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A control car is a generic term for a non-powered railroad vehicle that allows operation of a train from the end opposite to the position of the locomotive. They can be used with diesel or electric motive power, allowing push-pull operation without the use of an additional locomotive. A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... A single GWR autocoach capable of push-pull operation. ...

Trains operating with a locomotive on one end and a control car on the other do not require the locomotive to run around to the opposite end of the train when reversing direction at a terminus. Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ...

Generally, the driver controls the train through a Time-Division Multiplexer (TDM) connection. In addition to the driver's compartment, which has all the controls and gauges necessary for remotely operating the train's locomotive, control cars all have a horn, whistle, bell, or plow (as appropriate), and most importantly, all of the lights that would normally be on a locomotive. Control cars can carry passengers, baggage, mail, or a combination thereof. Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is a type of digital or (rarely) analog multiplexing in which two or more signals or bit streams are transferred apparently simultaneously as sub-channels in one communication channel, but physically are taking turns on the channel. ... Train horns are audiable warning devices utilized by diesel and electric locomotives. ...

Railroad vehicles that function as control cars go by several different names throughout the world, as below.

North America

A Cab car is a special sort of passenger car used in push-pull operations. Most of the cab car is indistinguishable from a regular passenger car, but a full driver's compartment is built into one or both ends of the car.

Cab cars come in a variety of forms. They can be very similar to regular railcars, to the point of including a passageway between cars so that they could be used in the middle of a passenger train like a regular car if necessary. Some commuter rail agencies in the United States routinely use cab cars in place of regular passenger carriages on trains. A Virginia Railway Express locomotive in push-pull commuter service (www. ...

During the mid-1990s, as push-pull operations became more common in the United States, cab-cars came under some criticism and scrutiny for providing less protection to engine crews during grade crossing accidents. This has been addressed in two ways: providing additional reinforcing in cab cars, and the development of Cab-Baggage or Cabbages by Amtrak. Cabbages are essentially F40 locomotives with the engine and motors removed and a large door cut into the side; drivers are thus afforded the protection of a cab unit while additional space is created for baggage transportation. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... The General Motors Electro-Motive Division model F40PH is a 3000 horsepower (2. ...

Coaster cab car in San Diego (www.trainweb.com photo) Image File history File links Coaster Cab Car Images from TrainWeb, allowable if www. ... The San Diego Coaster, or Coaster, is a commuter rail service administered by North County Transit District of San Diego County, California and operated by Amtrak. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin...

New Jersey Transit cab car in West Windsor, NJ Download high resolution version (1280x960, 459 KB)New Jersey Transit Arrow III MU No. ... New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ New Jersey Transit RTS-06 in Newark, NJ The end of the Port Jervis Line The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is a private statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... West Windsor Township highlighted in Mercer County. ...

Tri-Rail cab car in Delray Beach, Florida Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2000x1200, 455 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tri-Rail Control car (rail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Tri-Rail is a commuter rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, Florida. ... Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,020. ...

Pacific Surfliner cab car in Carlsbad, CA Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2100x1400, 440 KB)Northbound Surfliner Cab Car crosses Carlsbad Village Dr. in Carlsbad, Ca. ... Northbound Pacific Surfliner Cab Car crosses Carlsbad Village Dr. in Carlsbad, Ca. ... Location Location of Carlsbad within San Diego County, California. ...

United Kingdom

Driving Brake Standard Open

Main article: DBSO

A Driving Brake Standard Open or DBSO is type of control car in use in Britain. These were previously specially converted passenger cars. It is expected that the last DBSOs will be withdrawn from mainline service in mid-2006. DBSO approaching Norwich station A DBSO is type of specially converted railway carriage, and is short for Driving Brake Standard Open. ... Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DBSO 9710 at Norwich ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 708 KB) BR Mk. ... Norwich railway station A DBSO approaching Norwich station Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in Norfolk. ...

DBSO in different livery Railway - DBSO approaching Norwich. ...

Driving Van Trailer

Main article: Driving Van Trailer

A Driving Van Trailer or DVT is a more modern type of control car in use in Britain. These are purpose-built models that have space for baggage and contain a guard's office. The DVT was developed from the DBSO and originally designed to be used with British Rail Mark 3 and Mk 4 coaches. DVTs are in service in the UK with GNER (Mk 4), Virgin Trains and 'one' Anglia (both Mk 3). Iarnrod Eireann in Ireland has two designs of DVT. One was developed as that part of the MkIII fleet, and classified as 6101, constructed for suburban push-pull (as opposed to hauled InterCity) operation, the other are the new Mk IV vehicles built by CAF and introduced between Dublin and Cork. A Driving Van Trailer or DVT is a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive from the other end of a train. ... Mark 3 DVT at Norwich station British Rails third design of carriages was designated Mark 3. ... Interior of a refurbished first class coach. ... GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is a British train operating company (TOC) owned by Sea Containers Ltd. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... ‘one’ is the brand name of London Eastern Railway Ltd, which operates local, suburban and express services from London Liverpool Street in the City of London to East and North London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, otherwise known as the Greater Anglia network. ... Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the largest passenger railway system in Ireland. ...

