page_title: Locomotive
section_title: Electric locomotive
hierarchical_section_title: Locomotive / Types of locomotives / Electric locomotive
caption_attribution_description: English: Amtrak GG1 904 at Harrison, New Jersey, June 1975.
context_page_description: A locomotive is the part of a train that makes the train move. Normally, it is the first part of the train, and has an engine.
context_section_description: An electric locomotive runs on electricity as the name suggests. Electric locomotives cost the least to buy and operate. However, the railway electrification system is very expensive, so only tracks used by many trains per day are usually electrified. Thus, electrics are only the second next used type, behind diesel locomotives.
caption: A GG1 electric locomotive
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