Head end power car

A China Railways KD_25K generator car at Beijing Railway Station.

A head end power car is a rail car that supplies head end power (HEP). Since most modern locomotives supply HEP they are mostly used by heritage railways that use older locomotives, or by railroad museums that take their equipment on excursions.^[1] Quite a few head end power cars started out as other forms of rolling stock that have been rebuilt with diesel generators and fuel tanks to supply HEP to the passenger equipment.^[2]^[3]

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Rail transport passenger equipment

Head-end equipment	Baggage Express reefer Head end power car Horse car Railway post office Travelling Post Office

Passenger-carrying coaches or cars	Bar Bilevel Colonist Compartment Corridor Couchette Dining Dome Lounge Observation Open Parlor Passenger Sleeper / Pullman Slip

Miscellaneous equipment	Autorack Combine Pay Private Troop kitchen / Troop sleeper

Motorized	Multiple unit Rail motor coach Railcar / Railbus

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