If your generator is making a loud, metal-on-metal noise, replace the bearings. While you are replacing the bearings it's also a good idea to replace the brushes, even if they don't appear worn.
Generator
A device that changes mechanical energy to electrical energy.
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Steam generator
A compact boiler installed in a diesel or electric locomotive to provide steam for heating passenger cars. It burns diesel fuel from the main fuel tank.
With HEP generator screaming, NJT F40 #4122 heads up a commuter run as it passes Conrail WPPR-13, which is switching Goldberg's Scrapyard in Perth Amboy.
electrical generator is a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction.
Steam generator: A device generally used in passenger trains to create steam for heating. The steam generator is usually in the locomotive but may also be located in other cars.[50] ...
Dynamic Braking A braking system in which the train motors acting as generators provides braking forces upon the car. EA (Environmental Assessment) Formerly called EIS/AA, for Environmental Impact Statement/Alternatives Analysis.
Regenerative Braking Braking mode of modern electric locomotives, where the motors act as generators as with the dynamic braking but, instead of being converted into heat, the current is fed back to the supply.
Commonly used in sets of 4, 8, or 12 tools in connection with a portable generator set. (Electric tampers are of three general classes: vibratory, magnetic impulse, and mechanical impulse.)
Tamper, mechanical.
The most common type of diesel locomotive, in which a diesel engine powers a generator, the electrical output of which drives electric motors which turn the wheels.
The diesel engine drives a generator (or an alternator on more modern machines) which produces the current required to power the electric traction motors which drive the axles.
A head end power system may use either the locomotive's prime mover, or it may use a separate HEP engine generator set installed at the #2 end of the locomotive. Headway Time interval between two following trains.
HEP - (Head End Power) Electricity from the locomotives Generator which is used by another locomotive, or passenger cars for heating ,cooling, and lights.
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The engine directly powered a General Electric GT-534 main generator, which provided current to two, GE model 716 traction motors mounted on the first truck.
A type of locomotive that can work as an electric locomotive where electrical supplies exist, but also has a diesel generator for use elsewhere.
The FP models were intended for passenger service, as they included a steam generator at the rear of an extended body.
The power is usually produced by AC generators or inverters run by the engine's motive-power diesels, or by separate motors in the engines. It may also be provided by a separate generator car at the head end of a passenger train consist.
A self propelled car powered by a gasoline engine driving a generator, which supplies current to motors on the axles. Gas electrics were often used for branchline and local passenger service from the 1920s through the 1950s.
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Smoke effects can be created using a stationary smoke generator such as one of the units manufactured by Vollmer. This is an excellent addition and maybe even a necessity to help you create a respectable fire scene.
Logic IC based Bipolar stepper motor pattern generators.
These circuits need a power output stage that is capable of driving the motor's coils.
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A means of braking a locomotive or car having electric motors by using the motors as generators and dissipating this power through resistors.
Diesel Electric locomotives are effectively electric locomotives which carry their own generating plant. The diesel engine and generator typically being directly coupled together, and the motors being mounted on the bogie frames.
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Steam sound is available on two tracks and Diesel sound on all four tracks. The sound generators have voltage synchronized engine rate for more realistic sound.
Generally, the Western end is a control cab with a generator to power and heat passenger cars. The Eastern end is a full-powered diesel. Power is supplied either by GPs or MP15s; control cabs can be anything from a GP to a "recycled" old Alco FA.
A piece of steel, soft iron or a coil so placed as to be acted upon by the electromagnet or permanent magnet; or that part of an electric generator in which electricity is generated, or the part of a signal motor which rotates.
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An electrically driven tool used for compacting ballast under ties. Commonly used in sets of 4, 8, or 12 tools in connection with a portable generator set.
Others use pennies, but I prefer to spend those rather than use them for weight. On one small flatcar, I have a white metal diesel power generator load that is an almost perfect weight.
Using a pipe cleaner to brush the white residue inside your smokestack back into your generator will extend the effectiveness of the pellets you use. It has also been suggested that scented lamp or Seethe oil may be used.
 See also: Engine, Switch, Track, Locomotive, Point
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