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power car en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls, a passenger train or tram, often as the lead vehicle.
   • The inner power cars are brake second class compartment coaches; the guard has means of both bell and two-way telephone communication with the driving compartment. 1960 September, “Inter-city diesel units for the Hull-Liverpool service of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 560:
2. A vehicle equipped with machinery for supplying heat or electrical power to other parts of a train.

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Translations (7)

cmn 動車 /动车 (vehicle that propels) · fi lämmitysvaunu (vehicle equipped with machinery) · pl głowica napędowa (vehicle that propels) · pl głowica napędowa (vehicle equipped with machinery) · cmn 發電車 /发电车 (vehicle equipped with machinery) · fi vetovaunu (vehicle that propels) · fi veturi (vehicle that propels)