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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MEMU (redirect from Main Line Electric Multiple Unit)
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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British Rail Class 800 (redirect from Azuma (train))
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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Refrigerator car (section Railex and other unit trains)
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 (redirect from Train transport)
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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Vande Bharat (trainset) (redirect from Train 18)
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 (redirect from Elite army unit)
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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CSX Transportation (section Unit trains)
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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