Railway traction

Grenoble's tramway (Picture by Alstom)
For Electrical locomotives, the braking is achieved by both mechanical brakes (drums & disks) and electrical brakes, which are most of the time rheostatic with high-performance resistors. Gridex resistors equip the French ultra-high speed train TGV which must use a powerful braking system, and many types of trains which have various braking cycles.

Braking - Atlantic TGV (Picture by Alstom)
