forth over the fingers of the opposite H hand, a visual for the crossties of the railroad track.

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Coincidentally, the word ” Train ” in English can mean exercising and preparing for a sport or event, while the ASL hand sign TRAIN has the same movement as PRACTICE.

Coincidentally, the word TRAINĀ  in English can mean exercising and preparing for a sport or event, while the ASL hand sign TRAIN has the same movement as PRACTICE.

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