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125 relations: AAR wheel arrangement, Acela, ALCO PA, Alternating current, American Car and Foundry Company, American Locomotive Company, Association of American Railroads, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2, Baldwin DR-6, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baldwin RP-210, BNSF Railway, Bo-Bo, Bo-Bo-Bo, Bogie, Brazil, British Rail Class 28, British Rail Class 31, Budd Rail Diesel Car, Cascade Tunnel, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Co-Co locomotive, Coal, Colloquialism, Diesel locomotive, Diesel multiple unit, Direct current, Electric locomotive, Electro-Motive Diesel, EMC 1800 hp B-B, EMD DDM45, EMD E-unit, EMD F-unit, EMD FL9, EMD FT, EMD GM10B, EMD GM6C, EMD LWT12, EMD Model 40, EMD NW2, EMD SD45, EMD SDP45, EMD SW1500, FM Consolidation Line, FM Erie-built, FM OP800, GE 2-C+C-2, GE Dash 9-40CW, ... Expand index (75 more) »
- AAR wheel arrangements
- Locomotive classification systems
AAR wheel arrangement
The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. AAR wheel arrangement and AAR wheel arrangement are AAR wheel arrangements and locomotive classification systems.
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Acela
The Acela (originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.
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ALCO PA
The ALCO PA was a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains.
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Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.
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American Car and Foundry Company
ACF Industries, originally the American Car and Foundry Company (abbreviated as ACF), is an American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock. One of its subsidiaries was once (1925–54) a manufacturer of motor coaches and trolley coaches under the brand names of (first) ACF and (later) ACF-Brill.
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American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
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Association of American Railroads
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States).
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996.
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Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2
The Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 (known informally as the Centipede) was the Baldwin Locomotive Works' first serious attempt at a production road diesel locomotive.
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Baldwin DR-6
Baldwin Locomotive Works produced several different Baldwin DR-6 models of 6-axle passenger train-hauling diesel locomotives between 1945 and 1948.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951.
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Baldwin RP-210
The RP-210 was a streamlined locomotive built in 1956 by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, specifically to operate with the experimental, all-aluminum Train-X coaches that were built by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company.
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BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States.
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Bo-Bo
B-B and Bo-Bo are the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies.
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Bo-Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′Bo′ (UIC classification) is a locomotive with three independent two-axle bogies with all axles powered by separate traction motors.
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Bogie
A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
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British Rail Class 28
The British Rail Class 28 (Metro-Vick Type 2) diesel-electric locomotives, known variously as 'Metrovicks', 'Crossleys' or 'Co-Bos', were built under the Pilot Scheme for diesel locomotives as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan.
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British Rail Class 31
The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and previously as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957 to 1962.
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Budd Rail Diesel Car
The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar.
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Cascade Tunnel
The Cascade Tunnel refers to two railroad tunnels, its original tunnel and its replacement, in the northwest United States, east of the Seattle metropolitan area in the Cascade Range of Washington, at Stevens Pass.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century.
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Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States.
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Co-Co locomotive
Co-Co is the wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives with two six-wheeled bogies with all axles powered, with a separate traction motor per axle.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
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Colloquialism
Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication.
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Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.
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Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.
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Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
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Electro-Motive Diesel
Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry.
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EMC 1800 hp B-B
Electro-Motive Corporation (later Electro-Motive Division, General Motors) produced five 1800 hp B-B experimental passenger train-hauling diesel locomotives in 1935; two company-owned demonstrators, #511 and #512, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's #50, and two units for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Diesel Locomotive #1.
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EMD DDM45
The EMD DDM45 is a meter-gauge diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD.
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EMD E-unit
EMD E-units were a line of passenger train streamliner diesel locomotives built by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and its predecessor the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC).
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EMD F-unit
EMD F-units are a line of diesel-electric locomotives produced between November 1939 and November 1960 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors-Diesel Division.
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EMD FL9
The EMD FL9 (New Haven Class EDER-5) is a model of electro-diesel locomotive, capable of operating either as a traditional diesel-electric locomotive or as an electric locomotive powered from a third rail.
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EMD FT
The EMD FT is a diesel-electric locomotive that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later known as GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD).
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EMD GM10B
The GM10B was a solitary electric testbed locomotive with a power output of which was intended for use on high-speed freight services on the Northeast Corridor.
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EMD GM6C
The GM6C was a solitary testbed electric locomotive for freight duties built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of the United States in collaboration with ASEA of Sweden.
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EMD LWT12
The EMD LWT12 was a diesel–electric power car that was built in 1955 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD), to pull a lightweight passenger trainset.