Mark 3 DVT at Norwich station Driving Van Trailer (DVT) at Norwich Cropped selection from an original photograph by Amos Wolfe taken 14th May 2004. ... Mark 3 DVT at Norwich station British Rails third design of carriages was designated Mark 3. ...

Mark 4 DVT at Leeds station Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 892 KB) GNER mark 4 DVT 822201 at the London end of an InterCity 225 service at Leeds City railway station. ... Interior of a refurbished first class coach. ...

CAF DVT in the Republic of Ireland, 2006 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 913 KB) Summary Taken by Dawgz, Colbert Station, April 06. ... A wide variety of hauled coaches have been used on the railways of Ireland. ...

Continental Europe

The German term Steuerwagen translates as Control car. Another commonly-used translation is Driving trailer. There are many examples of this type of vehicle in operation in Germany, Switzerland, and elsewhere in Europe. World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ...

Germany

The first German attempts to use control cars and remote control-equipped steam locomotives were before the Second World War by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG). The driver's control instructions were transmitted by a Chadburn-type machine telegraph (similar to engine order telegraphs on ships) from the control car to the locomotive, where the order had to be acknowledged and implemented by the automatic firebox controllers immediately. This indirect control was judged as unpractical and not sufficiently safe because although the driver controlled the brake directly, the danger existed in emergencies the locomotive would continue supplying "push" power for some time and possibly derail the train. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR, literally German Imperial Railway) was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I. It was founded in 1920 as the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen when the Weimar Republic (formally Deutsches... Originally the name of a company that manufactured engine order telegraphs for ships, the term chadburn is now commonly applied generically to any such device, no matter the manufacturer. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ...

Attempts to use electric locomotives (beginning with a converted E 04 class model) were more promising, since the engine driver could control the locomotive directly. The test program could not be finished by the Second World War, despite good successes. Only after the war would control car operations become generally accepted, albeit slowly, when locomotives and cars with the necessary equipment were available.

The length of train consists in push-pull operations was originally limited to 10 cars for reasons of guidance dynamics. A speed limit of 120 km/h was also imposed, which was raised in 1980 to 140 km/h. This was not an operational hindrance, since push-pull trains were generally first used in commuter trains, which were rarely longer than six cars.

Only since the middle 1990s have long-distance trains, which can consist of up to 14 cars and travel at speeds up to 200 km/h, been operated with control cars. A special circumstance is the ICE 2, which may operate with the control car in the lead at up to 250 km/h on the recently built high-speed lines. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Class 402 EMUs, better known as ICE 2, supplement the InterCity Express fleet since 1995. ... ICE train The InterCity Express or ICE is a type of high-speed train operated mostly by DB Fernverkehr in Germany and neighboring countries, for example to Zürich, Switzerland or Vienna, Austria. ...

Modern German InterCity Steuerwagen Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (896x600, 225 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): InterCity Control car (rail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...	ICE2 Steuerwagen at Cologne-Bonn Airport Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1559 KB) Summary de: ICE2 am Bahnhof Köln/Bonn Flughafen en: ICE2 at Köln/Bonn Airport station Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed... Cologne/Bonn Airport, also called Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen or Flughafen Köln-Wahn, is located in the Wahner Heide nature reserve, 15 km south-east of Cologne and 20 km north-east of Bonn. ...	Different livery on a double-decker German Steuerwagen Image File history File links Dtrail1. ...	German InterRegio livery in Heidelberg Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1161x768, 94 KB) List of references and voucher please send to kj@uue. ... A view of the city from the castle (Schloss) The castle (Schloss) above the town Shopping district Heidelberg and the other cities of the Neckar valley View from the so called alley of philosophers (Philosophenweg) towards the Old Town, with Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge Heidelberg is...
Another version of a German double-decker Steuerwagen in Remagen Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 1517 KB) Double decker train operated by DB Regio NRW File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bremen Hauptbahnhof Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof Bremerhaven-Lehe railway station Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf... Remagen is a city in Germany in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...	Modern German version in an older livery Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 150 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Control car (rail) ...	Frontal view of the German model Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 65 KB) Selbst aufgenommen am 7. ...	A German commuter train clearly showing the locomotive driving from the rear Image File history File linksMetadata Feldberg_dreiseenbahn_3297-2. ...

