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Tidus97 · Post by **Tidus97** » 18 Jan 2006 12:38

can some1 give me a list of all the trains that look like the emu

Post by **peter1138** » 18 Jan 2006 14:51

...

emu = Electric Multiple Unit. It's not a "look".

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 18 Jan 2006 18:35

There are loads of different EMUs...

EDIT: Most of the trains in my signature are MUs, and those are only Dutch trains.

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » 18 Jan 2006 19:25

Maybe he was refering to the bird "emu". Off the top of my head I can't think of any trains that look like that.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 18 Jan 2006 20:36

in OTTD:

TIM (TGV)
AsiaStar (EuroStar)
SH-125 - looks like EMU
CS4000 - also looks like EMU
Powernaut Diesel - again DMU looking like an EMU
Millenium Z1 monorail
Wizzowow Z99 monorail
Lev 4 maglev

Tidus97 · Post by **Tidus97** » 20 Jan 2006 08:28

thanks MeusH

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 20 Jan 2006 17:45

No problem. Good start is OpenTTD Wiki at wiki.openttd.org

KING · Post by **KING** » 20 Jan 2006 19:22

SH-125 - looks like EMU

There is an English train named "125" that does 125mph u know

richk67 · Post by **richk67** » 20 Jan 2006 20:23

KING wrote:
SH-125 - looks like EMU
There is an English train named "125" that does 125mph u know

And before they put speed regulators on it, its max recorded speed was 149mph. Ive travelled on one (about 1981) that did 141mph over 1/4 mile - 6.4secs for 1/4

Sacro · Post by **Sacro** » 20 Jan 2006 20:32

However the english 125 (actually a class 43) wasnt an EMU, it was DMU, due to the low amount of electrified lines. However there was a 225 (kph actually a class 91) that was an EMU.

Post by **peter1138** » 20 Jan 2006 20:45

Except they're not MUs...

Sacro · Post by **Sacro** » 20 Jan 2006 21:16

peter1138 wrote:Except they're not MUs...

Not according to the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Multiple_units and they are fixed consists. However they have a driving van trailer at the back so then technically they're not. Strange.

Do look like EMU's though

richk67 · Post by **richk67** » 21 Jan 2006 00:25

Sacro wrote:
peter1138 wrote:Except they're not MUs...
Not according to the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Multiple_units and they are fixed consists. However they have a driving van trailer at the back so then technically they're not. Strange.

Do look like EMU's though

And they have a gorgeous pink undercoat

Incidentally, Ive seen single car HSTs moving downline to the Laira depot in Plymouth, with only a couple of carriages, and no trailing car. The consists arent physically paired, its just a convenient way of organising them.

3 day · Post by **3 day** » 08 Feb 2006 08:11

An EMU is a electric train with a motor in every carriage

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 08 Feb 2006 09:47

It can be, but rarely. Its mostly a train with engines at each end.

Post by **PikkaBird** » 08 Feb 2006 09:56

3 day wrote:An EMU is a electric train with a motor in every carriage

Not necessarily. A Eurostar is considered an EMU in the UK, and it only has motors in its outermost six bogies.

What usually defines a "multiple unit" is that the vehicles are bolted together, rather than simply coupled, and are intended to stay together as one unit. Thus the whole can be given one identity.

When the HSTs (now Class 43) were first introduced in the UK, they were classified as DMUs, but that turned out to be unworkable since the power cars were frequently swapped around and they had to be renumbered every time that happened. So they reclassified them as locomotives.

Post by **WWTBAM** » 08 Feb 2006 10:00

you can usualy change cariage easily.

Brianetta · Post by **Brianetta** » 08 Feb 2006 10:59

Class 43 power cars were used as surrogate DVTs during Class 91 testing (before the Mark 4 DVT was available). They tried to run them idle, to that the locomotive did all the work (as it should) but this made the 43s a fire hazard, so they powered them up properly after a bit. Talk about a powerful passenger train!

Full story here: http://www.traintesting.com/IC225.htm

3 day · Post by **3 day** » 08 Feb 2006 18:41

WHAT!

EMU stands for Electric Multiple Unit and is similar to a Diesel Multiple Unit but with electric motors instead of diesel engines

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 08 Feb 2006 19:23

Nobody has said anything to contradict that

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