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Spencer Shops
Spencer Shops was the Southern Railway's principal locomotive repair and maintenance complex at Spencer, North Carolina, built from 1896 and now home to the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
Spirit of Progress
The Spirit of Progress was an express passenger train run by Victorian Railways from 1937 between Melbourne and Albury, Australia's first completely streamlined, air-conditioned, all-steel train.
SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, known as the Bulleid light pacifics, were 110 British 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1945 and 1951.
Stadler FLIRT
The Stadler FLIRT, short for Fast Light Innovative Regional Train, is a family of low-floor regional trains built by Stadler Rail since 2004, with about 2,700 sold.
Stadler METRO
The Stadler METRO is a family of lightweight electric metro trains built by Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail, ordered for the Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway, and Merseyrail.
Stadler Rail
Stadler Rail is a Swiss rolling stock manufacturer headquartered in Bussnang, founded in 1942, building locomotives, high-speed, regional, and underground trains, tram-trains, trams, and rack railways.
Stadler SMILE
The Stadler SMILE, also known as the Giruno, is a high-speed electric multiple unit built by Stadler Rail for Swiss Federal Railways, reaching 250 km/h and in service since 2019.
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a self-propelled railway engine that burns fuel to boil water and drive pistons, the dominant form of railway traction for about 150 years.
Steam locomotives of British Railways
The steam locomotives of British Railways, operated from nationalisation on 1 January 1948 to August 1968, mixed engines inherited from the Big Four companies with Riddles' twelve BR Standard classes.
Steam locomotives of China Railway
The steam locomotives of China Railway were dominated by the QJ, JS, and SY classes, with the last regular steam service ending at Sandaoling coal mine in January 2024.
Steam locomotives of Imperial Russia
The steam locomotives of Imperial Russia were letter-designated classes, such as O, Shch, and E, built for the empire's 1,524 mm gauge railways from the 1870s to 1917.
Steam locomotives of Taiwan
The steam locomotives of Taiwan were Japanese-derived classes, including the CT150 and DT650, operated by the TRA until regular steam ended in the early 1980s.
Steam locomotives of the Argentine broad and metre gauge
Steam locomotives of the Argentine broad and meter gauge ran on 5 ft 6 in and 1,000 mm networks; in 1939 a Pacific averaged 65.4 mph over 188 miles.
Steam railcar
A steam railcar, or steam-powered railcar, is a self-propelled passenger coach carrying its own steam engine and boiler, an ancestor of the diesel multiple unit used on branch lines from around 1900.
Steam turbine locomotive
A steam turbine locomotive converts boiler steam into traction through a rotary turbine rather than cylinders, experimented with from 1918 through the 1950s in Sweden, Germany, Britain, and the United States.
Steam–diesel hybrid locomotives
A steam–diesel hybrid locomotive combines a steam plant and an internal-combustion engine in one machine. The best known is the Kitson–Still, tested by the LNER from 1928.
Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket, built by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1829, won the Rainhill Trials for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and became the template for later steam locomotives.
Stewarts Lane
Stewarts Lane, also called Stewarts Lane Depot, is a railway depot in Battersea, south-west London, opened in 1862 and still serving passenger and Pullman trains.
Superheater
A superheater, or steam superheater, is a device that reheats boiler steam above saturation temperature into dry superheated steam, improving efficiency in locomotives, turbines, and industrial plant.
Superliner (railcar)
The Superliner is a bi-level long-distance passenger railcar operated by Amtrak, built in two generations by Pullman-Standard in the late 1970s and by Bombardier in the 1990s.
Swindon Works
Swindon Works, also known as Swindon railway works, was the Great Western Railway's principal locomotive and carriage works in Swindon, Wiltshire, operating 1843 to 1986.
Swiss locomotive and railcar classification
The Swiss locomotive and railcar classification is the letter-and-number system used since 1902 to name Switzerland's railway locomotives, with designations such as Re 4/4 and Re 460.
Switcher and shunting locomotives
A switcher (United States) or shunter (United Kingdom) is a small locomotive built to sort and move rail cars within yards, stations, ports, and industrial sites.
Sydney Metro Inspiro Stock
The Sydney Metro Inspiro stock is a fleet of twelve three-car driverless trains built by Siemens Mobility for the Sydney Metro line serving Western Sydney International Airport.
Taeyangho armoured train
The Taeyangho, Korean for "the sun", is North Korea's heavily armored green leadership train, used by three generations of the Kim family for foreign travel.
Taipei Metro C371
The Taipei Metro C371 (台北捷运371型电联车) is a high-capacity electric multiple unit built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Taiwan Rolling Stock Co. between 2005 and 2009.
Taipei Metro C381
The Taipei Metro C381 (台北捷运C381型) is an electric multiple unit built by Kawasaki and TRSC from 2010 to 2013 for the Xinyi and Songshan lines.
Talent 2
The Talent 2 is a family of Bombardier electric multiple units for regional and S-Bahn service, built in Germany as DB Class 442, with about 400 units running since 2011.
Talgo
Talgo (Patentes Talgo) is a Spanish railway rolling stock manufacturer founded in 1942 around engineer Alejandro Goicoechea's design, known for lightweight articulated trainsets whose wheels change track gauge without stopping.
Tank car
A tank car, also called a tanker or tank wagon, is a railroad freight car built around a tank for carrying liquids, gases, and bulk commodities such as crude oil and chemicals.