electric locomotive
Wired railway engine
An electric locomotive is a railway engine powered by electricity rather than diesel fuel or steam.
It draws power from overhead wires or an electrified third rail and converts it to motion through electric motors.
Electric locomotives are quieter, cleaner, and more efficient than their diesel counterparts, though they require extensive infrastructure: The electric locomotive hummed as it pulled into the station.
Mechanical scaling duplicator
- overhead wireSuspended electrical conductor
- catenaryGravity-formed suspension curve
- regenerative brakingBraking that recovers energy
- third railElectrified track conductor
bogie · axle · wheelset · consist · hauling · pulling power · acceleration · deceleration
Locomotive for repositioning cars
- switcherChanges between inputs
- high-speedMoving very quickly
- intercityBetween different urban areas
- commuterOne who travels regularly
light rail · metro · underground · suburban · industrial · mountain railway · Shinkansen · TGV
Thousand watts of power
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- rectifierAC-to-DC converter
- inverterChanges DC to AC
voltage · amperage · alternating current · direct current · capacitor · resistor · circuit breaker · thyristor
pantograph
Mechanical scaling duplicator
- overhead wireSuspended electrical conductor
- catenaryGravity-formed suspension curve
- regenerative brakingBraking that recovers energy
third rail · bogie · axle · wheelset · consist · hauling · pulling power · acceleration · deceleration · traction
shunter
Locomotive for repositioning cars
- switcherChanges between inputs
- high-speedMoving very quickly
- intercityBetween different urban areas
commuter · light rail · metro · underground · suburban · industrial · mountain railway · Shinkansen · TGV · ICE
kilowatt
Thousand watts of power
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- rectifierAC-to-DC converter
inverter · voltage · amperage · alternating current · direct current · capacitor · resistor · circuit breaker · thyristor · semiconductor
freight
Goods being transported
depot · junction · switchyard · marshalling yard · mainline · siding · gauge · coupler · buffer · consist
- trainstrains, train, locomotives, steam locomotives, steam engine
- rail transportfreight train, train stations, passenger train, commuter train, express train
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
- electric railsubway, metro, light rail, tram, trolley
- electric trainssubway, metro, light rail, commuter train, bullet train
- locomotivesengine, steam engine, diesel engine, tank engine, tender
electric locomotivediesel locomotive
Oil-fueled railway engine
steam locomotive · steam engine · steam train · diesel engine · diesel train
electric, locomotive, electricity, electrical, electrically, electrician, electrify, electrified, electrification