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[[File:MKT N64 Kalimari Desert Website Scene.png|300px|thumb|The train in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'']]

'''Trains''', also referred to as '''N64 Expresses''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980224193555/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/mario_kart64/kalimari.html ''Mario Kart 64'': Kalimari Desert] (Wayback Machine, Feb 24, 1998). Retrieved  September 7, 2018.</ref> are stage obstacles in [[N64 Kalimari Desert|Kalimari Desert]] throughout the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. They are red-and-black coal-powered steam locomotives with five passenger cars in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', and three passenger cars in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''.

 

A similar train called the [[K64]] appears in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', with the music that plays when [[Mario]] rides it being an arrangement of Kalimari Desert's music.

The Kalimari Desert course in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' features two trains, both of which travel along an elliptical track that the player crosses twice; at each crossing lies two crossbucks atop pairs of lights that flash if a train approaches. The player flips over if they hit any part of the train, including the passenger cars. In VS Mode for two players in ''Mario Kart 64'', the train has only one passenger car, while in the Grand Prix for two players, as well as in VS Mode for three and four players, all cars including the tender are removed.

Trains reappear in the ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' rendition of <small>N64</small> Kalimari Desert, once again acting as obstacles for drivers. They can be taken out by driving into them while [[Invincible Mario|under the effects]] of a [[Super Star]]. In the multiplayer mode, one of the trains is absent.

In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', trains launch drivers up in the air while giving them a [[Jump Boost]]. They can be taken out by hitting them with a [[Super Horn]] or by driving into them while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]] or [[Mega Mario|under the effects]] of a [[Mega Mushroom]], granting points in the process. Aside from N64 Kalimari Desert, one train also appears in [[N64 Kalimari Desert 2]], moving at a much lower speed than those found in the former course. If a player waits long enough after a race, it can be seen that the barriers found at the second intersection in the normal and R variants, or at the first one in the T variant, do not affect the train.

[[Amsterdam Drift]] features two course elements that act like the trains in N64 Kalimari Desert, giving drivers Jump Boosts when touched and "Train" points when taken out. One of these is a train resembling a cross between a {{wp|NS VIRM}} and a TWINDEXX Swiss Express, which travels on a viaduct along a canal that separates the [[Amsterdam]] and {{wp|Zaanse Schans}} segments of the track; the other is a tram pertaining to the Amsterdam {{wp|Trams in Amsterdam#Current lines|tram line 14}} that resembles a series 725–779 tram, which moves back and forth along a short portion of the track near the [[Finish Line (object)|finish line]].

Kalimari Desert and the train reappear in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. Like in the games prior to ''Mario Kart Tour'', it knocks over any racers that drive into it.

Flying trains appear in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' on {{classic-link|N64|Rainbow Road}} and in ''Mario Kart Tour'' on [[Merry Mountain]] and several bonus challenges on [[3DS Rainbow Road]]. [[Toad (species)|Toads]] ride on them and throw coins or [[Ring (Mario Kart series)|rings]] on the track for the player. They can also carry Star Rings that can be glided through.  

Trains also appear in the background of [[Sydney Sprint]], [[Sydney Sprint 2]], and their variants in ''Mario Kart Tour'' and {{classic-link|Tour|Sydney Sprint}} in the Booster Course Pass for ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. The passengers on the train resembling a Sydney Trains Tangara Set will throw items such as [[Green Shell]]s, [[Dash Mushroom|Mushrooms]], and [[Bob-omb]]s onto the road.

Kalimari Desert 2.jpg|Artwork of the N64 Express for ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''

MK64 Trading Card 19 Look out.jpg|The N64 Express on a ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' trading card

MK64KalimariDesert3.png|The N64 Express as seen from the front

MKT N64 Kalimari Desert Website Scene.png|View of the train

MKT Kalimari Desert Scene 2.jpg|View of the train on N64 Kalimari Desert 2 ([[List of Mario Kart Tour pre-release and unused content|pre-release]])

MKT Helper Train.jpg|The flying train in 3DS Rainbow Road

MKT Tour68 CoinRush.png|The tram in the [[Coin Rush (Mario Kart Tour)|Coin Rush]] icon for Amsterdam Drift

MK8D N64 Kalimari Desert Course Icon.png|The train in a course icon for N64 Kalimari Desert in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''

MK8-Course-N64 KalimariDesert.jpg|The train in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''