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Posted: 08 Feb 2006 20:54
by hertogjan
3 day wrote:WHAT!
EMU stands for Electric Multiple Unit and is similar to a Diesel Multiple Unit but with electric motors instead of diesel engines
However, most DMUs also have electric motors, as most diesel trains have diesel-electric transmission.
Posted: 09 Feb 2006 21:25
by Archonix
hertogjan wrote:3 day wrote:WHAT!
EMU stands for Electric Multiple Unit and is similar to a Diesel Multiple Unit but with electric motors instead of diesel engines
However, most DMUs also have electric motors, as most diesel trains have diesel-electric transmission.
I'm not sure that a tranmission would really count when naming... the actual engine is a diesel, so that would make it a dmu. Logically.
Posted: 02 Apr 2006 23:32
by sotavento
EMU is an
ELECTRICALY POWERED as in its power comes from electrical soure , external or batteries
MULTIPLE UNITS as in more than one car per single train ... they can be powercars or trailers
from metro cars to TGV/ICe all are EMU
As a sidenote ... FEVE (spain) has some EMU's with hidrawlic transmission and FIAT pendolinos have mechanical transmission (the electric motors are under the frame)