Switzerland

Swiss control cars operate in many different configurations. There are several models currently in service on S-Bahn networks as well as regional, InterRegio, and InterCity services. These are operated by the federal railway system (SBB) as well as various private railroads throughout the country (including narrow gauge lines) and into France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy. The S-Bahn is a suburban metro railway network in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ... The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. ... A Romanian InterCity train, run by Romanian Railways, at Arad station in May 2003 InterCity is a name for the inter-city rail services in Europe. ... Locomotive of the SBB-CFF-FFS Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. ...

Among the models used are the Bt (second class), BDt (second class + baggage), ABt (first + second class), and Dt (baggage). The Bt model also exists as a double-deck version for the IC 2000 trainset and Re 450. IC 2000 double-decker train with Re 460 The IC 2000 is a double-decker train in Switzerland and is run by Swiss Federal Railways. ...

As of 2006, locomotives used in Switzerland with these control cars include the Re 420 and its derivatives (including the Re 430), the Re 440, Re 450, Re 460, Re 465, RBe 540, and RBDe 560 and its derivatives. The BLS operates several of its locomotives with control cars, including the Ae 415, Re 420, Re 425, Re 465, ABDe 535, and RBDe 565. The Re 460 (popularly known as the Lok 2000) series are modern four-axle electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways. ... Starting 1959, the SBB-CFF-FFS put multiple units of the type RBe 540 (old designation RBe 4/4) into service for push-pull operation on the Gotthard line. ... The RBDe 560 (in the old naming style, the RBDe 4/4) and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) network. ... The Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon (BLS) railway, known since the merger of the old BLS with the Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn(BN), the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn (GBS) and the Simmentalbahn (SEZ) in 1997 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, is the largest standard-gauge network on the Swiss Railway system...

The Zentralbahn narrow gauge locomotives in operation with control cars include the Hge 101, De 110, and Deh 120. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) and Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) also use several different control car models with their locomotive fleets. The RhB (Rhaetian Railway / Rhätische Bahn (German) / Ferrovia Retica (Italian) / Viafier Retica (Rumantsch)) has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. ... The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. ...

Swiss regional train Steuerwagen near Wil Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2488x1832, 2672 KB) SBB Bt (u. ... Wil is a town in the Canton of St. ...	The Swiss EW IV model in Zürich Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3200x1996, 1290 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Control car (rail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Zürich (German:   , Zürich German: Züri , in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...	Older Swiss MThB Steuerwagen in Konstanz Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1698x1110, 230 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Control car (rail) ... Konstanz in 1925 seen from the lake Schnetztor, a section of the former city wall Another gate from city wall Shops in Konstanz The Konzilgebäude in Konstanz Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake...	Double-decker Swiss IC 2000 Steuerwagen Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3024x2036, 991 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): IC 2000 Portal:Trains/Selected article Portal:Trains/Selected article/2006 archive Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 34...
A Steuerwagen of the narrow-gauge MGB Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 882 KB)Glacier Express in Andermatt Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Double-decker version used with the Swiss Re 450 trainset Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2564x1948, 449 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Control car (rail) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used...	Swiss NPZ Steuerwagen in Biel Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1267 KB) Beschreibung: CH SBB NPZ Steuerwagen Quelle: Canon Digital Ixus v3 Fotograf/Zeichner: selbstfotografiert Ort & Datum: Biel/BE Schweiz, 21. ... Place du Ring in Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne is a town in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. ...	Older MGB example at Stalden in the Valais Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1484 KB) CH_BVZ_Bt_2254. ... The Valais (German:  ) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the south-western part of the country, in the Pennine Alps around the valley of the Rhone River from its springs to Lake Geneva. ...
The BLS EW III control (former Swiss Express) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 321 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Control car (rail) ...	A modern narrow-gauge Steuerwagen on the RhB network Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2478x1635, 1344 KB) Some Swiss metre gauge coaching stock, with a driving trailer nearest the camera. ... The RhB (Rhaetian Railway / Rhätische Bahn (German) / Ferrovia Retica (Italian) / Viafier Retica (Rumantsch)) has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. ...

Austria

Austrian NPZ Steuerwagen of the Montafonerbahn in Schruns Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (863x588, 67 KB) photograph: Steffen Mokosch File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Montafonerbahn SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560 Control car (rail) ... The RBDe 560 (in the old naming style, the RBDe 4/4) and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) network. ... Montafonerbahn is a private held rail company that travelles from Bludenz to Schruns. ... Schruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Austria. ...

The Steuerwagen of the Austrian CityShuttle in Lower Austria Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1125, 342 KB) Description: ÖBB City Shuttle push and pull train with electric engine 1142 627-7 in Michelhausen station in Lower Austria, taken from the rear end with steering unit own image, taken May 4, 2004 Photographer: Herbert Ortner, Vienna... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...

References

1. Partial translation from the German language version (July 2006).
2. [1] Rail-info Switzerland
3. [2] Eisenbahn Kurier (in German)
4. Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue (Periodical, published by Minirex AG, Luzern, Switzerland)
5. [3] Railfaneurope.net - The European Railway Server