Dynamic braking advanced again when a "high capacity" brake was introduced during the DC locomotive high-adhesion era ...

The loco had four smaller-than-normal diesel traction motors that could be combined, but even then, it wasn’t done. To achieve variable torque, they employed superchargers driven by a set of ...

AC traction locomotives use their traction motors as alternators, sending its voltage back through rectifying diodes in the locomotive's inverters to be converted to DC and sent to the DC link ...

The C30ACi models mark the “first AC-traction locomotives” in TRANSAP’s fleet. They will be deployed to manage the transportation needs of ARAUCO, a forestry company, as part of a long-term ...