CSS Train Front Animation/ Loader

Demo:

To create the CSS Train Front Animation/ Loader follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial:

1. Add HTML
2. Add CSS
3. Add CSS Animation

Step1.

Add HTML

<div class="container">
  <div class="track"></div>
  <div class="train"></div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and the position of the background and elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height:100vh;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
}

Add the track:

.track {
  position: relative;
  overflow:hidden;
  width:50px;
  height:100px;
  border-left: 3px solid #333;
  transform: skew(-10deg) rotateX(45deg);
}

.track:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  height:3px;
  width:50px;
  background-color: #333;
  top:90px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 #333, 0 -10px #333, 0 -20px #333, 0 -30px #333, 0 -40px #333, 0 -50px #333, 0 -50px #333, 0 -60px #333,0 -70px #333, 0 -80px #333, 0 -90px #333, 0 -100px #333, 0 -110px #333, 0 -120px #333, 0 -130px #333, 0 -140px #333;
  animation: track 1s linear infinite;
}
.track:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  transform: rotate(-15deg);
  width:50px;
  height: 120px;
  background-color: #fff;
  border-left: 3px solid #333;
  left:30px;
  top:-10px;
}

Style the train:

.train {
  position: absolute;
  width: 60px;
  height:60px;
  background-color: #333;
  border-radius:15px;
  top:0;
  left:-13px;
  transform-origin: bottom;
  animation: rotate 1s linear infinite;
}

.train:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ced4da;
  width:20px;
  height:15px;
  left:9px;
  top:15px;
  box-shadow: 22px 0 #ced4da;
}

.train:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ced4da;
  border-radius:50%;
  height:10px;
  width:10px;
  top:45px;
  left:10px;
  box-shadow: 30px 0px #ced4da;
}

Step3.

Add CSS Animation

@keyframes track {
  0% {transform: translateY(70px) rotateX(45deg);}
  100% {transform: translateY(0px) rotateX(45deg);}
}

@keyframes rotate {
  0% {transform: rotate(0);}
  25% {transform: rotate(2deg);}
  50% {transform: rotate(0);}
  75% {transform: rotate(-2deg);}
  100% {transform: rotate(0);}
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!