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How much power does the motor of an electric train have?

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There's many kinds of electric trains, So need to be known which train you were talking about exactly, referring to your make model of the unit in question. All modern trains are actually electric. The trains that deliver our free or electric driven by a diesel motor which generates electricity. read more

Some trains have a locomotive, which is a steam engine placed on wheels. This locomotive is what provides the power for that train to move. While others have an electric traction motor in their propulsion system, which serves the same purpose as the locomotive. read more

The first electric passenger train was presented by Werner von Siemens at Berlin in 1879. The locomotive was driven by a 2.2 kW, series-wound motor, and the train, consisting of the locomotive and three cars, reached a speed of 13 km/h. During four months, the train carried 90,000 passengers on a 300-metre-long (984 feet) circular track. read more

The power delivered is current times voltage. Power can be more complicated in AC circuits, but this is DC. The motor can only take 1/6 of the power from the generator, which gets most of the engine's output. The motor can't operate at maximum voltage and maximum current because there's not that much power available. read more

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