Vehicles
TRA uses a variety of railway vehicles to provide both freight and passenger service.
- Diesel Electric Locomotives: Primarily road engines and road switchers built by Electro-Motive Division of the United States. Hitachi road diesels were used until the 1980. Road switchers were retired in the 1990s.
- Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives: Originally purchased in the 1970s for the narrow-gauge East Coast Mainline, re-gauged for meter-gauge (1067mm) after the line was converted. Mostly retired, or used for switching duties.
- AC Electric Locomotives: Primarily electric locomotives built by GEC of England, and General Electric of the United States. The British locomotives (E100 class) were retired in the 1990s.
- Diesel Multiple Units: A variety of diesel multiple units had been built for the TRA, mostly by Japanese manufacturers.
- AC Electric Multiple Units: TRA's electric multiple units (EMUs) are classified as either long-distance units or commuter units. Numerous builders have constructed EMUs for TRA: GEC of England, Union Carriage & Wagon of South Africa, SOCIMI of Italy, Daewoo and Hyundai of Korea, and Nippon-Sharyo of Japan
- Tilting Trainsets: Tilting trains for express passenger service built by Hitachi of Japan.
- Push-Pull Trainsets: High-capacity express passenger trains built by UCW of South Africa, and Hyundai of Korea. Extra cars for the push-pull trainsets were manufactured by Rotem.
- Hauled Coaching Stock: Commuter stock from India, express passenger stock from Japan and Korea, as well as various homemade coaching stock fabricated by Taiwanese companies.
- Freight Wagons: gondolas, covered hoppers, boxcars, refrigerated boxcars, livestock cars, flatcars, mail cars, etc.
- Non-Revenue Vehicles: includes cabooses, catenary maintenance vehicles, switchers, and converted former revenue vehicles used for special purposes.
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