CREWE GLASGOW ELECTRIFICATION

The execution of this great scheme of railway modernization will be watched with the greatest interest, with the definite prospect of Inter-City express travelling at 110 mph on the open road, of freight services worked at higher speeds than ever previously, and such an abundance of power built into the new locomotives that maximum line speed can be maintained regardless of gradient--even though gradients include the mile pull at 1 in 75 from Tebay up to Shap Summit and the similarly graded 10 miles of the Beattock Bank, in Dumfriesshire.

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• Authors:
  • NOCK, O S
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 881-884
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 211
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: GILLARD WELCH LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0013-7782

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; High speed rail; Railroad electrification
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1974 12:00AM