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...d ''cars''". A railway coach can be self-propelled such as the [[Budd Rail Diesel Car]] (in which case it is known as a [[railcar]]), form part of a [[multip In [[British English]] and [[Australian English]], the term '''coach''' is also used to

[[Image:Napier Deltic, Alycidon.jpg|thumb|Napier Deltic powered [[British Rail Class 55]] ''Alycidon'', at the [[National Railway Museum]], [[York]], [[Un ...uction version for [[British Railways]], who designated these as [[British Rail Class 55|Class 55]].

[[Image:Napier Deltic, Alycidon.jpg|thumb|Napier Deltic powered [[British Rail Class 55]] ''Alycidon'', at the [[National Railway Museum]], [[York]], [[Un ...uction version for [[British Railways]], who designated these as [[British Rail Class 55|Class 55]].

...saving of 15%. Savings of 17% are claimed for [[Virgin Trains]] [[British Rail Class 390 | Pendolinos]]. There is also less wear on friction braking compo ...[[resistor]]s. Vehicles that use dynamic brakes include [[forklift]]s, [[Diesel-electric]] [[locomotive]]s and [[streetcar]]s. If designed appropriately,

...rt manufacture, having built carriages from the mid-nineteenth century and locomotives from 1889. Their motor manufacture dated to 1917 when they took over Fabbri ...alve conversions and stronger drivetrains were the result, though only for British consumption.

...away train (effect)|runaway]] train. Straight air brakes are still used on locomotives, although as a dual circuit system, usually with each [[bogie|bogie (truck) ...ractice since 1949, fully described in [[Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains]]. Electro-pneumatic brakes are currently in testing in [[N

...r|range extending trailer]]. Nearly all hybrids still require gasoline and diesel as their sole [[fuel]] source though other fuels such as [[ethanol]] or pla ...te underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations continue to rely on diesel-electric fleets.

...e [[energy]]. The design was not very successful, as was the case with the British inventor, [[Samuel Brown (engineer)|Samuel Brown]], and the American invent ...gine" by modifying the [[Carnot Cycle]]. And in 1897 he builds the first [[Diesel Engine]].