• 23 pieces
  • Checked October 2026

Train ASCII Art

Tap a train to copy every line of it; the first is a boxcar you can type your words on.

Train ASCII Art

.-----------------. | YOUR WORDS | =|_________________|= (o)(o) (o)(o)Train boxcar sign4 lines, 21 wideReady to copy

23 pieces. Tap one to copy it.

Your own words 2

One line 3

Small, 2 to 4 lines 8

Medium, 5 to 9 lines 9

Large, 10 lines and up 1

Next step Next: cars, buses and trucks

How it works

Train text art in keyboard characters, drawn for this page: 23 pieces, with a steam engine in three sizes, five kinds of car, track, a tunnel, a bridge, a crossing signal, a ticket and a departure board.

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How the engine is built

The smokestack is _][_ sitting on the boiler, the cab is a small box with one window, and each wheel is a capital O. Small steam train is four lines by 11 columns and heads left; cars couple on behind it with an equals sign.

Two you can write on

Train boxcar sign takes 10 characters where it says YOUR WORDS, or 17 with the padding. On Train departure board, type over YOUR TOWN, 9 characters, and pad a shorter name with spaces.

  • Squash-proof has six pieces with no run of spaces: three one-liners, an engine, a car and a length of track.
  • Train track on one line is 29 characters long and can sit between two paragraphs as a divider.
  • Cars, buses and trucks are on car ASCII art.

Questions and answers

Is there an ASCII art train on one line?

Yes. Train on one line is 33 characters: three puffs of smoke, an engine and three cars joined by equals signs. Train cars, one line is shorter, 23 characters, with no engine.

How do you make a train out of keyboard symbols?

Stack three rows: _][____.--. for the smokestack and the cab roof, |______|[]| for the boiler and the window, and 'O-O-O--O-' for the wheels. That is Small steam train without its smoke.

What is the biggest train here?

Train on one line is the widest at 33 columns, and Train with three cars is 32. Train crossing signal is the tallest piece at 10 lines, and Train leaving a tunnel is 8 lines by 25 columns.

Which train pieces fit a narrow comment box?

Nineteen carry the comment box badge, at most 8 lines by 30 columns. The four that do not are Train on one line, Train with three cars, Fast train, pointed nose and Train crossing signal.

All 23 pieces

Your own words 2

  • Train boxcar sign A boxcar with four wheels and a coupling at each end. Type over YOUR WORDS, 10 characters, or 17 with the padding. 4 lines, 21 wide.
  • Train departure board Three departures with a time, a place and a track number. YOUR TOWN is 9 characters to type over. 6 lines, 29 wide.

One line 3

  • Train cars, one line Three cars with two wheels each, coupled by equals signs. 1 line, 23 wide.
  • Train on one line Three puffs of smoke, a smokestack on the engine, then three cars joined by equals signs. 1 line, 33 wide.
  • Train track on one line Equals signs for the rails with a bar for every tie. 1 line, 29 wide.
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Small, 2 to 4 lines 8

  • Small steam train Heading left: a smokestack on the boiler, a cab with one window and four wheels. 4 lines, 11 wide.
  • Squash-proof train car A short coach: four windows edge to edge over two wheels. 3 lines, 10 wide.
  • Squash-proof train engine The small engine with its smoke pulled down onto the top row. 3 lines, 11 wide.
  • Squash-proof train track Rails of equals signs with periods for the gravel between the ties. 3 lines, 15 wide.
  • Steam train with one car The small engine pulling a single empty car. 4 lines, 21 wide.
  • Train car full of coal An open car heaped above its rim, the heap drawn with carets and periods. 4 lines, 19 wide.
  • Train track, top view Two rails seen from above with six ties across them. 3 lines, 23 wide.
  • Train with three cars The small engine with a coach, a car of coal and an empty car behind it. 4 lines, 32 wide.

Medium, 5 to 9 lines 9

  • Fast train, pointed nose A long sloping nose, seven windows and a point at the front. 5 lines, 31 wide.
  • Passenger train car A long coach with a row of seven windows and two pairs of wheels. 5 lines, 26 wide.
  • Steam train engine, side The engine alone, heading left: smokestack, a dome on the boiler, a cab at the back and two sizes of wheel. 7 lines, 26 wide.
  • Steam train, front view Seen head-on: a smokestack, a round headlight, and rails running out under the buffers. 7 lines, 12 wide.
  • Train caboose The car at the end, with a raised lookout in the middle of its roof. 5 lines, 19 wide.
  • Train crossing a bridge The small engine and two cars on a deck of equals signs, crossed braces below and water under them. 7 lines, 27 wide.
  • Train leaving a tunnel An arch in a hillside with the front of an engine in it and the rails widening this way. 8 lines, 25 wide.
  • Train tank car A rounded tank with a filler cap on top. 5 lines, 17 wide.
  • Train ticket, one way A ticket with a punch hole at each end and the words ONE WAY. 6 lines, 28 wide.

Large, 10 lines and up 1

  • Train crossing signal A crossed pair of boards on a post with a round lamp either side below them. 10 lines, 11 wide.

How this list was compiled: Own work: every piece was drawn for this page on 2026-10-02, rendered in a monospaced font and looked at; none is copied from an archive or another site, and nothing from a named show, book or game is drawn. The small engine that several pieces share is this site's own: a smokestack written _][_ on a boiler, a cab with one window, and four wheels as capital O. Every character is one of the 95 printable ASCII characters, U+0020 to U+007E. Squash-proof means no line starts with a space and no two spaces touch. The comment box badge means at most 8 lines and 30 columns: a rule of thumb of this site, not a promise about any app. Licence: own work

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