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121Dynamic braking — Norfolk Southern Unit #5348 with a Dynamic brake. The cooling grill for the brake grid resistors is at the top center of the locomotive. Dynamic braking is the use of the electric traction motors of a railroad vehicle as generators when slowing… …
122British diesel and electric multiple units — Multiple Unit is a term used to describe a train which does not have a separate locomotive. Typically these are passenger trains with accommodation in every vehicle and motors or engines distributed under the floor along the length of the train.… …
123Robert Hudson Ltd — was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson (Raletrux) Ltd. The business The business was founded in 1865 by Robert Hudson at Gildersome,… …
124Franz Kruckenberg — Franz Friedrich Kruckenberg (* August 21 1882 in Uetersen, Germany; † June 19 1965 in Heidelberg) was an engineer and pioneer of high speed railway systems. He designed several high speed trains. His most famous train was the… …
125NSB Class 86 — A heritage Class 86 on the Solør Line In service 1938–96 Manufacturer Strømmen …
126NSB Class 87 — In service 1941–1981 Manufacturer Strømmen Constructed 1941, 1952 Number under construction 25 Fleet numbers 87.01–08 87.65–81 …
127TOPS — Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. It was originally developed by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was widely sold; it is best… …
128List of British Rail classes — NOTOC This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain s railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948.British Rail used several numbering schemes for classifying its rolling stock, before …
