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A 6-car Siemens Nexas EMU arrives at Flinders Street station on the Upfield service in Melbourne, Australia. A DART 8500 class commuter EMU at Howth Junction railway station, Ireland. An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power.
Second Generation EMU prototype - 4 car All Class 446: 2-Pep 1 Second Generation EMU prototype - 2 car Class 447: Never Built Proposed Battersea Bullet: Never built: Class 450: 4-Des 127 Siemens Desiro None Class 455: 137 56 Class 456: 24 All Class 457: 1 DC Networker prototype 1 Class 458: 5-Jop 36 Juniper: None Class 460: 8-Gat 8 Juniper ...
The emu (/ ˈ iː m juː /; Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the ...
The Southern Railway created classification and numbering systems for its large fleet of electric multiple units, perpetuated by the Southern Region of British Rail until the early 1980s, when the impact of TOPS was felt. Some stock is still allocated Southern-style classifications in a semi-official manner.
A Class 466 electric multiple unit. An electric multiple unit (EMU) is an electric self-powered train, capable of operating in multiple with other EMUs and without the need for a locomotive; these are typically passenger trains with accommodation in every vehicle and a driving position at each end.
The British Rail Class 315 is a fleet of alternating current (AC) electric multiple unit (EMU) trains that were built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road Carriage Works in York between 1980 and 1981 to replace the Class 306 units.
The British Rail Class 507 is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road carriage works in two batches from 1978 to 1980. They are a variant of British Rail 's standard 1972 design for suburban EMUs derived from PEP stock, which eventually encompassed 755 vehicles over five ...
Farewell run of the classical EMU. The first withdrawals of the classical EMUs took place at the end of the 1970s. In 2013, a hundred non-refurbished units were scrapped, after many of the Desiro Mainline Class 08 entered into revenue service. [citation needed] The last unit was retired in a farewell run held on 14 December 2014.