RailCab is a research project by the University of Paderborn, Germany. Its purpose is the examination of the use of linear engines for the propulsion...
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The term cab forward locomotive refers to various rail and road vehicle designs that place the driver's compartment substantially farther towards the...
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The cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment of a locomotive, or a self-propelled rail vehicle, is the part housing the train driver, fireman or...
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Cab signaling is a railway safety system that communicates track status and condition information to the cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment...
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and Communication Laboratory (C-Lab) and Software quality lab (S-lab). RailCab is a research project by Paderborn University. Its purpose is the examination...
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Control car (redirect from Cab car)
A control car, cab car (North America), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK, Ireland, Australia and India) is a non-powered rail vehicle from which...
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locomotive types such as the British Rail Class 37, and British Rail Class 40 utilised cab units but the term "cab unit" is not used in Britain. The Class...
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Bombardier BiLevel Coach (category Rail passenger cars of the United States)
commuter rail service, GO Transit and Hawker Siddeley Canada in the mid-1970s as a more efficient replacement for GO's original single-deck coaches and cab cars...
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Rotem Commuter Cars (category MBTA Commuter Rail)
215 Bi-level rail set - rail set consisting of locomotive, coaches and cab car seating 233 passengers and capacity for 337 MBTA Commuter Rail - both BTC...
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list of past and present rolling stock owned and operated by Via Rail in Canada. Via Rail owns 78 locomotives and 619 passenger cars. The tables below list...
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They had the door to the cab at the rear, with a railed veranda behind the cab; this feature was very unusual on British Rail locomotives, although it...
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remote unit, as opposed to radioing commands to an engineer in the cab. Some Class I rail yards utilize RCO packs for their conductors, while others do not...
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First SunRail cab car arrives in Sanford". Orlando Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2013. "SunRail, Sound...
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Siemens Venture (category Rail passenger cars of the United States)
trainsets (two coaches and a cab car) with a food service area, which would be paired with a Charger locomotive. Via Rail purchased 32 five-car trainsets...
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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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Colorado Railcar DMU (category Passenger rail rolling stock)
built for Tri Rail as par of an order for four DMU units that would be built from 2005–2007. TriMet in Portland ordered three DMUs and one cab car for use...
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sets with dual-voltage 25 kV (AC) and 750 V (DC) power. While the Class 325 cabs bear a resemblance to the Networker family of DMUs and EMUs, the Class 325...
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Hyundai Rotem Cab in Hollywood Hyundai Rotem cab closeup In 2003, after receiving a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation, Tri-Rail contracted...
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the slave unit having had its cab removed. Both units were then ballasted to improve traction. Initially coupled cab-to-cab, it was found more practical...
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Comet (railcar) (category Rail passenger cars of the United States)
built, with 35 cab cars, 110 trailer coaches and 10 bar cars. In 1987, the fleet was rebuilt by Bombardier at Barre, Vermont, with all 35 cab cars and a number...
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The British Rail Class 58 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight. The narrow body with cabs at either end led to them being...
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anybody to take the controls. In October 2003, the cab was painted to masquerade as British Rail DP2. One cab from D9021 (55 021) Argyll & Sutherland Highlander...
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Diesel locomotive (redirect from Diesel (rail))
cow) equipped with a driving cab, the other (the calf) without a cab, such that the pair can be controlled from the single cab. This arrangement is also...
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Train (redirect from Rail train)
The British Rail Safety and Standards Board defines a train as a "light locomotive, self-propelled rail vehicle or road-rail vehicle in rail mode." A collection...
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Bombardier MultiLevel Coach (category Rail passenger cars of the United States)
cars, including 62 cab cars. Exo has purchased 160 cars, including 26 cab cars. The MARC order consists of 39 trailers and 15 cab cars for a total of...
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Electric multiple unit (category Electric rail transport)
Railway opened in 1893 with two-car electric multiple units, controllers in cabs at both ends directly controlling the traction current to motors on both...
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the newer, isolated cab of the second and subsequent batches, 4301–4313 were traded in to Progress Rail for locomotives with newer cab assemblies and repatriated...
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shallower curves, electrification, in-cab signalling, and less frequent halts/stops. As with the definitions of high-speed rail, the definition varies by country...
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Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing (redirect from Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc.)
Metro Rail – Green Train Chinese Ministry of Railways – Type 6K, Type CRH2 Hong Kong MTR – SP1900 EMU Hong Kong MTR Light Rail – Phase II LRV power cabs/trailers...
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