Electric Powersource

Electric rail vehicles can receive power from varying types of sources. One example is the electric vehicles that draw current from an overhead wire , via a connection known as pantograph. The other example would be those powered by an onboard battery . Finally, there are also diesel-electric vehicles, featuring an internal combustion engine (the so called “prime mover”), which generates electric current onboard the locomotive . While their visual and auditory presence may be vastly different from one another, electric and diesel-electric vehicles both use traction motors for propulsion, powered by electricity .