Train (火車)

Actually, there is a legend about the invention of this name by the Chinese. Trains at first are steam-hauled, they used steam as their sources of power, and in order to do so, they need to burn coal sustainably. When people saw the burning coal inside the head of the train, they named it as ‘fire car’. During the 1950s, train began to use diesel oil as their energy. In 1962, ‘steam-hauled’ (Kowloon-Canton Railway) was not being used anymore. In 1973, the Kowloon-Canton Railway (九廣鐵路) began to build dual track and carry out the Railway Electrification. In 1982 May completed the first stage of the Electrification Project. (translated by Bibiana).

Reference: Wikipedia Kowloon-Canton Railway

Reference: LeePoSin Former Land Public Transport of Hong Kong.ppt.