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Power car

Index Power car

In rail transport, the expression power car may refer to either of two distinct types of rail vehicle. [1]

68 relations: AAR wheel arrangement, Acela Express, ČSD Class EMU 29.0, Bo-Bo, Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Deh 4/4, British Rail Class 103, British Rail Class 373, British Rail Class 374, British Rail Class 404, British Rail Class 411, British Rail Class 415, Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars, China Railways DJJ1, China Star, City of San Francisco (train), Coaching stock of Ireland, Control car, Development of the TGV, Downpatrick and County Down Railway, Eckwersheim derailment, Electric locomotive, ER2 electric trainset, Eurostar, Gas turbine locomotive, GE Jenbacher, Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, High-speed rail, History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994, ICE 1, ICE 2, Illinois Central 121, InterCity 125, InterCityExperimental, Kiel–Lübeck railway, KuMoHa 12, List of SNCF classes, Locomotive, LRC (train), Mark 4 (Iarnród Éireann), Maryland Midland Railway, New South Wales 620/720 class railcar, Pioneer Zephyr, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, Railway and tramway terminology in Europe, Rebel (train), Remote control locomotive, Santiago de Compostela derailment, Silver Star Cafe (Port Hedland), SNCF TGV Iris 320, SNCF TGV POS, ..., Sprague-Thomson, Sri Lanka Railways S10, Sri Lanka Railways S11, Sri Lanka Railways S5, Sri Lanka Railways S8, Sri Lanka Railways S9, Talgo, Talgo AVRIL, TGV, TGV world speed record, Traction motor, Trams in Neuchâtel, Turboliner, UAC TurboTrain, UZ Class 675, Wakefield Westgate railway station, Xiandai Hanyu Cidian, 1943 in rail transport. Expand index (18 more) »

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.

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Acela Express

The Acela Express (colloquially abbreviated to Acela) is Amtrak's flagship service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C. and Boston via 14 intermediate stops including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

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ČSD Class EMU 29.0

The former ČSD Class EMU 29.0, now known as the ZSSK Class 405.95, is a three member class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric multiple unit trains in service on the Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway, in the Prešov Region of northeastern Slovakia.

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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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Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Deh 4/4

The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Deh 4/4, now known as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Deh 4/4 21–24, is a four member class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric multiple unit power cars operated until 2002 by the Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), and since then by its successor, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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British Rail Class 103

The British Rail Class 103 diesel multiple units were built by Park Royal Vehicles with diesel engines by British United Traction (BUT).

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British Rail Class 373

The British Rail Class 373 or TGV TMST train is a French designed and built electric multiple unit that operate Eurostar high speed rail services from London to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel, part of the TGV family, it has a smaller cross-section to fit the smaller loading gauge in Britain, was originally able to operate on the UK third rail network and it has extensive fireproofing in case of fire in the tunnel.

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British Rail Class 374

The Class 374 electric multiple unit high speed train, branded as Eurostar e320, provide Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel to serve destinations beyond the core routes to Paris and Brussels.

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British Rail Class 404

The Southern Railway (SR) gave the designations '''4-COR''', '''4-RES''', '''4-BUF''' and '''4-GRI''' to the different types of electric multiple unit built to work the route between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour.

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British Rail Class 411

The British Rail Class 411 (or 4 Cep) electric multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956–63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent.

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British Rail Class 415

British Rail Class 415 (or 4EPB) was a suburban 750 V DC third rail electric multiple unit commissioned by the Southern Region of British Railways.

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Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars

The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline" rail car design.

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China Railways DJJ1

The DJJ1 "Blue Arrow" is a type of high speed EMU train used by mainland China Railways.

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China Star

China Star (Simp. Chinese: 中华之星, a.k.a. DJJ2) is an indigenously designed experimental high speed train manufactured in China.

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City of San Francisco (train)

The City of San Francisco was a streamlined through passenger train which ran from 1936 to 1971 on the Overland Route between Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California, with a ferry connection on to San Francisco.

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Coaching stock of Ireland

A wide variety of hauled coaches have been used on the railways of Ireland.

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Control car

A control car, control trailer or driving trailer is a generic term for a non-powered railroad (US) or railway (UIC) vehicle that can control operation of a train from the end opposite to the position of the locomotive.

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Development of the TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, high-speed train) is France's high-speed rail service.

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Downpatrick and County Down Railway

The Downpatrick & County Down Railway is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Eckwersheim derailment

On 14 November 2015, a TGV train derailed in Eckwersheim, Alsace, France, while performing commissioning trials on the second phase of the LGV Est high-speed rail line, which was scheduled to open for commercial service five months later.

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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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ER2 electric trainset

The ER2 electric trainset is a DC electric multiple unit which was in production by the Railroad Machinery Plants of Riga (in consortium with the Electrical Machinery Plants of Riga and the Railroad Machinery Plants of Kalinin) from June 1962 to mid-1984.

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Eurostar

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Amsterdam, Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris and Rotterdam.

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Gas turbine locomotive

A gas turbine locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a gas turbine.

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GE Jenbacher

GE Power manufactures Jenbacher gas engines and cogeneration modules in the Austrian town of Jenbach in the Tyrol.

