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  2. British Rail Class 70 (electric) - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Class 70 was a class of three third rail Co-Co electric locomotives.The initial two were built by the Southern Railway (SR) at Ashford Works in 1940–41 and 1945 and were numbered CC1 and CC2 [1] - the Southern Railway latterly preferring French practice for locomotive numbers which also gave an indication of the wheel arrangement.

  3. Combined cycle power plant - Wikipedia

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    Gateway Generating Station, a 530-megawatt combined cycle natural gas-fired power station in Contra Costa County, California.. A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy.

  4. Charing Cross and Waterloo Electric Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Charing Cross and Waterloo Electric Railway (CC&WER) was a railway company established in 1881 to construct an underground railway in London. [1] The CC&WER proposed a line between a station under Trafalgar Square and the London and South Western Railway's terminus at Waterloo.

  5. SNCF Class CC 7100 - Wikipedia

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    SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alstom.The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 followed during 1952–1955.

  6. SNCF Class CC 6500 - Wikipedia

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    The SNCF Class CC 6500 is a class of 1.5 kV DC electric locomotives.The CC 6500 was, together with the CC 40100 [] and diesel CC 72000, the first generation of the 'Nez Cassé' family of locomotives and designed for hauling express trains with speeds up to 200 km/h (124 mph) but also used for heavy freight trains.

  7. Combined Charging System - Wikipedia

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    A CCS1 (Combined Charging Standard 1) DC charging connector, which is used in North America. It is an extension of the J1772 standard AC charging connector. CCS Combo 1 vehicle inlet showing the J1772 and the two DC fast-charging pins Connectors: Combo 2 (left), compared to IEC Type 2 (right).

  8. Electric motor - Wikipedia

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    An industrial electric motor . An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force in the form of torque applied on the motor's shaft.

  9. Direct current - Wikipedia

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    Brush Electric Company's central power plant with dynamos generating direct current to power arc lamps for public lighting in New York. Beginning operation in December 1880 at 133 West Twenty-Fifth Street, the high voltages it operated at allowed it to power a 2-mile (3.2 km) long circuit.