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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.

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  • MBTA commuter car headend.agr

    MBTA Commuter Rail car with U.S. standard head-end power electrical connection cables

  • KD25K 998713@BJI (20150701164011)

    A China Railway KD25K generator car at Beijing railway station.

  • Heizwagen RhB

    Combined luggage and electric power carriage.

  • EPS Mk3 generator van 96324 at Doncaster

    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.

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    Indian Railways Power Car

  • Electric power supply cable of YZ25T 357470 (20151229085331)

    Connection cables between two China Railway 25T coaches

  • KD25K 998717@BJX (20150118131543)

    A KD25K generator car in a China Railway passenger train

  • IE DVT 1

    CAF DVT with twin HEP generator sets at Colbert station, Limerick, Republic of Ireland in 2006

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