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DB Class 628, the Glossary

The DB Class 628 is a twin-car, diesel multiple unit operated by the Deutsche Bahn for local passenger rail services.^[1]

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Deutsche Bundesbahn locomotives
Diesel multiple units of Germany
Train-related introductions in 1974

AEG (German company)

; AEG) was a German producer of electrical equipment. It was established in 1883 by Emil Rathenau as the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität in Berlin. The company's initial focus was driven by electrical lighting, as in 1881, Rathenau had acquired the rights to the electric light bulb at the International Exposition of Electricity in Paris.

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Air cooling

Air cooling is a method of dissipating heat.

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Allgäu

The Allgäu (Standard) or Allgovia is a region in Swabia in southern Germany.

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Alstom Coradia LINT

The Alstom Coradia LINT is an articulated railcar of the Alstom Coradia family manufactured by Alstom since 1999, offered in diesel and hydrogen fuel models. DB Class 628 and Alstom Coradia LINT are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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Alstom Transport Deutschland

Alstom Transport Deutschland, formerly Linke-Hofmann-Busch, is a German manufacturing company originally established in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) to produce locomotives and rolling stock.

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Alzey–Mainz railway

The Alzey–Mainz railway was opened on 18 December 1871 by the Hessian Ludwig Railway (Hessische Ludwigsbahn), linking the two cities of Alzey and Mainz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to each other.

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Augsburg

Augsburg (label) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich.

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Ausserfern Railway

The Ausserfern Railway (Außerfernbahn) is a cross-border railway line in the German state of Bavaria and the Austrian state of Tyrol.

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Česká Lípa

Česká Lípa (Böhmisch Leipa) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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České Budějovice

České Budějovice (Budweis) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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České dráhy

České dráhy (English: Czech Railways), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services.

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Český Krumlov

Český Krumlov (Krumau or Böhmisch Krumau) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Bad Vilbel–Glauburg-Stockheim railway

The Bad Vilbel–Glauburg-Stockheim railway (also called the Niddertalbahn—Nidder Valley Railway) is a non-electrified branch line in the Wetterau and the Main-Kinzig districts of the German state of Hesse.

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Bahnbetriebswerk

A Bahnbetriebswerk is the equivalent of a locomotive depot (or motive power depot) on the German and Austrian railways.

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Battery electric multiple unit

A battery electric multiple unit (BEMU), battery electric railcar or accumulator railcar is an electrically driven multiple unit or railcar whose energy is derived from rechargeable batteries driving the traction motors.

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Benešov

Benešov (Beneschau) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Beroun

Beroun (Beraun) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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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 Talent

The Talent is a multiple unit railcar manufactured by Bombardier that was developed by Waggonfabrik Talbot in Aachen shortly before the company was acquired by Bombardier in 1995. DB Class 628 and Bombardier Talent are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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Bore (engine)

In a piston engine, the bore (or cylinder bore) is the diameter of each cylinder.

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Bratislava

Bratislava (German: Pressburg or Preßburg,; Hungarian: Pozsony; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.

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Bundesbahn Central Offices

The Bundesbahn Central Offices (Bundesbahn-Zentralämter) or BZA in Minden and Munich was the department of the Deutsche Bundesbahn responsible for technological development and procurement of rail vehicles and infrastructure.

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Car shuttle train

A car shuttle train, or (sometimes) car-carrying train, is a shuttle train used to transport accompanied cars (automobiles), and usually also bicycles and other types of road vehicles, for a relatively short distance.

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Charlevoix

Charlevoix is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Compressed air

Compressed air is air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure.

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DB Class ETA 150

The accumulator cars of Class ETA 150 (Class 515 from 1968) were German railcares used extensively by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) for 40 years.

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Dead man's switch

A dead man's switch is a switch that is designed to be activated or deactivated if the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through death, loss of consciousness, or being bodily removed from control.

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Degree symbol

The degree symbol or degree sign,, is a glyph or symbol that is used, among other things, to represent degrees of arc (e.g. in geographic coordinate systems), hours (in the medical field), degrees of temperature or alcohol proof.

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Deutsche Bahn

The Deutsche Bahn AG (abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government.

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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 multiple unit

A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.

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Duewag

Düwag or Duewag, formerly Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer of rail vehicles.

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Dunajská Streda

Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely; Niedermarkt; is a town located in southern Slovakia (Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a population of 22,730, with ethnic Hungarians forming the 72% majority.

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Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser

EVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH is a German railway and bus company offering passenger and freight services that is headquartered in Zeven and Bremervörde.

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Express train

An express train is a type of passenger train that makes few or no stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, providing faster service than local trains that stop at many or all of the stations along their route.

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Füssen

Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated one kilometre from the Austrian border.

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Flat engine

A flat engine is a piston engine where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft.

