Electric locomotive
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An electric locomotive is a type of locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuel
Škoda ChS4-109 with a Moscow–Odesa train in Vinnytsia railway station
The Siemens ES64U4 is the current confirmed holder as the fastest electric locomotive at 357 km/h (222 mph) in 2006.
Two FS Class E.464 locomotives at Formia-Gaeta station
1879 Siemens & Halske experimental train
Multiple-unit train control
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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 a single location—whether it is a multip
Two ICE 2 trains operating in multiple-unit train control in Bielefeld, Germany
South Side Elevated Railroad car #1, one of the cars that Frank Sprague converted to MU operation in Chicago
Two Japanese Shinkansen trains operating in multiple-unit train control
Two ZiU-9 trolleybuses operating in multiple-unit control in Saint Petersburg, USSR