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Railway electrification

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passenger or freight in separate cars), electric multiple units (passenger or freight cars with their own motors) or both. Electricity is typically generated in large and relatively efficient generating…

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Railway electrification

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Railway electrification

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related to English · 40
Railway electrification → American Invention, Charles Scribner's Sons, Co, Commerford, DC, Dumas, Feb, General Electric, General Electric Company, Gomez-Exposito, He, Ian Allan Ltd, IEEE, Internet Archive, ISBN, Jane's, John Winthrop, Kaempffert, Lippincott, Literary Licensing
related to history · 16
Railway electrification → Baltimore, Berlin, Frank Sprague, Germany, Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway, In, Line, London, New York City, Ohio Railroad's Baltimore Belt, Overhead, Railway, Richmond, The, United States, Virginia
related to Russian · 11
Railway electrification → Construction, Electric, Electric Railways, Electrical, Energy, Fuel, How, ISBN, Moscow, National, Regimes
see also · 6
Railway electrification → Battery, Electrification Experiments NY NH, Energy, HRList, Overhead, United StatesStud
related to Standardised voltages · 5
Railway electrification → DC, European, Six, Some, There
related to Three-phase alternating current · 2
Railway electrification → These, Various
is a · 1
Railway electrification → use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport

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Railway electrificationis ause of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport0.90text
fueling stationsinstance ofdiesel infrastructure0.80text
maintenance yardsinstance ofdiesel infrastructure0.80text
indeed the diesel locomotive fleet can be retired or put to other usesinstance ofdiesel infrastructure0.80text
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishMoody0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishPart One0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishSouthern Electric0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishLondon0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishIan Allan Ltd0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishGomez-Exposito0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishMauricio0.60section
Railway electrificationrelated to EnglishMaza-Ortega0.60section

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