CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS OF THE EUSTON MAIN LINE ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME
This paper discusses, with illustrations, some of the civil engineering problems encountered on a main-line electrification scheme on British Railways. These tasks are as follows: the provision of adequate clearances beneath bridges and through tunnels; the design of overhead structures and their foundations; the provision of inspection, maintenance, and repair sheds for electric stock and locomotives, sub-station buildings, signal boxes, and relay rooms. A scheme of this magnitude also requires (a) a thorough modernization of the track formation, ballasting, drainage, soil stabilization work, and the introduction of continuous welded track; (b) route rationalization, reducing the requirement of operating facilities to a minimum; (c) station modernization and rebuilding; and (d) strengthening and improving the type of bridges carrying the lines.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of a Technical Conference sponsored jointly by the British Railways Board and the Institutions of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Locomotive and Railway Signal Engineers, 25-26 October 1966.
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Corporate Authors:
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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Authors:
- Butland, A N
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- Publication Date: 1967
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 51-64
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Serial:
- Volume: 181
- Issue Number: Pt3F
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Railroad electrification; Technology
- Identifier Terms: British Rail London Midland Region
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00054333
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM