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Bank engine

A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank). Helpers/bankers are most commonly found in mountain divisions (called "helper districts" in the…

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Bank engine

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples14
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
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Bank engine

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related to Mid-train · 10
Bank engine → Adding, Alps, American, Denver, However, In, Rio Grande Western Railroad, The, This, UIC
related to Modern practice · 4
Bank engine → Alternatively, Europe, If, Nowadays

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Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainIn0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainUIC0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainAlps0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainAdding0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainThe0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainDenver0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainRio Grande Western Railroad0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainThis0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainHowever0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Mid-trainAmerican0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Modern practiceNowadays0.60section
Bank enginerelated to Modern practiceIf0.60section

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