British Transport Commission - Electrification of Railways - report, 1951 : Map F - Newcastle & Lancaster/Morecambe/Heysham electrified lines
The cover of the 1951 BTC report into the Electrification of Railways. The report, chaired by C M Cock, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Railway Executive, basically 'rubber stamped' the status quo ; that London Transport should retain it's 630vDC fourth rail system, the Southern Region its 660v DC third rail system and that main line electrification should, as codified in the 1927 Pringle Committee's recommendation, take the form of 1500vDC overhead. This latter decision was soon to be rapidly overturned as the BTC turned to the 25kvAC system that at the time of this report was effectively being trialled by SNCF and that indeed a version of which was being trialled in the UK on the converted lines around Lancaster & Morecambe noted in this report. The report contains a number of maps.
This map shows the extensive 3rd rail electric system on Tyneside that was inaugurated by the pre-Grouping North Eastern Railway and that BR would in time actually de-electrify. Much of the mileage has now found new life being incorporated into the Metro system.
The outlying Lancaster area scheme had its origins in the Midland Railway's use of its branch to trail 6600v AC overhead electrification at 25khz in 1908. In 1953 it would be converted to 50khz as a trial for the upcoming 25kvAC system and it continued in use until the whole branch was abandoned in 1966.
British Transport Commission - Electrification of Railways - report, 1951 : Map F - Newcastle & Lancaster/Morecambe/Heysham electrified lines
The cover of the 1951 BTC report into the Electrification of Railways. The report, chaired by C M Cock, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Railway Executive, basically 'rubber stamped' the status quo ; that London Transport should retain it's 630vDC fourth rail system, the Southern Region its 660v DC third rail system and that main line electrification should, as codified in the 1927 Pringle Committee's recommendation, take the form of 1500vDC overhead. This latter decision was soon to be rapidly overturned as the BTC turned to the 25kvAC system that at the time of this report was effectively being trialled by SNCF and that indeed a version of which was being trialled in the UK on the converted lines around Lancaster & Morecambe noted in this report. The report contains a number of maps.
This map shows the extensive 3rd rail electric system on Tyneside that was inaugurated by the pre-Grouping North Eastern Railway and that BR would in time actually de-electrify. Much of the mileage has now found new life being incorporated into the Metro system.
The outlying Lancaster area scheme had its origins in the Midland Railway's use of its branch to trail 6600v AC overhead electrification at 25khz in 1908. In 1953 it would be converted to 50khz as a trial for the upcoming 25kvAC system and it continued in use until the whole branch was abandoned in 1966.