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...''', also known as '''brake power''', is a measure of force applied by the brakes of a vehicle in order to decelerate it. It is one of the main components in Brakes convert the kinetic energy of a vehicle into heat over the distance travele ...

{{distinguish|text = automotive brake-by-wire [[electro-mechanical brakes]] which generally do not use the same operating principles}} ...tuation method which is generally unrelated to modern [[electro-mechanical brakes]]. Since becoming popular in the mid-20th century, especially in [[train]]s ...

...r Gallon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315152230/http://www.railway-technical.com/US-fuel-paper.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-dat |[[East Japan Railway Company|JR East]] (jp) ...

File:Автомобильный кран Железнодорожных войск РФ.png|Automobile crane of the Railway Troops of Russia ...ike hoists, which can lift a container from the ground or from a [[flatcar|railway vehicle]]. ...

...web |url=http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r066.html |title=History of Railway Electric Traction |publisher=Mikes.railhistory.railfan.net |access-date=26 ...llows the use of [[regenerative braking]], in which the motors are used as brakes and become generators that transform the motion of, usually, a train into e ...

...ted the weight of a person weighing {{convert|12|stone}} and the vehicle's brakes were tested under load. At the end of the process the C5s which had passed ...mpanying the text showed housewives and teenagers driving the C5 to shops, railway stations, and sports fields&nbsp;– in the words of technology writers Ian A ...