Locomotive engine | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-07-07

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive


00:00:42 1 Etymology
00:01:15 2 Classifications
00:02:00 2.1 Steam
00:06:12 2.2 Internal combustion
00:06:38 2.2.1 Kerosene
00:07:50 2.2.2 Petrol
00:09:28 2.2.3 Diesel
00:09:52 2.2.3.1 Diesel-mechanical
00:12:01 2.2.3.2 Diesel-electric
00:15:48 2.2.3.3 Diesel-hydraulic
00:18:45 2.3 Gas turbine
00:22:52 2.4 Electric
00:25:42 2.4.1 Direct current
00:28:32 2.4.2 Alternating current
00:32:25 2.4.3 Battery-electric
00:37:01 2.5 Other types
00:37:10 2.5.1 Diesel-steam
00:39:04 2.5.2 Atomic-electric
00:40:12 2.5.3 Fuel cell-electric
00:40:48 2.5.4 Hybrid locomotives
00:41:21 3 Use
00:43:35 4 Operational role
00:44:36 5 Wheel arrangement
00:44:59 6 Remote control locomotives
00:45:41 7 Comparison to multiple units
00:45:52 7.1 Advantages
00:48:27 7.2 Disadvantages
00:50:07 8 Locomotives in numismatics



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A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as multiple units, motor coaches, railcars or power cars; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but rare for freight (see CargoSprinter and Iron Highway).
Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, push-pull operation has become common, where the train may have a locomotive (or locomotives) at the front, at the rear, or at each end.