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• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  ...leet of electric multiple units for suburban and middle distance passenger trains. From 1950 an expansion of the fleet was undertaken, and the new build adop The trains had Westinghouse brake equipment, and had an electric control system, activ
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• Gear train
  Gear trains consists of: ==Examples of Gear Trains==
  826 bytes (130 words) - 09:11, 7 October 2009
• Emergency brake
  In trains, control of emergency brakes is made available to the traveling [[passenger ...by the [[Regulation of Railways Act 1868]]. Section 22 stated that ''"All trains travelling a distance of more than 20 miles without stopping are to be prov
  2 KB (362 words) - 10:13, 2 August 2009
• Finmeccanica
  ...nd in Denmark (83 diesel trains and 19-29 metro cars), Norway (36 electric trains+16 light metro vehicles), Madrid (180 heavy metro vehicles), Gothenberg (40
  5 KB (617 words) - 17:51, 15 April 2009
• Automatic Vehicle Location
  ...s, and construction equipment, to [[public transport]] vehicles (buses and trains).
  1 KB (206 words) - 21:44, 26 September 2009
• Macchi
  ...any ''Società Anonima Fratelli Macchi''. Now automobiles, buses, trams and trains, and wagons and wooden wheels were manufactured. During the war they had to
  2 KB (218 words) - 16:47, 23 May 2010
• Electric car
  ...irect connection to land-based generation plants, as is common in electric trains; from chemical energy stored on the vehicle in batteries or diesel fuel; fr ...ric vehicle design is [[Personal rapid transit]], a cross between cars and trains optimised for independent travel.
  9 KB (1,323 words) - 08:15, 8 October 2009
• Air brake (rail)
  ...ing system]] applied by means of [[Gas compressor|compressed air]]. Modern trains rely upon a [[fail-safe]] air brake system that is based upon a design pate ...causing the [[steam locomotive|locomotive]] to act as a brake. However, as trains got longer, heavier and faster, and started to operate in mountainous regio
  20 KB (3,254 words) - 23:06, 5 July 2009
• Bologna Central Station
  ...tied with first with [[Rome Termini Station]] for train traffic (about 650 trains/day) because it is the principal railway junction of [[Italy]].
  3 KB (439 words) - 23:54, 20 September 2009
• Regenerative braking
  ...an immediate energy saving of 15%. Savings of 17% are claimed for [[Virgin Trains]] [[British Rail Class 390 | Pendolinos]]. There is also less wear on frict ...phase [[induction motors]]. This results in a near constant speed for all trains as the motors rotate with the supply frequency both when motoring and braki
  5 KB (800 words) - 09:12, 7 October 2009
• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  ...leet of electric multiple units for suburban and middle distance passenger trains. From 1950 an expansion of the fleet was undertaken, and the new build adop The trains had Westinghouse brake equipment, and had an electric control system, activ
  7 KB (1,061 words) - 09:12, 7 October 2009
• Liguria
  4 KB (588 words) - 20:24, 1 August 2009
• Rolling friction
  5 KB (756 words) - 22:59, 17 February 2009
• Polizia di Stato
  ...s. Railroad Police officers patrol, in particular, long-distance and night trains, and at stations in big cities where vagrants often accumulate.
  6 KB (966 words) - 09:39, 7 October 2009
• Vacuum brake
  In the earliest days of railways, trains were slowed or stopped by the application of manually applied brakes on the ...slation mandating the use of a continuous automatic brake on all passenger trains.
  12 KB (2,103 words) - 09:12, 7 October 2009
• Electric vehicle
  ...ric vehicle design is [[Personal rapid transit]], a cross between cars and trains optimised for independent travel. ...systems the motion is provided by a rotary electric motor. However, some trains unroll their motors to drive directly against a special matched track. Thes
  18 KB (2,741 words) - 15:59, 24 June 2009
• Regenerative brake
  ...d 3-phase [[induction motors]] and have thus a near constant speed for all trains as the motors rotate with the supply frequency both when giving power or br
  5 KB (759 words) - 13:01, 18 September 2009
• Axle
  5 KB (844 words) - 11:37, 14 June 2009
• Chanoch Nissany
  ...some experts feel that, provided a driver is still mentally committed and trains hard, Chanoch is not too old to achieve good results.{{fact}} He began his
  3 KB (465 words) - 08:43, 8 October 2009
• Pneumatics
  *[[Air brake]]s on buses, trains, and trucks
  5 KB (690 words) - 17:06, 11 June 2009
• Dynamic brake
  ...' Li-ion batteries have also been used to store energy for use in bringing trains to a complete halt.<ref name=rgi />
  4 KB (648 words) - 21:47, 26 September 2009

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