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    transport, head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source...
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  • receives and rebroadcasts satellite TV throughout a property Head-end power is the electrical power distribution system used in passenger trains This disambiguation...
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    uses DC to power the traction motors, the 7FDL-V12 diesel engine produces 3,200 hp (2,400 kW) at 1047 rpm. When providing head end power to the train...
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    service, the locomotives required extra components for providing steam or head-end power (HEP) for heating, lighting and electricity in passenger cars. Most...
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  • hook up the air lines for the pneumatic brakes and connect cables for head-end power and other communications. To separate cars, a worker must use a lever...
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    dual-mode (diesel and electric) locomotives. The C3 cars are powered by 480 V AC head-end power supplied from the locomotive. There are three types of C3...
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    hour (201.2 km/h). A separate static converter supplied 500 kW 480 V head-end power (HEP) for passenger comfort. This was sufficient to supply heating,...
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    turn at a constant 893 RPM while supplying head end power (even standing still, with the throttle in idle). Power to the traction motors was controlled by...
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    multiple-unit train control and the transmission of lower voltage electricity (head end power). Jumper cables are electrical cables between the road tractor and a...
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    generating adequate power of 3-phase 50 Hz 415 V / 750 V AC (called 'head-end power') is provided at either end of the train rake to supply power. Howrah based...
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    power inverters carry electric current to each of the four AC traction motors. A static inverter off of the main prime mover supplies head-end power (HEP)...
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    and North Western began upgrading their fleets of E9s with Head-end power and EMD 645 power assemblies for commuter operations in the Chicago metropolitan...
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    Control car (redirect from Power coach)
    locomotives, contain an engine-generator set to provide head-end power (HEP). They can also be used with a power car or a railcar. European railways have used control...
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    operated both old-style steam-heated cars and new Amfleet cars with head-end power (HEP). GE designed two variants to handle these use cases: the E60CP...
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    Korean electric locomotive operated by Korail. This locomotive has head-end power capabilities in place of a dynamo car, which could be used with up to...
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  • are traditionally called "head end" cars; the MHC express boxcars were the only cars equipped with lines for head end power, allowing them to be located...
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    generator.[citation needed] Optionally, the generator also supplies head-end power (HEP) or power for electric train heating. The HEP option requires a constant...
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    air brakes, vacuum brakes as well as the cables for train control and head end power. A commonly used measurement relating to a rail vehicle is its length...
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    converted the older, mainly streamlined, cars from steam heating to head-end power. The final Heritage Fleet car was retired in 2019. When Amtrak took...
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    requirements. All Genesis locomotives provide head-end power (HEP) to the train via an alternator or inverter powered by the main engine. This system delivers...
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    mover, capable of generating 3,600 hp. Head-end power (HEP) was generated by a static inverter that received its power through connections to the prime mover...
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    through early 2006. The power rating of the PL42AC locomotives is 4,200 hp (3.1 MW) total for tractive effort and head-end power. The locomotive has a design...
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    locomotive transformer supplies 1 100 kVA and 140 kVA for head-end power and locomotive auxiliary power. Two partially-redundant auxiliary inverters are incorporated...
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    head-end power. This designation led to nicknamed "Pooch". The P30CH was the first Amtrak diesel locomotive built from the factory to offer HEP (head...
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    A power strip (also known as a multi-socket, power board and many other variations) is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible...
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  • American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material...
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    60 Hz stationary power generator applications and certain passenger locomotives equipped with 60 Hz, 480-volt three-phase "head-end power" systems. When...
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    into the traction power supply; either offset against other electrical demand on the network at that instant, used for head end power loads, or stored...
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    diesel trains and other locomotives converted into power packs (cab control) used to provide head-end power for the trains. The bodies of the DE30AC and the...
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    generator Head-end power Load management Motor–generator Single-phase generator Standby generator Stationary engine Three-phase electric power Wet stacking...
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