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    A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the...
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    An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires...
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    multiple-unit train (or multiple unit (MU)) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, which if coupled to another multiple unit can...
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    Multiple-unit train control, sometimes abbreviated to multiple-unit or MU, is a method of simultaneously controlling all the traction equipment in a train from...
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    freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units or railcars...
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    A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated...
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  • list of British Rail diesel multiple-unit train classes. For a historical overview of diesel multiple unit train development in Great Britain, see British...
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    were reported as train surfing in Rio de Janeiro in 1988. During the 1990s, train surfing on a commuter electric multiple unit train became popular in...
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    "high-speed railcar") is a standard gauge, high-speed, electric multiple-unit train designed and built by Alstom. Alstom offers the AGV in configurations...
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  • has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via some form of remote control, such as multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with...
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    freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers. Freight trains are made...
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    Locomotive (redirect from Train engine)
    the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, motor coach, railcar...
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    is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train that serves short and medium-distance routes in India, as compared to normal EMU trains that connect urban and...
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    "Juice Trains" (or "Orange Juice Trains") are the unit trains of Tropicana fresh orange juice operated by railroads in the United States. Tropicana Products...
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    Express Train (IET) by Great Western Railway (GWR) and Azuma by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by...
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    2006 Railex launches 55-car unit train reefer service between U.S. west coast and New York. 2013 Additional unit train reefer services to Florida and...
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    An electro-diesel multiple unit (EDMU) or bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) is a form of a multiple unit train that can be powered either by electric power...
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  • A multiple-unit train or simply multiple unit (MU) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined together, which when coupled to...
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  • Rail code for Abergavenny railway station, Wales, UK AGV (train), a high-speed multiple-unit train built by Alstom Attorney-General of Victoria Attorney General...
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    multiple unit trains, and in many circumstances the non-cab cars are directly or indirectly permanently attached to a cab car. Some B-units cannot be...
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    The X3 is an electric multiple unit train used by Arlanda Express on the airport rail link service between Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm Arlanda...
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    Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...
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    The Vande Bharat trainset, formerly known as Train 18, is an Indian electric multiple unit chair car trainset designed and developed by Indian Railways...
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    Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military...
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    A Marine expeditionary unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "M'you" IPA: /mjuː/) is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet...
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    Rail yard (redirect from Train yard)
    service such as a unit train, but managed locally by local switching service locomotives. Unit tracks may be reserved for unit trains, which carry a block...
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    locomotive units enable much longer, heavier loads without the increased risks of derailing that stem from the stress of pulling very long chains of train-cars...
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    Carolina, train wreck-fire involving 2 (Union Pacific) units and its train of fuel tankers at the back, 2 killed 2012 Ellicott City, Maryland, train derailment...
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  • multiple unit train CIE 801 Class, diesel locomotive train engine FS ALe 801 power cars for the FS Class ALe 801/940 electric multiple unit trains Search...
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    unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because...
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