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Siemens E40 AG-V1
The Siemens E40 AG-V1, later marketed as the E40AC, is a six-axle electric heavy-haul locomotive built by Siemens Mobility in Munich for the coal railways of Queensland, Australia.
Siemens Mobility
Siemens Mobility is the rail transport business of Siemens AG, covering rolling stock, infrastructure, and software, and the world's third-largest rolling stock maker as of 2023.
Siemens SD-100 and SD-160
The Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 are closely related articulated high-floor light rail vehicles built by Siemens from 1994, the SD-160 using AC motors; Denver operates the largest fleet.
Siemens Vectouro
Siemens Vectouro, also known as Siemens Viaggio Next Level, is a family of Siemens Mobility passenger coaches for cross-border European long-distance travel, launched in 2024 and reaching 230 km/h.
Siemens Velaro
The Siemens Velaro, known simply as Velaro, is a family of high-speed electric trains built by Siemens Mobility and derived from Germany's ICE 3, in service since 2000.
Siemens Venture
Siemens Venture is a family of single-level intercity passenger rail cars built by Siemens Mobility in Sacramento for North American operators like Brightline, Amtrak, and VIA Rail.
Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel
Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel, or Siemens O&K, are German-built electric subway cars that served the Buenos Aires Underground from 1934 until 2016, running on every line except B.
Siemens–Duewag U2
The Siemens–Duewag U2 is a six-axle articulated light rail vehicle built from 1968 to 1990 for Frankfurt's Stadtbahn, which launched the first modern light rail systems in North America.
Silver Fern railcars
The Silver Fern railcars are three diesel-electric railcars built in Japan in 1972 for New Zealand Railways, which ran the named Silver Fern service on the Wellington–Auckland daylight run until 1991.
SJ Rc
The SJ Rc, or Rc locomotive, is a family of ASEA-built electric locomotives for Swedish State Railways from 1967 to 1988, SJ's most numerous class.
Škoda Transportation
Škoda Transportation, renamed Škoda Group in 2022, is a Czech rolling-stock manufacturer based in Plzeň. Owned by PPF Group, it builds electric locomotives, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
Sleeping car
A sleeping car, or sleeper carriage, is a railroad passenger car fitted with berths or private rooms so travelers can sleep on overnight journeys, long dominated by George Pullman.
Smokebox
The smokebox is the cylindrical chamber at the front of a steam locomotive's boiler, beneath the chimney, where exhaust gases collect before leaving the stack.
SNCF Class BB 60000
The SNCF Class BB 60000 is a French Bo'Bo' diesel-electric locomotive class built by Vossloh in Spain for heavy shunting and light freight, delivered from 2006.
SNCF Class BB 9200
The SNCF Class BB 9200 was a series of 92 French electric express locomotives built from 1957, which hauled the first 200 km/h train in France.
SNCF Class CC 6500
The SNCF Class CC 6500 is a class of French electric locomotives built by Alsthom between 1969 and 1975, known for hauling prestigious express trains like the Capitole and Mistral.
SNCF Class X 73500
The SNCF Class X 73500, known as the A TER, is a French single-car diesel railcar built by Alstom for TER regional services, with 318 units delivered from 1999 to 2004.
South African Class 24 2-8-4
The South African Class 24 2-8-4 of 1949 is a Cape gauge branch-line steam locomotive, the only 2-8-4 Berkshire type used in South Africa, built by the North British Locomotive Company.
South African Class 25 4-8-4
The South African Railways Class 25 4-8-4 of 1953 is a condensing steam locomotive, with ninety built by Henschel and North British to haul trains across the water-scarce Karoo.
South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2
The South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2, or NGG16, is a 2 ft gauge Garratt steam locomotive class built for South African Railways between 1937 and 1968.
South African Class NG6 4-4-0
The South African Class NG6 4-4-0, or Lawley, is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive built in the 1890s for the Beira Railway and bought second-hand by South African Railways around 1930.
South African locomotive numbering and classification
The system by which South Africa's railways assign locomotive classes and numbers, from three pre-Union railways merged into the SAR in 1910 to today's Transnet Freight Rail.
South Australian Railways 520 class
The South Australian Railways 520 class, nicknamed the "Whispering Giants", was twelve streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotives built at Islington Workshops between 1943 and 1947 for fast passenger work on lightly laid lines.
South Australian Railways steel carriage stock
The South Australian Railways steel carriage stock was a fleet of all-steel broad gauge passenger carriages built at the Islington Railway Workshops between 1936 and 1942.
Southern Pacific 4294
Southern Pacific 4294 is a 4-8-8-2 cab forward articulated steam locomotive built by Baldwin in 1944, the only surviving Southern Pacific cab forward, on display at the California State Railroad Museum.
Southern Pacific 4449
Southern Pacific 4449, known as the Daylight, is a streamlined 1941 steam locomotive, the only surviving GS-4, that pulled Southern Pacific's San Francisco to Los Angeles passenger trains.
Southern Pine Lumber Co. 28
Southern Pine Lumber Co. 28 is a preserved 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by Baldwin in 1917 for the United States Army, now operating on the Texas State Railroad.
Soviet and Russian locomotive classification
Soviet and Russian locomotive classification is a Cyrillic letter-and-digit system in which a locomotive's designation encodes its traction type, transmission, duty, and builder, applied across the whole USSR.
Soviet steam locomotive classes
Soviet steam locomotive classes were the standardized steam designs of Soviet Railways, replacing the Russian Empire's varied roster with mass-produced types like the SO, FD, L, and SU.
Spark arrestor
A spark arrestor is a device fitted to a chimney, flue, or exhaust pipe to stop sparks and burning fragments from escaping, required on engines in fire-prone country.