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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, historically the Silverton Branch, is a heritage railroad carrying passengers by steam locomotive between Durango and Silverton in southwestern Colorado.
Duronto Express (দুরন্ত এক্সপ্রেস)
Duronto Express (দুরন্ত এক্সপ্রেস) is a class of long-distance passenger trains operated by Indian Railways, introduced in September 2009 as its first non-stop superfast services.
Dynamic braking
Dynamic braking is a railway braking method in which traction motors act as generators to slow the train, with energy dissipated as heat or returned regeneratively.
Dynamometer car
A dynamometer car is a rolling laboratory railroad car coupled directly behind a locomotive to measure and record drawbar pull, speed, and train performance on real track.
E (New York City Subway service)
The E is a 24-hour New York City Subway service between Jamaica Center, Queens, and World Trade Center, Manhattan, express in Queens and local on Eighth Avenue.
E10 Series Shinkansen
The E10 Series Shinkansen (E10系), also called the E10 series, is a Japanese high-speed train ordered by JR East as the next-generation Tohoku Shinkansen trainset.
E231 series
The E231 series (E231系) is a Japanese commuter electric multiple unit introduced by JR East in March 2000 as the standard Tokyo-area commuter and suburban train.
E233 series
The E233 series is a JR East commuter electric multiple unit introduced in 2006 for Tokyo-area lines like the Chuo Rapid, and Japan's most numerous train type.
E235 series
The E235 series is a stainless-steel commuter electric multiple unit built by J-TREC for JR East, introduced on Tokyo's Yamanote Line in 2015 and the Yokosuka and Sobu Rapid lines from 2020.
East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a British railway trunk route from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, 393 miles long, the former route of the Flying Scotsman.
East Coast Rail Link
The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is a 665-kilometer electrified passenger and freight railway under construction in Peninsular Malaysia, from Kota Bharu to Port Klang.
East Indian Railway Company
The East Indian Railway Company was a British joint-stock railway company formed in London in 1845 that built the first railway in eastern India, from Calcutta toward Delhi.
East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company, known as JR East, is a Japanese passenger railway operator centered on Tokyo, created in 1987 through the privatization of Japanese National Railways.
East Midlands Railway
East Midlands Railway, the trading name of Transport UK East Midlands Limited, is a British train operator running London St Pancras to East Midlands services since 2019.
East Palestine train derailment
The East Palestine train derailment was a February 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, followed by a controlled burn of vinyl chloride.
East West Rail
East West Rail is a United Kingdom railway project rebuilding a direct passenger link between Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes and Bedford, reviving the old Varsity Line.
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
The Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, also called the Illawarra Railway Line, is Sydney Trains' T4 service from Bondi Junction to Hurstville, Waterfall, and Cronulla.
Eastleigh Works
Eastleigh Works, also known as Eastleigh railway works, was the London and South Western Railway's locomotive works in Hampshire, which built 314 steam locomotives before closing in 2006.
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams, also known as the Edinburgh tramway, is the tram system serving Edinburgh, Scotland, running from Edinburgh Airport through the city center to Leith and Newhaven.
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station, also known as Waverley station, is the principal national railway station of Edinburgh, Scotland, with 23 million passenger journeys in 2024-25.
Edward Thomas (locomotive)
Edward Thomas is a narrow-gauge saddle tank steam locomotive built in 1921 for the Corris Railway and running since 1952 on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales.
Eglinton Crosstown west extension
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension is a 9.2-kilometer light rail extension of Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, under construction and planned to open in 2030–31.
Egyptian National Railways
Egyptian National Railways is the state railway operator of Egypt, running a network that was the first railway in Africa and the Middle East, opened in 1856.
Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a railway locomotive with electric motors that draws power from overhead wires or conductor rails, offering high power and fast acceleration.
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit (EMU) is a self-propelled passenger train with motors distributed among its carriages rather than concentrated in a locomotive, common in commuter and high-speed service.
Electric-steam locomotive
An electric-steam locomotive either uses an on-board steam engine to generate electricity for traction motors, or draws external electricity to heat its boiler water, as in Swiss wartime conversions.
Electro-diesel locomotive
An electro-diesel locomotive, also called a dual-mode or bi-mode locomotive, draws power from overhead wires or a third rail, plus an onboard diesel engine for non-electrified lines.
Electro-diesel multiple unit
An electro-diesel multiple unit is a self-propelled train using both diesel and electric power to run on electrified and non-electrified track. The Southern Region of British Railways first used them in 1956.
Electro-Motive Diesel
Electro-Motive Diesel, also known as EMD, is an American locomotive maker founded in 1922 that led the switch from steam to diesel and has been owned by Caterpillar's Progress Rail since 2010.
Electrodynamic suspension
Electrodynamic suspension (EDS) is a maglev levitation method where moving onboard magnets induce repulsive currents in guideway coils, self-stabilizing without active control and used in Japan's SCMaglev.