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Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway

Guangshen railway or Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, also known as the Chinese section of the Kowloon–Canton railway in 1911–1949, is a railway in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China, between Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

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High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of British Rail (initially known as British Railways), until its eventual privatisation in 1994.

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ICE 1

The ICE 1 is the first batch-produced German high-speed train and one of six in the InterCityExpress family.

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ICE 2

The ICE 2 is the second series of German high-speed trains and one of six in the Intercity-Express family since 1995.

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Illinois Central 121

Illinois Central 121 (IC #121) was a diesel streamliner built in 1936 by Pullman-Standard and powered by Electro-Motive Corporation, which was used by the Illinois Central Railroad on the Green Diamond.

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InterCity 125

InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's diesel-powered High Speed Train (HST) fleet, which was built from 1975 to 1982 and was introduced in 1976.

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InterCityExperimental

The Intercity Experimental, later renamed ICE V, was an experimental train developed by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for research into high-speed rail in Germany.

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Kiel–Lübeck railway

The Kiel–Lübeck railway is a non-electrified, mostly single-track railway line in eastern Schleswig-Holstein in north Germany.

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KuMoHa 12

The is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) railroad cars formerly used by the Japanese National Railways (JNR).

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List of SNCF classes

List of locomotive and multiple unit classes of SNCF.

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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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LRC (train)

The LRC (a bilingual acronym: in English: Light, Rapid, Comfortable; in Confortable) is a series of lightweight diesel-powered passenger trains that were used on short- to medium-distance inter-city service in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Mark 4 (Iarnród Éireann)

The CAF Mark 4 (or MK4 or MKIV) are railway carriages operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland on the InterCity service from Dublin to Cork.

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Maryland Midland Railway

The Maryland Midland Railway is a Class III short-line railroad operating about 63 miles of track in central Maryland.

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New South Wales 620/720 class railcar

The 620/720 class railcars were a class of Diesel Multiple Unit built by the New South Wales Government Railways and operated from 1961 until 2007.

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Pioneer Zephyr

The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered railroad train formed of railroad cars permanently articulated together with Jacobs bogies, built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington.

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Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in the Indian state of the Punjab is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur line.

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Railway and tramway terminology in Europe

The following tables list railway and tramway terminology as used in different European languages.

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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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Remote control locomotive

A remote control locomotive (also called an RCL) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Santiago de Compostela derailment

The Santiago de Compostela derailment occurred on 24 July 2013, when an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, derailed at high speed on a bend about outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela.

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Silver Star Cafe (Port Hedland)

The Silver Star Cafe is a restaurant located in the west end of Port Hedland, Western Australia.

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SNCF TGV Iris 320

Iris 320 is a modified TGV train operated by SNCF International as a dedicated track recording train for high-speed railways.

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SNCF TGV POS

The TGV POS is a TGV train built by French manufacturer Alstom which is operated by the French national rail company, the SNCF, in France's high-speed rail lines.

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Sprague-Thomson

Sprague-Thomson is the name of the first rolling stock on the Paris Métro made completely of metal.

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Sri Lanka Railways S10

Class S10 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train, built for Sri Lanka Railways by China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation and imported in 2008.

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Sri Lanka Railways S11

Sri Lanka Railways Class S11 is a diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train, built for Sri Lanka Railways by Integral Coach Factory and imported through RITES Ltd, an Indian state infrastructure corporation on a line of credit extended by the Indian Government.

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Sri Lanka Railways S5

The Sri Lanka Railways Class S5 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by Hitachi and introduced to Sri Lanka between 1969 and 1970, only two of which were imported.

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Sri Lanka Railways S8

Class S8 is a Diesel multiple unit (DMU) made by Hitachi and Hyundai, operated by Sri Lanka Railways.

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Sri Lanka Railways S9

Class S9 is a type of diesel multiple unit train operated by Sri Lanka's state run rail operator Sri Lanka Railways.

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Talgo

Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains.

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Talgo AVRIL

Talgo Avril is a high-speed train that Talgo is developing.

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TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train") is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by the SNCF, the state-owned national rail operator.

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TGV world speed record

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, French for "High-Speed Train") holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national railway, and its industrial partners.

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Traction motor

A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as an electric locomotive or electric roadway vehicle.

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Trams in Neuchâtel

The Neuchâtel tramway (Tramway de Neuchâtel, or (locally) Tram) is a tramway forming part of the public transport system in Neuchâtel, a city in Switzerland.

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Turboliner

The Turboliners were a family of gas turbine trainsets built for Amtrak in the 1970s.

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UAC TurboTrain

The UAC TurboTrain was an early high-speed, gas turbine train manufactured by United Aircraft that operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982 and in the United States between 1968 and 1976.

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UZ Class 675

EJ 675 (Elektrická Jednotka, type 675) is a double decker electric multiple unit by Škoda Vagonka a subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, operated by the Ukrainian state railways Ukrzaliznytsia.

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Wakefield Westgate railway station

Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Xiandai Hanyu Cidian

Xiandai Hanyu Cidian, also known as A Dictionary of Current Chinese or is an important one-volume dictionary of Standard Mandarin Chinese published by the Commercial Press, now into its 7th (2016) edition.

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1943 in rail transport

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_car

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