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Fluid coupling

A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling is a hydrodynamic or 'hydrokinetic' device used to transmit rotating mechanical power.

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Four-stroke engine

A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.

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Guntersblum

Guntersblum is an Ortsgemeinde– a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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GW Train Regio

GW Train Regio is a Czech railway company mainly engaged in the operation of passenger rail transport on regional lines.

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Intercooler

An intercooler is a heat exchanger used to cool a gas after compression.

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Kempten

Kempten ((Swabian German)) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

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KHD Humboldt Wedag

KHD Humboldt Wedag is an engineering company that supplies machinery, parts, and services, including process engineering and project management to the global cement industry.

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Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).

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Kladno

Kladno (Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Kolín

Kolín (Kolin, Neu Kolin) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Komárno

Komárno (Komárom, Komorn, Коморан/Komoran), colloquially also called Révkomárom, Öregkomárom, Észak-Komárom in Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.

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MAN SE

MAN SE (abbreviation of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg) was a manufacturing and engineering company based in Munich, Germany.

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Maschinenbau Kiel

Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH was a German company that designed, manufactured and marketed marine diesel engines, diesel locomotives and tracked vehicles under the MaK brand name.

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Masovian Railways

Masovian Railways, in Polish Koleje Mazowieckie, is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.

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Mercedes-Benz Group

The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.

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Mladá Boleslav

Mladá Boleslav (Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Most (city)

Most (Brüx) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

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MTU Friedrichshafen

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a German manufacturer of commercial internal combustion engines founded by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach in 1909.

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Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway

The Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway is a mostly single track and non-electrified main line from Neu-Ulm via Memmingen to Kempten in the German state of Bavaria.

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Nitra

Nitra (also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra.

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Nová Pec

Nová Pec (Neuofen) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Nový Bor

Nový Bor (Haida) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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Písek

Písek (Pisek) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Příbram

Příbram (Freiberg in Böhmen or Pribram, in 1939–1945 Pibrans) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Přerov

Přerov (Prerau) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.

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Plzeň main railway station

Plzeň main railway station (Plzeň hlavní nádraží, abbreviated Plzeň hl.n.) is the principal railway station in Plzeň, the largest city in western Bohemia.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Praha Masarykovo nádraží

Praha Masarykovo nádraží (Prague Masaryk railway station) is a terminal railway station near Republic Square (náměstí Republiky) in the New Town area of Prague, Czech Republic.

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Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung

PZB or Indusi is an intermittent cab signalling system and train protection system used in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Israel, Serbia, on two lines in Hungary, on the Tyne and Wear Metro in the UK, and formerly on the Trillium Line in Canada.

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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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Rakovník

Rakovník (Rakonitz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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RegioJet

RegioJet a.s. (VKM: RJ) is a private Czech provider of passenger rail and bus transport.

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Regionalbahn

The Regionalbahn (lit. Regional train; abbreviated RB) is a type of local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany.

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RegioSprinter

The RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Roztoky

Roztoky (Rostok) is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein (Slesvig-Holsten; Sleswig-Holsteen; Slaswik-Holstiinj; Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.

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Siemens Desiro

The Siemens Desiro is a family of diesel or electric multiple unit passenger trains developed by Siemens Mobility, a division of the German Siemens AG conglomerate. DB Class 628 and Siemens Desiro are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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Sifa

Sifa is a type of deadman's control system used on German-influenced European railways.

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Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois

The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (Luxembourg National Railway Company, abbreviated CFL) is the national railway company of Luxembourg.

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Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1

The Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 is the first widely used, new-generation, diesel railcar in Germany and Czech Republic for local railway services. DB Class 628 and Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft.

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Stroke (engine)

In the context of an internal combustion engine, the term stroke has the following related meanings.

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Tanvald

Tanvald (Tannwald) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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Train de Charlevoix

The Train de Charlevoix is a tourist rail service between Beauport (Chutes Montmorency) and La Malbaie, Quebec, with an additional stop in Baie-Saint-Paul and in the winter at the Le Massif ski area, a distance of about.

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Trenčín

Trenčín (also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava.

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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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Turnov

Turnov (Turnau) is a town in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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Twin unit

A twin unit, twinset, or double unit is a set of two railroad cars or locomotives which are permanently coupled and treated as if they were a single unit.

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Uerdingen railbus

The Uerdingen railbus (German: Uerdinger Schienenbus) is the common term for the multiple units which were developed by the German firm of Waggonfabrik Uerdingen for the Deutsche Bundesbahn and private railways after the Second World War. DB Class 628 and Uerdingen railbus are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_628

Also known as CFL Class 628, CFR Class 91/92, DB Class 628.1, DB-Baureihe 628.

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See also

Deutsche Bundesbahn locomotives

Diesel multiple units of Germany

References