Head-end power facts for kids

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Head-end power (HEP) or Electric train supply (ETS) is the electric power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive (or a generator car) at the front or 'head' of a train, provides the electricity used for heating, lighting, air conditioning, etc.

Images for kids

MBTA Commuter Rail car with U.S. standard head-end power electrical connection cables
A China Railway KD25K generator car at Beijing railway station.
Combined luggage and electric power carriage.
A disused British Rail Mark 3 generator car which was converted from a Sleeping car in order to provide electric power for the later aborted Nightstar international sleeper trains.
Indian Railways Power Car
Connection cables between two China Railway 25T coaches
A KD25K generator car in a China Railway passenger train
CAF DVT with twin HEP generator sets at Colbert station, Limerick, Republic of Ireland in 2006

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