traction motor

electric motor for propulsion of vehicles
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traction motor

Summary

traction motor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • traction motor's image is recorded as DC-130kW-Traction-Motor-of-Seibu-Railway.jpg[2].
  • traction motor's developer is recorded as Frank J. Sprague[3].
  • traction motor's subclass of is recorded as electric motor[4].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as electric multiple unit[5].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as electric car[6].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as trolleybus[7].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as tram[8].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as electric locomotive[9].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as diesel-electric locomotive[10].
  • traction motor's part of is recorded as diesel multiple unit[11].
  • traction motor's Commons category is recorded as Traction motors (rail transport)[12].
  • traction motor's source of energy is recorded as electricity[13].
  • traction motor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/044cy6[14].
  • traction motor's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 138068[15].
  • traction motor's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 136269787[16].
  • traction motor's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C136269787[17].

Why It Matters

traction motor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_traction-motor_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{traction motor}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction-motor}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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