AS BR ANGLO-SCOTTISH ELECTRIFICATION REACHES PRESTON, SIGNALLING AND TRACTION MODERNISATION NEAR FRUITION

230 ac locomotives comprising 35 new 147 refurbished and 48 as-built units present a resourceful outcome of modern thinking, as does the establishing of only four control areas to operate over 400 route-miles fully covered by comprehensive telecommunication network, colour-light signalling, route-relay interlocking, computerized train reporting and describing, and hotbox-detection network.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric locomotives; Railroad electrification; Signaling
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048221
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1976 12:00AM