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    The three-phase railcar (German: Drehstrom-Triebwagen) was an experimental three-phase high-voltage alternating current powered high speed railcar concept...
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    single-phase systems, like for the Swiss Ce 6/8 II and III "Crocodile" type.) In Germany, the Siemens and AEG Experimental three-phase railcars set new...
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  • Est line, part of the Trans-European high-speed rail network. Japan's experimental maglev train L0 Series achieved 603 km/h (375 mph) on a 42.8 km (26.6 mi)...
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    utilize pantograph collection for any length. As such, the line required railcars that featured pantographs as well as third rail shoes, and since the overhead...
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    locomotive Electric generator Electromote Elevator Experimental three-phase railcar Microplasma Phase plug Siemens mercury unit Trolleybus Wells, John (3...
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    during 1902 and 1903 (see Experimental three-phase railcar).[citation needed] On 23 October 1903, the S&H-equipped railcar achieved a speed of 206.7 km/h...
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    Allgemeine Automobil-Gesellschaft 27 October 1903: An AEG-equipped experimental three-phase railcar achieved a speed of 210.2 km/h (131 mph) on the test track...
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    Siemens & Halske three-phase AC locomotive used for high-speed trials with 10 kV three-phase AC alongside the experimental three-phase railcar in 1901–3, the...
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    For servicing suburban commuter lines, electrified on 25 kV, AC, the Railcar Manufacturing Plant of Riga produced ER9, then ER9P and other modifications...
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    NE Train (category Experimental vehicles)
    The "NE Train" (NEトレイン) (New Energy Train) was an experimental railcar which was used to test multiple alternative power sources by the Railway Technical...
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    numbering set used on four experimental articulated train-sets that were in service from 1947 to 1985. These are the first CTA railcars to have interior LED...
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    "Amtrak adds color coding to railcar paint scheme". Trains News Wire. March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2025. Amtrak’s Phase VII Livery for Passenger Cars...
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    of motion output. They can be brushed or brushless, single-phase, two-phase, or three-phase, axial or radial flux, and may be air-cooled or liquid-cooled...
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  • use in railcar applications on the B&O, Milwaukee Road, and a few other lines. Additionally, two of the 5 × 6s were placed in an experimental center cab...
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    locomotives et automotrices 25 000 V monophasé [The 25,000 V single-phase locomotives and railcars]. Encyclopedia of motor equipment SNCF. Vol. 5, Hors série....
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    brake (rail) Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives Battery powered railcars Boxcab Charles Grafton Page – electrical pioneer Electric multiple unit...
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    Silverliner is the name given to a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) railcars in commuter rail service in the Philadelphia area since 1958. As of the...
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    cars and some of the BMT Standards. At the time, this was the largest railcar order ever placed in the United States for subway cars. The cars were ordered...
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    Silverliner IV in 1973. The Silverliner V, a more modern version of the railcar was introduced in 2010. A total of 120 cars were purchased for $274 million...
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    cambuse can refer both to a ship's storeroom and to the North-American railcar. Camboose as a cook shack was in use in English at least by 1805, when...
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    caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These sets are to be built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing and Hitachi. The first set, numbered G1, was delivered to...
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    The Budd Silverliner was a model of electric multiple unit railcar designed and built by the Budd Company with 59 examples being delivered starting in...
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  • RITES. Metre-gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 2 ft (610 mm) gauge Diesel railcars and multiple units In 1958, the Commonwealth Engineering of Australia supplied...
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    Opel RAK.1 (category 1920s German experimental aircraft)
    000 spectators watched RAK 3 breaking the existing world speed record of railcars by nearly 40 km/h. The resulting international publicity after RAK2 and...
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    " EMU train sets have no more than 16 railcars with axle load not greater than 17 tonnes and a headway of three minutes or less. Thus, high-speed rail...
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    The Budd Metroliner was a class of American electric multiple unit (EMU) railcar designed for first-class, high-speed service between New York City and...
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    Commission invited tenders for a fleet of high-speed railcars similar to the Prospector railcars delivered by Comeng to the Western Australian Government...
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    Hybrid vehicle (category Fossil fuel phase-out)
    submarines. Europe The new Autorail à grande capacité (AGC or high-capacity railcar) built by the Canadian company Bombardier for service in France is diesel/electric...
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    the pair except 7000-series railcars), with systems shared across the pair. Metro's rolling stock was acquired in seven phases, and each version of car is...
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    buses, trucks, forklifts, motorcycles and scooters, bicycles, skateboards, railcars, boat and personal watercraft, although in common usage the term usually...
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