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Bombardier ALP-45DP, the Glossary

The Bombardier ALP-45DP is a type of single cab dual-mode locomotive operated by New Jersey Transit and Exo.^[1]

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11 kV AC locomotives
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Exo (public transit)

ABB

ABB Ltd. is a Swedish–Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, and Zürich, Switzerland.

The ABB ALP-44 was an electric locomotive which was built by Asea Brown Boveri of Sweden between 1989 and 1997 for the New Jersey Transit and SEPTA railway lines. Bombardier ALP-45DP and ABB ALP-44 are 11 kV AC locomotives, electric locomotives of the United States, nJ Transit Rail Operations, passenger locomotives and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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Ahuntsic station (Exo)

Ahunstic station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Alstom

Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets.

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Alstom PL42AC

The Alstom PL42AC is a class of four axle B-B diesel-electric locomotive designed by Alstom in association with GM-EMD. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Alstom PL42AC are nJ Transit Rail Operations, passenger locomotives and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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Alstom Traxx

Alstom Traxx (sold as Bombardier TRAXX before 2021) is a modular product platform of mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives.

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Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system

Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system is a traction power network for the southern portion of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the Keystone Corridor, and several branch lines between New York City and Washington D.C. The system was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1915 and 1938 before the North American power transmission grid was fully established.

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Association of American Railroads

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States).

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Bergen County Line

The Bergen County Line is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Bergen County Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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Bombardier ALP-46

The Bombardier ALP-46 is an electric locomotive built in Germany by Bombardier between 2001 and 2002 (and 2009–2011 for the ALP-46A) for use in the United States. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Bombardier ALP-46 are 11 kV AC locomotives, 25 kV AC locomotives, Bombardier Transportation locomotives, electric locomotives of the United States, nJ Transit Rail Operations, passenger locomotives and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, with headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

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Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer.

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Côte-de-Liesse station

Côte-de-Liesse station is a planned interchange station in the borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Code of Federal Regulations

In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.

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Crashworthiness

Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact.

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Deux-Montagnes line

Deux-Montagnes (also designated exo6 and formerly Red Line) was an electrified commuter rail line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.

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Disc brake

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction.

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Dynamic braking

Dynamic braking is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a vehicle such as an electric or diesel-electric locomotive.

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Electro-diesel locomotive

An electro-diesel locomotive (also referred to as a dual-mode or bi-mode locomotive) is a type of locomotive that can be powered either from an electricity supply (like an electric locomotive) or by using the onboard diesel engine (like a diesel-electric locomotive). Bombardier ALP-45DP and electro-diesel locomotive are electro-diesel locomotives.

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EMD F40PH

The EMD F40PH is a four-axle B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in several variants from 1975 to 1992. Bombardier ALP-45DP and EMD F40PH are passenger locomotives, Standard gauge locomotives of Canada and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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EMD GP40-based passenger locomotives

The passenger locomotives derivatives of the General Motors EMD GP40 diesel-electric locomotive have been, and continue to be, used by multiple passenger railroads in North America. Bombardier ALP-45DP and EMD GP40-based passenger locomotives are passenger locomotives, Standard gauge locomotives of Canada and Standard gauge locomotives of the United States.

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Erie Lackawanna Railway

The Erie Lackawanna Railway, known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.

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Exo (public transit)

Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River and the South Shore of the St.

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Faiveley Transport

Faiveley Transport, formerly Faiveley, is an international manufacturer and supplier of equipment for the railway industry founded in 1919.

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Head-end power

In rail transport, head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.

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InnoTrans

InnoTrans is the world's largest trade fair focused on the rail transport industry.

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Insulated-gate bipolar transistor

An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily forming an electronic switch.

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Kassel

Kassel (in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, in central Germany.

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Knorr-Bremse

Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated since 1905.

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Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago.

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LEW Hennigsdorf

The rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany, was founded in 1910 by AEG.

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Main Line (NJ Transit)

The Main Line (or Erie Main Line) is a commuter rail line owned and operated by New Jersey Transit running from Suffern, New York to Hoboken, New Jersey, in the United States. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Main Line (NJ Transit) are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Mascouche line

Mascouche (also designated line 15, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Medium-capacity rail system

A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit.

