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MP 05

The MP 05 is a driverless, rubber-tyred electric multiple-unit metro train built by Alstom for the Paris Métro, ordered by the RATP in 2005 to automate Line 1.

MP 59

The MP 59 was a series of rubber-tyred trains built for the Paris Métro, ordered in 1959, in service from 1963 until 2024, last on line 11.

MP 73

The MP 73 is a rubber-tyred electric multiple unit ordered by the RATP in 1973 for the Paris Métro, running on Line 6 from 1974 to 2026.

N700 Series Shinkansen

The N700 Series Shinkansen (N700系新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed train family introduced in 2007 by JR Central and JR West, the first Shinkansen with a body tilting system.

Namo Green Rail

Namo Green Rail is India's first hydrogen-powered passenger train, a ten-car fuel-cell trainset inaugurated at Jind, Haryana, in July 2026 for the 89-km Jind–Sonipat route.

Napier Deltic

The Napier Deltic is a British opposed-piston two-stroke diesel engine by D. Napier & Son, with cylinder banks in a triangle, powering Royal Navy craft and Class 55 locomotives.

National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union (動労)

Dōrō (動労), formally the National Railway Motive Power Union, was a militant Japanese union of JNR locomotive crews, founded in 1951 and dissolved in 1987.

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum, also known as York Railway Museum, is a railway museum in York, England, opened in 1975 and home to Mallard and Flying Scotsman.

NDJ3

NDJ3 (和谐长城号, "Harmony Great Wall") is a Chinese diesel multiple unit built by CRRC Qishuyan and Nanjing Puzhen for Beijing's S2 line from 2008, later exported to Nigeria.

New South Wales 660/760 class railcar

The New South Wales 660/760 class railcars were five two-car diesel multiple units rebuilt from the 600/700 class between 1971 and 1975 for compatibility with the 620 and 900 classes.

New South Wales AD60 class locomotive

The New South Wales AD60 class was a class of 42 Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways between 1952 and 1957.

New South Wales C38 class locomotive

The New South Wales C38 class, or NSWGR 38 class, was a class of thirty express passenger steam locomotives built for New South Wales between 1942 and 1949.

New South Wales Endeavour railcar

The Endeavour railcars are two-car diesel multiple units operated by NSW TrainLink in New South Wales, Australia, running on the Southern Highlands, South Coast, Hunter, and Bathurst lines since 1994.

New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages

New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages include the first all-steel S type fleet, built by Clyde Engineering from 1937 to 1939, and post-war RUB cars.

New Technology Train

New Technology Train, also known as New Millennium Train, is New York City Transit's designation for its modern computer-based subway cars, first deployed in 2000 with the R142.

New York City Subway rolling stock

New York City Subway rolling stock, also called NYC Subway cars, is the fleet of passenger railcars run by New York City Transit, totaling 6,522 cars in 2024.

New Zealand TR class locomotive

The New Zealand TR class locomotive, or NZR Tr class, is a class of small shunting locomotives built for New Zealand from 1924 to the 1970s.

Newag

Newag is a Polish rolling stock manufacturer headquartered in Nowy Sącz with a plant in Gliwice, known for its Impuls multiple units, Dragon and Griffin locomotives, and repair services.

Newag Impuls

Newag Impuls is a family of electric multiple units built by Newag in Nowy Sącz, Poland, since 2012 for regional and suburban service, in two- to six-car sets.

Niigata Transys

Niigata Transys Co., Ltd. is a Japanese rolling stock and snow-removal machinery manufacturer headquartered in Niigata Prefecture, established in 2003 and holding the top share in Japanese diesel railcars.

Non-standard rail traction

Non-standard rail traction is railway propulsion outside the mainstream steam, diesel, and electric categories, exemplified by the French Aérotrain hovertrain, which rode on a cushion of pressurized air.

Nord 4.1201 to 4.1272

The Nord 4.1201 to 4.1272 were 72 French 2-8-2 tank locomotives designed by Marc de Caso and built from 1932 to 1935, hauling Paris suburban trains until 1970.

Norfolk & Western Railway Roanoke Shops

The Norfolk & Western Railway Roanoke Shops, also called the East End Shops, built nearly 500 steam locomotives in Roanoke, Virginia, from 1884 to 1953.

Norfolk and Western classes Y6, Y6a and Y6b

The Norfolk and Western classes Y6, Y6a and Y6b were 2-8-8-2 compound Mallet steam locomotives built at the railroad's Roanoke Shops in Virginia between 1936 and 1952.

Norsk Spisevognselskap

Norsk Spisevognselskap (A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap) was a Norwegian railway catering company, founded by NSB in 1919 to operate dining cars, station restaurants, and hotels, and merged into Narvesen in 1975.

North Star (locomotive)

North Star was a 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1837, diverted from an American order to the Great Western Railway.

Northumbrian (locomotive)

Northumbrian was an 1830 Robert Stephenson steam locomotive for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway that hauled the inaugural train and carried the injured William Huskisson.

Nottingham Express Transit

Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is the light rail tram system serving Nottingham, England, opened in March 2004 and expanded in August 2015 into a 32 km, 50-stop network.

Novelty (locomotive)

Novelty was a steam locomotive built in London in 1829 by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson for the Rainhill Trials, where it was the fastest engine before repeated breakdowns eliminated it.

NS Class 1100

The NS Class 1100 was a series of 60 electric locomotives of the Dutch national railway NS, built by Alsthom in France and used from 1950 to 1999.