Self-propelled trains whose carriages carry their own motors, as electric or diesel multiple units, the usual train of commuter and regional services. An entry belongs here when the cited article describes a multiple-unit train, electric or diesel. It excludes locomotive-hauled carriages and high-speed trainsets. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Electric Multiple Unit
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An electric multiple unit (EMU) is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power.
Wikipedia: Multiple Unit
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A multiple-unit train (or multiple unit (MU)) is a self-propelled train or trainset composed of one or more carriages joined, and where one or more of the carriages have the means of propulsion built in.
Diesel multiple unit, Wikipedia
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A diesel multiple unit (DMU) is a multiple unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
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