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Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad, trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York.

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire line

Mont-Saint-Hilaire (also designated line 13) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Montclair-Boonton Line

The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Montclair-Boonton Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Montreal Central Station

Montreal Central Station (Gare centrale de Montréal) is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Morristown Line

The Morristown Line is an NJ Transit commuter rail line connecting Morris and Essex counties to New York City, via either New York Penn Station or Hoboken Terminal. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Morristown Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Mount Royal Tunnel

The Mount Royal Tunnel (tunnel sous le mont Royal, tunnel du mont Royal) is a railway tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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Newark Penn Station

Newark Penn Station is an intermodal passenger station in Newark, New Jersey.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

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NJ Transit Rail Operations

NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit.

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North Jersey Coast Line

The North Jersey Coast Line is a commuter rail line running from Rahway to Bay Head, New Jersey, traversing through the Jersey Shore region. Bombardier ALP-45DP and North Jersey Coast Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Northeast Corridor Line

The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail service operated by NJ Transit between the Trenton Transit Center and New York Penn Station on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in the United States. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Northeast Corridor Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Pafawag

Pafawag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów) (English: National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wrocław.

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Pantograph (transport)

A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.

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Pascack Valley Line

The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Pascack Valley Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Port Jervis Line

The Port Jervis Line is a predominantly single-track commuter rail line running between Suffern and Port Jervis, in the U.S. state of New York. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Port Jervis Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Railway Age

Railway Age is an American trade magazine for the rail transport industry.

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Raritan Valley Line

The Raritan Valley Line is a commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) which serves passengers in municipalities in Union, Somerset, Middlesex, Essex, and Hunterdon counties in the Raritan Valley region, primarily in central New Jersey and a smaller portion of northern New Jersey, in the United States. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Raritan Valley Line are nJ Transit Rail Operations.

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Réseau express métropolitain

The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is a light metro rapid transit system in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bombardier ALP-45DP and Réseau express métropolitain are exo (public transit).

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Redundancy (engineering)

In engineering and systems theory, redundancy is the intentional duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the goal of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case of GNSS receivers, or multi-threaded computer processing.

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Regenerative braking

Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows down a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy or potential energy into a form that can be either used immediately or stored until needed.

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Saint-Jérôme line

Saint-Jérôme (also designated line 12, formerly known as Blainville–Saint-Jérôme) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this region. The Saint-Jérôme line was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between 1882 and 1981.

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Siegen

Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Structure gauge

A structure gauge, also called the minimum structure outline, is a diagram or physical structure that sets limits to the extent that bridges, tunnels and other infrastructure can encroach on rail vehicles.

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Three-phase electric power

Three-phase electric power (abbreviated 3ϕ) is a common type of alternating current (AC) used in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.

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Tightlock coupling

Type H Tightlock couplers are a variety of Janney coupler, typically used on North American mainline passenger rail cars.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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Unsprung mass

The unsprung mass (colloquially unsprung weight) of a vehicle is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them.

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V12 engine

A V12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft.

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Vaudreuil–Hudson line

Vaudreuil–Hudson (also designated line 11, formerly known as Dorion–Rigaud) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

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Wabtec

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Wabtec, is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Company

The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_ALP-45DP

Also known as ALP-45, ALP-45DP, ALP45, ALP45-DP, ALP45DP.

, NJ Transit Rail Operations, North Jersey Coast Line, Northeast Corridor Line, Pafawag, Pantograph (transport), Pascack Valley Line, Port Jervis Line, Railway Age, Railway air brake, Railway Gazette International, Raritan Valley Line, Réseau express métropolitain, Redundancy (engineering), Regenerative braking, Saint-Jérôme line, Siegen, Structure gauge, Three-phase electric power, Tightlock coupling, Turbocharger, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Unsprung mass, V12 engine, Vaudreuil–Hudson line, Volt, Wabtec, Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

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See also

11 kV AC locomotives

Bombardier Transportation locomotives

Diesel locomotives of the United States

EPA Tier 3-compliant locomotives of the United States

Electric locomotives of Canada

Electric locomotives of the United States

Electro-diesel locomotives

Exo (public transit)

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