On diesel-hydraulic and diesel-mechanical systems, it controls the fuel injection amount to the diesel engine. On diesel-electrics it sets the electrical circuits to a desired power level, which then indirectly controls fuel injection to the diesel engine to match. On electrics, the throttle also sets the electrical circuits to a desired power level, but it then takes power directly from an electrical source.
Throttle control is never direct, and may go through several layers of components to be carried out, be it through governors on {{pll|Internal Combustion Engine|diesel engines}, or electric circuitry configuration on {{pll|Traction Motors|electric vehicles}}.
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Throttle control is never direct, and may go through several layers of components to be carried out, be it through governors on {{pll|Internal Combustion Engine|diesel engines}, or electric circuitry configuration on electric vehicles.
