NEW FAMILY OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE AC AND DC MULTIPLE-UNITS TAKING OVER BR SUBURBAN SERVICES
The paper reports that the GEC-Traction powered trainsets of British Railways design and construction introduced over the last five years have a high-degree of standardisation for operation on 25 kV and 750, 650 V dc lines. A series have been designed for 25 kV/750 V dc with ready potential to link Southern Region services with those north of the Thames.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited
Little Leighs
Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM, England - Publication Date: 1980-4
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 55-56
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Serial:
- Rail Engineering International
- Volume: 9
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: De Rooi Publications
- ISSN: 0141-4615
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Electric multiple unit cars; Electric trains; Multiple unit trains; Railroad cars; Railroad commuter service; Voltage
- Candidate Terms: Electric traction
- Identifier Terms: British Rail
- Old TRIS Terms: Dual voltage
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00331500
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 12 1982 12:00AM