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2. Battery electric multiple unit - Wikipedia

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   In 2017, Vivarail battery trains were being considered for use on the Valley Lines network in South Wales. The trains would be battery powered, capable of being recharged via 25 kV OHLE. [56] The Class 230 was introduced on the Borderlands line for Transport for Wales between Wrexham Central and Bidston interconnecting with Merseyrail into ...

3. Railway electric traction - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Davenport, in Brandon, Vermont, erected a circular model railroad on which ran battery-powered locomotives (or locomotives running on battery-powered rails) in 1834. [1] Robert Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, created an electric locomotive in 1839 and ran it on the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway at 4 miles per hour. [1]

4. Plarail - Wikipedia

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   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. In October 1961, the range was expanded into a battery-operated electric toy train system where the trains were fitted with miniature motors.

5. Will new battery-powered trains replace diesel, and are they ...

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   The first train to rely solely on lithium batteries went into service in 2016 in Japan - more than six decades after some limited use of trains in Scotland powered by lead-acid batteries.

6. Thomas & Friends (franchise) - Wikipedia

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   At least 5 different categories of trains and tracks exist: "Take Along Thomas" with grey tracks; TrackMaster battery-operated engines with brown tracks (previously Tomy with blue track); Brio-type wooden engines with wooden rails and roads (by ELC and others); electric model railway (produced in OO gauge by Hornby and Bachmann, N gauge by ...

7. Altoona Works BP4 - Wikipedia

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   The Altoona Works BP4 is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) B-B battery-electric locomotive rebuilt by the Altoona Works of the Norfolk Southern Railway.It was created in 2007 by replacing the diesel prime mover of an EMD GP38 (Norfolk Southern #2911, formerly Conrail #7732) with 1,080 12-volt lead-acid batteries and associated control equipment.

8. Electric locomotive - Wikipedia

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   A London Underground battery–electric locomotive at West Ham station used for hauling engineers' trains. A battery–electric locomotive (or battery locomotive) is powered by onboard batteries; a kind of battery electric vehicle. Such locomotives are used where a diesel or conventional electric locomotive would be unsuitable.

9. Brio (company) - Wikipedia

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   The cars connect with magnets and are easy to manipulate; in recent years, the range has been extended with battery powered, remote control, and 'intelligent track'-driven engines. BRIO licenses Thomas the Tank Engine wooden trains in some parts of Europe, but Mattel [ 2 ] holds the Thomas the Tank Engine license in the United States.