electric train

collocation in English

meaningsofelectricandtrain

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electric
adjective
uk
/iˈlek.trɪk/us
/iˈlek.trɪk/
using electricity ...
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train
noun
uk
/treɪn/us
/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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(Definition ofelectricandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is the secret of the success of theelectrictrain.
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No estimate has been made of a split between diesel andelectrictrainusage.
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The diesel engine and theelectrictraincan cut costs considerably.
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Even today one can get there byelectrictrainin three-quarters of an hour.
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Anybody who changes over from travelling in a steam train to travelling in anelectrictrainwill, like myself, appreciate the very great advantages that there are in electrification.
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Anelectrictrainwhich was moving slowly on to the bridge was stopped by its driver when he saw the trouble below and it was neither derailed nor damaged.
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To drive anelectrictrainis incredibly easy; the signalling is automatic; you have very little to do.
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I boarded a newelectrictrainthat was due to arrive 20 minutes later than the diesel train that had run in the previous week.
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Is not it a fact that that accident occurred when a modern sliding-door multiple unitelectrictrain came into that one-end station at about 50 mph—fortunately with only 12 passengers?
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There will not be a man on the train, but if will be anelectrictrainto convey parcels.
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Anelectrictrainwhich was moving slowly on to the bridge was stopped by its driver when he saw the trouble below, and it was neither derailed nor damaged.
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Thus, for 12 to 15 hours a day people are being subjected to a noise level comparable with that experienced in travelling permanently in a suburbanelectrictrain.
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I am advised that anelectrictrainis no more capable of moving than a diesel train if the driver fails to turn up.
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If one sits in the compartment of a suburbanelectrictrain, the decibel level will be 76.
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Why could they not remain on the outskirts and the people be brought from that point byelectrictrain?
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The train in front of ours, which was a 125, was anelectrictrainthat had broken down due to ropes being placed over the electric cables.
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A slightly uncomfortable statistic is that a single car emits more carbon monoxide than an entire diesel train, while anelectrictrainemits virtually no chemical waste.
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You can speed up much more quickly with anelectrictrainthan with a steam train and consequently can run more trains in the hour with electricity than with steam.
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There is, in addition, the fact that theelectrictraincan be pulled up with much greater rapidity than the steam train.
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