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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...
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    multiple-unit train control. In other words, all "multiple units" employ some variation of multiple-unit train control. In the broader context "unit"...
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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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  • coupled to another multiple unit can be controlled by a single driver, with multiple-unit train control. Although multiple units consist of several carriages...
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    under the control of one driver (multiple-unit train control). If the front locomotive of a pair in multiple has failed the driver can still control the rear...
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  • one end of the train, connected via some form of remote control, such as multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a control cab at the other...
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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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    MEMU 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...
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    The Interurban multiple units (IMU) are a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Walkers Limited/Downer EDI Rail, Maryborough for Queensland...
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    The Suburban multiple units (SMU) are a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Walkers Limited/Downer EDI Rail, Maryborough for Queensland Rail's...
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  • multiple unit (DEMU) and electric multiple unit (EMU), are more common terms. These may also be termed railcars. Multiple-unit train control The control of...
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    Motor coach (rail) (category Multiple units)
    passenger rail vehicle also capable of hauling a train. With multiple unit train control, one operator can control several "motor coaches", possibly even combined...
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    D1 (Д1) is a 4-car diesel multiple unit train built in 1960s-1980s by Hungarian producer Ganz-MAVAG for Soviet railways. In 2012, Moldovan Railway and...
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    A power-train control module, abbreviated PCM, is an automotive component, a control unit, used on motor vehicles. It is generally a combined controller...
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    Locomotive (redirect from Train engine)
    of choice for subways, abetted by the Sprague's invention of multiple-unit train control in 1897. The first use of electrification on a main line was...
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  • numbering and classification British Rail coach type codes Electric multiple unit "Train Control System Testing". www.old-dalby.com. Retrieved 6 October 2024...
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    revenue. Where locomotives are used, one person can control all of them. Sprague's first multiple unit order was from the South Side Elevated Railroad (the...
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    equipped with multiple unit train control so that both locomotives can be operated from the single cab. A cow is analogous to an A unit, i.e. a locomotive...
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  • Telecommunication control unit, a device attached to a computer multiplexer channel which supports multiple terminals Camera control unit, typically part...
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    standard AAR 27-wire multiple unit cable, while other countries use cables with up to 61 wires. A more recent method is to control the train through a Time-Division...
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    fitted with multiple-unit train control equipment. After these had been delivered, a further 109 locomotives without multiple unit train control were delivered...
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    and the cab car or the driving van trailer on push-pull trains for multiple-unit train control and the transmission of lower voltage electricity (head...
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    double-heading or splitting of the train over the mountain was required. Multiple-unit train control was at that time emerging and not yet a reliable working system...
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    Stadler FLIRT (category Stadler Rail multiple units)
    Regional Train') is a passenger multiple unit trainset made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. The baseline design of FLIRT is an electric multiple unit articulated...
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    control stands, as well as multiple-unit train control capability. The EJ&E rebuilt units were retired in the late 1960s, and the EMD rebuilt units were...
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    system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single...
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    a double train had one motor car at each end, but the power for both cars was routed through the front car, as multiple-unit train control had not yet...
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    of choice for subways, abetted by the Sprague's invention of multiple-unit train control in 1897. By the early 1900s most street railways were electrified...
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    electric multiple unit (EMU) and diesel multiple unit (DMU), where no discrete locomotive is present, an electro-diesel (bi-mode) multiple unit train is called...
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    British Rail Class 769 (category British Rail electric multiple units)
    class of four-car tri-mode multiple unit (BMU) converted by Brush Traction, and running in service with Northern Trains. The train is a conversion of the...
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