Manchester - Crewe 25kV AC electrification for the London MIdland Region, British Railways : brochure issued by British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited : 1960
One of a number of technical brochures issued by BICC - British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited relating to their work on the introduction of the Continental 25kV AC overhead electrification system on to British Railways lines in the late 1950s. The British Transport Commission, having overseen completion of the much delayed LNER schemes on the London - Shenfield and Manchester to Sheffield schemes that used the then British Standard of 1500v DC, decided that the newer AC system offered better performance and a better price; improvements included improved current transmission and less substation requirement, along with a 'lighter' construction for overhead. This was announced in 1956.
BICC Bulletin 13 looks at the work BICC secured from British Railways on the electrification of the Manchester - Crewe section of the West Coast Main LIne electrification that was sanctioned in the Modernisation Plan. The first section to be tackled was this and it was in some ways a 'test bed' for the system that had previously been trialled on the short Heysham branch. This section of route opened to electric traction on 12 September 1960 and this brochure shows some of the work carried out and examples of structures, etc., used during the work.
Manchester - Crewe 25kV AC electrification for the London MIdland Region, British Railways : brochure issued by British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited : 1960
One of a number of technical brochures issued by BICC - British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited relating to their work on the introduction of the Continental 25kV AC overhead electrification system on to British Railways lines in the late 1950s. The British Transport Commission, having overseen completion of the much delayed LNER schemes on the London - Shenfield and Manchester to Sheffield schemes that used the then British Standard of 1500v DC, decided that the newer AC system offered better performance and a better price; improvements included improved current transmission and less substation requirement, along with a 'lighter' construction for overhead. This was announced in 1956.
BICC Bulletin 13 looks at the work BICC secured from British Railways on the electrification of the Manchester - Crewe section of the West Coast Main LIne electrification that was sanctioned in the Modernisation Plan. The first section to be tackled was this and it was in some ways a 'test bed' for the system that had previously been trialled on the short Heysham branch. This section of route opened to electric traction on 12 September 1960 and this brochure shows some of the work carried out and examples of structures, etc., used during the work.