. Railway mechanical engineer . Five Car Train »n the Manchester Btiry Line All-Metal Electric Multiple Unit Cars The Lancashire & Yorkshire, England, Built During theWar Interesting Equipment for Its Manchester-Bury Line BY ROBERT E. THAYfcREuropean Editor of the Railvay Mechanical Engineer THE Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway was the first mainline railway in Great Britain to adopt electric tractionfor its suburban steam service. Its first project wasthat of converting the Liverpool-Southport line, and later the. Interior of First Class Smoking Compartment line from Sandhills Junction to Ormsk
. Railway mechanical engineer . Five Car Train »n the Manchester Btiry Line All-Metal Electric Multiple Unit Cars The Lancashire & Yorkshire, England, Built During theWar Interesting Equipment for Its Manchester-Bury Line BY ROBERT E. THAYfcREuropean Editor of the Railvay Mechanical Engineer THE Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway was the first mainline railway in Great Britain to adopt electric tractionfor its suburban steam service. Its first project wasthat of converting the Liverpool-Southport line, and later the. Interior of First Class Smoking Compartment line from Sandhills Junction to Ormskirk, the two projectsinvolving .58 miles of track with an equivalent of SO milesof single track, including sidings. The Liverpool-Southport line was opened to traffic in March, 1904. The multipleunit system of train control was adopted for this line withtwo 150 hp. motors on each truck, operating at 600 voltsdirect current, the power generated being 3-phase. 25 cyclesalternating current at 7,500 volts. This electrification scheme has met with great business has been constantly on the increase eversince the line was put into operation. Whereas there werefour lines required in certain parts of this electrified linefor steam service, under electric .service two lines are suffi-cient to handle the traffic, although the frequency of trainshas been more than doubled. In this way the widening andlaying of additional lines through an extensive territory,which would have been required had steam w
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