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2. Best electric train sets 2022 - AOL

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   These are the best electric train sets for hobbyists, enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

3. Plarail - Wikipedia

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   The first electric Plarail train from the 'Electric Pla-Train Set'. In 1959, the Plarail system launched in Japan with three hand-powered trains. The first train set released was titled 'Plastic Railroad Set', which featured a plastic steam locomotive and three freight cars to be moved by hand, and a figure 8 of light blue plastic railway track.

4. William Crooks (locomotive) - Wikipedia

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   In 1959-1960 Marx Toy Company retailed, through Montgomery Ward, an electric toy train using the William Crooks locomotive design and freight express cars for their Tales of Wells Fargo play-set. In 1973 the train was reissued, as a Heritage play-set, The Pioneer Express, retailed through Sears & Roebuck , with the locomotive pulling the tender ...

5. Head-end power - Wikipedia

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   In rail transport, head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive (or a generator car) at the front or 'head' of a train, provides the electricity used for heating, lighting, electrical and other 'hotel' needs.

6. Stadler FLIRT - Wikipedia

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   Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train; [2] German: Flinker Leichter Intercity- und Regional-Triebzug) is a passenger multiple unit trainset made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. The baseline design of FLIRT is an electric multiple unit articulated trainset that can come in units of two to twelve cars with two to six motorized ...

7. Vande Bharat (trainset) - Wikipedia

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   Vande Bharat express is a modified Vande Bharat train that has high-rise pantographs as the New Delhi-Jaipur route has a higher catenary for accommodating double-stacked containers and Double Decker Express trains. [70] It is the world's first semi-high-speed passenger train with high-rise pantographs. [71]

8. Stadler KISS - Wikipedia

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   The Stadler KISS is a family of bilevel electric multiple unit commuter trains developed and built since 2008 by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. As of 2016, 242 KISS trainsets comprising 1,145 cars have been sold to operators in eleven countries. [6]

9. Third rail (model rail) - Wikipedia

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   A key advantage for three-rail track is balloon loops, where a train enters a loop through a turnout and then exits through the same turnout in order to change the train's direction. With two-rail track, when the track reverses on itself, this causes a short circuit. With three-rail track, because the center rail remains constant and the outer ...