The French word Autorail describes a single powered railcar capable of carrying passengers. French designed vehicles are made. While the concept faded for a while, it has been introduced with a new range of vehicles for both standard and metre gauge lines.Many autorails from the 1950s and 1960s form the basic transport of many French preserved railways, of Chemin de Fer Touristique (sometimes Historique). They can be used at times of year when steam locos might cause fires.