What does "it" in the first line mean?

Reading Comprehension 
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.

I like to see it lap the Miles ——
And lick the Valleys up ——
And stop to feed itself at Tanks ——
And then, prodigious, step 

Around a Pile of Mountains ——
And  supercilious  peer 
In Shanties —— by the sides of Roads ——
And then a Quarry pare.
What does "it" in the first line mean?
【正确答案】:

"IT" REFERS TO THE TRAIN.


【题目解析】:诗中的“it”指的是火车。