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EMD Model 40
The EMD Model 40 was a two-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its corporate successor, General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between August 1940 and April 1943.
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EMD NW2
The EMD NW2 is a, B-B switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois.
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EMD SD45
The SD45 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive class built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1965 and 1971.
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EMD SDP45
The SDP45 is a six-axle, C-C, diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois.
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EMD SW1500
The EMD SW1500 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division from 1966 to 1974.
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FM Consolidation Line
The Consolidation Line was a series of diesel-electric railway locomotive designs produced by Fairbanks-Morse and its Canadian licensee, the Canadian Locomotive Company.
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FM Erie-built
The Erie-built was the first streamlined, cab-equipped dual service diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks-Morse, introduced as direct competition to such models as the ALCO PA and FA and EMD FT.
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FM OP800
The OP800 was a lightweight, streamlined railcar built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1939.
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GE 2-C+C-2
The GE 2-C+C-2 was an electric locomotive built by General Electric employed in the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro and later in the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil, based on the EP-4 model built for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
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GE Dash 9-40CW
The GE Dash 9-40CW is a diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems of Erie, Pennsylvania, between January 1996 and December 2004.
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GE E60
The GE E60 is a family of six-axle C-C electric locomotives made by GE Transportation Systems (GE) between 1972 and 1983.
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GE Evolution Series
The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems (now owned by Wabtec), initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005.
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GE Genesis
The GE Genesis (officially trademarked GENESIS) is a series of passenger diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation for Amtrak, Metro-North, and Via Rail between 1992 and 2001.
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GE steam turbine locomotives
The General Electric steam turbine locomotives were two steam turbine locomotives built by General Electric (GE) for Union Pacific (UP) in 1938.
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GE U50
The GE U50 was an eight-axle, diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Rail.
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Geared steam locomotive
A geared steam locomotive is a type of steam locomotive which uses gearing, usually reduction gearing, in the drivetrain, as opposed to the common directly driven design.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
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General Pershing Zephyr
The General Pershing Zephyr was the ninth of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's ''Zephyr'' streamliners, and the last built as an integrated streamliner rather than a train hauled by an EMD E-unit diesel locomotive.
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GMD GF6C
The GF6C was an electric locomotive for freight duties built by General Motors Diesel in collaboration with ASEA of Sweden.
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Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
The Great Northern Railway was an American Class I railroad.
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Great Northern W-1
The W-1 was a class of electric locomotive used by the Great Northern Railway.
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Great Northern Y-1
The Great Northern Railway's class Y-1 comprised eight electric locomotives with AAR 1-C+C-1 wheel arrangements.
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Great Northern Z-1
The Great Northern Z-1 was a class of ten electric locomotives built for the Great Northern Railway They were used to work the route through the second Cascade Tunnel.
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High-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.
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JNR Class DE10
The is a class of Japanese C-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotives.
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JNR Class DE11
The is a five-axle C-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive type operated in Japan since 1968.
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JNR Class DE15
The is a five-axle C-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotive type operated in Japan as a self-propelled snowplough unit since 1967 by the national railway company Japanese National Railways (JNR), and later by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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Light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.
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Little Joe (electric locomotive)
The Little Joe is a type of railroad electric locomotive built by General Electric.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
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M-10002
The Union Pacific Railroad's M-10002 was a diesel-electric streamliner train built in 1936 by Pullman-Standard, with prime movers from the Winton Engine division of General Motors Corporation and General Electric generator, control equipment and traction motors.
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Metra
Metra is the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads.
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Mexican Railway
The Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Mexicano) was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico.
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Milwaukee Road
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
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Milwaukee Road class EF-1
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
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Milwaukee Road class EP-2
The Milwaukee Road's class EP-2 comprised five electric locomotives built by General Electric in 1919.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.
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New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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New York Central S-Motor
S-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built S-1, S-2, S-2a and S-3 electric locomotives.
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New York Central T-Motor
T-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built T-1a, T-1b, T-2a, T-2b, and T-3a electric locomotives.
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Norfolk and Western 2300
Norfolk and Western 2300, also known as the Jawn Henry, was a single experimental steam turbine locomotive of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway, commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class B1
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class B1 comprised 42 electric switcher locomotives built between 1926 and 1935.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class DD1
The Pennsylvania Railroad DD1 was a class of boxcab electric locomotives built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class DD2
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class DD2 was a single prototype electric locomotive never placed into series production.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class E44
The PRR E44 was an electric, rectifier-equipped locomotive built by General Electric for the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1960 and 1963.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class FF1
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class FF1 was an American electric locomotive, a prototype numbered #3931 and nicknamed "Big Liz".
