electric locomotives
Powered railway pullers
Electric locomotives are railway engines powered by electricity rather than diesel fuel or steam.
They draw power from overhead wires or electrified rails, converting it to mechanical energy to pull trains.
Electric locomotives dominate high-speed rail and urban transit systems, where their efficiency and lack of direct emissions matter most: The electric locomotives on that line can reach 200 miles per hour.
- overhead linesSuspended electrical conductors
- pantographMechanical scaling duplicator
- direct currentUnidirectional electrical flow
- regenerative brakingBraking that recovers energy
- alternating currentPeriodically reversing electrical flow
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