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A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive , as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also generally classed as DMUs.
This is a list of British Rail diesel multiple-unit train classes. For a historical overview of diesel multiple unit train development in Great Britain, see British railcars and diesel multiple units .
Diesel motors became powerful enough for railway use after World War I, and the Great Western Railway built several single cars and multiple units in the 1930s, which lasted until the 1960s. A 1952 report recommended the trialling of lightweight diesel multiple units, followed by plans in the 1955 Modernisation Plan for up to 4,600 diesel ...
Pages in category "Diesel multiple units of the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Each Nippon Sharyo DMU is powered by one Cummins QSK19-R [4] diesel engine with hydraulic transmission and regenerative braking, and meets US EPA Tier 4 emission standards. . Structurally each DMU is FRA Tier 1 compliant with crash energy management features, making it capable of operating on the same line with standard North American freight trains without the need of special wai
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This category contains articles about diesel multiple units built for British Rail and its predecessors, and the post-privatisation companies. Pages in category "British Rail diesel multiple units" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
A multiple-unit train (or multiple unit (MU)) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, and where one or more of the carriages have the means of propulsion built in. By contrast, a locomotive-hauled train has all of the carriages unpowered.