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Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1
The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States.
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Pennsylvania Railroad class R1
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class R1 comprised a single prototype electric locomotive constructed in 1934 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, with the electrical equipment by Westinghouse.
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Power car
In rail transport, the expression power car may refer to either of two distinct types of rail vehicle.
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Prime mover (locomotive)
In engineering, a prime mover is an engine that converts chemical energy of a fuel into useful work.
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Progress Rail
Progress Rail Services Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar since 2006, is a supplier of railroad and transit system products and services headquartered in Albertville, Alabama.
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Pullman Company
The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.
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Railroad speeder
A speeder (also known as a section car, railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car, or draisine) is a small railcar formerly used around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites.
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Railway coupling
A coupling or coupler is a mechanism, typically located at each end of a rail vehicle, that connects them together to form a train.
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Rebel (train)
The Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Rebels were lightweight, streamlined diesel-electric trains built by American Car and Foundry.
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Siemens ACS-64
The Siemens ACS-64, or Amtrak Cities Sprinter, is an electric locomotive designed by Siemens Mobility for use on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and the Keystone Corridor in the northeastern United States.
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Siemens Charger
The Siemens Charger is a family of diesel-electric/dual-mode passenger locomotives designed and manufactured by Siemens Mobility for the North American market.
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Southern Railway (U.S.)
The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway.
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Span bolster
A span bolster, in rail terminology, is a beam or frame used to link two trucks (US) or bogies (UK) so that they can be articulated together and be joined to the locomotive or railroad car at one rotating mounting point.
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St. Louis Car Company
The St.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
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Steam turbine locomotive
A steam turbine locomotive was a steam locomotive which transmitted steam power to the wheels via a steam turbine.
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Swiss locomotive and railcar classification
For more than a century, the Swiss locomotive, multiple unit, motor coach and railcar classification system, in either its original or updated forms, has been used to name and classify the rolling stock operated on the railways of Switzerland. AAR wheel arrangement and Swiss locomotive and railcar classification are locomotive classification systems.
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Switcher locomotive
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances.
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Texas Mexican Railway
The Texas Mexican Railway was a short line railroad in the U.S. state of Texas operating between Corpus Christi and the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge in Laredo, Texas.
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Third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
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Traction motor
A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric or hydrogen vehicles, or electric multiple unit trains.
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Train
A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight.
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Trains (magazine)
Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees.
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UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements
The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as the German classificationThe Railway Data File. AAR wheel arrangement and UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements are locomotive classification systems.
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Union Pacific GTELs
The Union Pacific GTELs were a series of gas turbine-electric locomotives built by Alco-GE and General Electric between 1952-1961 and operated by Union Pacific from 1952 to 1970.
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Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
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Virginian EL-2B
The Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements.
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Virginian EL-C
The Virginian EL-C, later known as the New Haven EF-4 and E33, was an electric locomotive built for the Virginian Railway by General Electric in August 1955.
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Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
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Vitória-Minas Railway
The Vitória-Minas Railway (Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas; EFVM) is a railway line linking the cities of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais and Vitória, Espírito Santo, in Brazil.
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Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
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Whyte notation
The Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. AAR wheel arrangement and Whyte notation are locomotive classification systems.
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0-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven.
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0-6-0
is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels.
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2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels.
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See also
AAR wheel arrangements
- AAR wheel arrangement
Locomotive classification systems
- AAR wheel arrangement
- British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification
- Class (locomotive)
- DB locomotive classification
- DR locomotive classification
- DRG locomotive classification
- DRG locomotive types
- DRG renumbering plan for steam locomotives
- French locomotive classification
- GWR locomotive numbering and classification
- German locomotive classification
- Glossary of rail transport terms
- Great Western Railway Power and Weight Classification
- Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
- Kryšpín's system
- LMS locomotive numbering and classification
- LNER locomotive numbering and classification
- NSWGR steam locomotive classification
- Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
- SR locomotive numbering and classification
- South African locomotive numbering and classification
- Swiss locomotive and railcar classification
- Turkish locomotive classification
- UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements
- UIC identification marking for tractive stock
- Whyte notation
References
Also known as 1'C+C1', 1-C+C-1, 1-D-1, A1A-3, A1A-A1A, AAR classification, AAR notation, AAR wheel arrangment, B+B-B+B, D-D locomotive.