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==Railway coach== ...either singly or together with other such coaches. For more information on railway coaches, see the articles on [[railroad car]]s in general or [[passenger ca

...]] are connected across either the brake grids or supply line. The rolling locomotive wheels turn the motor armatures, and if the motor fields are now excited, t In [[Railway electrification system|electrified systems]] the similar process of '''[[re

[[Brakes]] are used on [[railway]] [[train]]s to bring the train to a standstill. * brakes on the [[locomotive]].

...use dynamic electrical brakes include [[forklift]]s, [[Diesel-electric]] [[locomotive]]s, and [[streetcar]]s. If designed appropriately, this heat can be used t Regenerative brakes in electric [[railway]] vehicles feed the generated electricity back into the [[electricity distr

...ectric [[railway]] vehicles feed the generated electricity back into the [[Railway electrification system|supply system]]. In [[Battery electric vehicle|batte ===Electric railway vehicle operation===

...riod of adoption in the [[United States|USA]], primarily on [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge railroad]]s. ...e slowed or stopped by the application of manually applied brakes on the [[locomotive]] and in brake vehicles through the train, and later by steam power brakes

...use dynamic electrical brakes include [[forklift]]s, [[diesel-electric]] [[locomotive]]s, and [[streetcar]]s. If designed appropriately, this heat can be used t Regenerative brakes in electric [[railway]] vehicles feed the generated electricity back into the [[electricity distr

...350px|Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E-T Air Brake system on a locomotive.]] ...tainous regions, it became necessary to fit each car with brakes, as the [[locomotive]] was no longer capable of bringing the train to a halt in a reasonable dis

...r Deltic powered [[British Rail Class 55]] ''Alycidon'', at the [[National Railway Museum]], [[York]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]]] ...ric]] using these engines, including their [[British Rail DP1|demonstrator locomotive named ''DELTIC'']] and the production version for [[British Railways]], who

...ed the "Mechanical Saronno", "Mechanical Tabanelli" [[Rome]] and "Southern Railway Workshops" [[Naples]] Changed name as "Stock company Ing. Nicola Romeo and The company also occupied electrification of railways and construction of [[locomotive | electric locomotives]] in the establishments [[Saronno]] and [[1926]] was

...iangle, with the crankshafts at the corners. These were used in [[railway locomotive]]s and to power fast patrol boats. Both types are now largely obsolete, alt

...r Deltic powered [[British Rail Class 55]] ''Alycidon'', at the [[National Railway Museum]], [[York]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]]] ...ric]] using these engines, including their [[British Rail DP1|demonstrator locomotive named ''DELTIC'']] and the production version for [[British Railways]], who

[[Image:DC Electric Locomotive.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An [[electric locomotive]], taking power through a [[Pantograph (rail)|pantograph]]]] *generated on-board using a combustion engine, as in a [[diesel-electric]] locomotive

; [[Locomotive]] tractors ([[engine]]s) ...[[control]]s and [[device]]s that comprise the [[traction component]] of [[railway]] [[vehicle]]s

...[[1835]]. In 1838, a Scotsman named [[Robert Davidson]] built an electric locomotive that attained a speed of four miles an hour. In [[England]] a patent was gr

...s, [[motorcycle]]s, [[boat]]s, and in a wide variety of [[aircraft]] and [[locomotive]]s. Where very high power is required, such as [[jet aircraft]], [[helicopt ...o as "motors." (An ''[[electric locomotive|electric engine]]'' refers to [[locomotive]] operated by electricity).

...ck Road Loco 01.jpg|thumb|left|A replica of Richard Trevithick's 1801 road locomotive 'Puffing Devil']] ...ntors and engineers shifted their efforts to improvements in [[railway]] [[locomotive]]s. The law was not repealed until 1896, although the need for the red flag

===Railway tires=== [[Image:Train_tire.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel tire on a [[steam locomotive]]'s driving wheel is heated with gas flames to expand and loosen it so it m

...dition of some armour plating to give the impression of a Russian armoured locomotive. (In the film, Trevelyan mentions that the trains were used to haul mobile ** [[Nene Valley Railway]], [[Cambridgeshire]] - ''exterior train scene''

...power generators, most farm and mining vehicles, and many long-distance [[locomotive]]s have diesel engines. However, in the [[United States|U.S.]] they are not ...lightweight (about 4 tons) diesel engine used in fast naval craft and some railway locomotives.

...he war. When the war was over, Romeo invested his war profits in acquiring locomotive and railways carriage plants in Saronno (Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno) ..., Alfa Romeo found itself producing not just sporting automobiles but also railway locomotives, buses, tractors and commercial vans.