. Electric railway journal . nd districts. An ample sup-ply of cheap electrical energy was, therefore, availablefrom the systems of existing power companies, and thisfact, obviating as it did the necessity for a large capitalexpenditure by the railway company on a power station,had an important bearing upon the whole scheme. The electrified line has a route approximating 19miles in length, and it connects the freight terminal atShildon, one of the largest classification yards in GreatBritain, with the Newport yards near the town of Mid-dleborough. The sidings at both ends of the line areelectr
. Electric railway journal . nd districts. An ample sup-ply of cheap electrical energy was, therefore, availablefrom the systems of existing power companies, and thisfact, obviating as it did the necessity for a large capitalexpenditure by the railway company on a power station,had an important bearing upon the whole scheme. The electrified line has a route approximating 19miles in length, and it connects the freight terminal atShildon, one of the largest classification yards in GreatBritain, with the Newport yards near the town of Mid-dleborough. The sidings at both ends of the line areelectrified in part, so that altogether about 50 milesof single track are equipped for electric operation. Theline carries a heavy coal and ore traffic from the South-west Durham coal fields to the Middleborough district,supplying a large number of blast furnaces and ironworks concentrated there. The general gradient of theline is in favor of the laden traffic, the ruling gradebeing about 1 per cent. On the return journey the load. BRITISH FREIGHT ELECTRIFICATION—TYPICAL OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION ON TANGENT TRACK V July 1, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 5electricrailway481916newy
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