Orphan date December 2009 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The BritishElectricTraction Company was a company in Mumbai which used to generate electricity in Mumbai since 1882. It had a 1,100 hp 820 kW generator and serviced 107 consumers by 1905. The company was bought over by the Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways Company Limited the same year. See also BritishElectricTraction . Category Companies established in 1882 Category 1905 disestablishments Category History of Mumbai Category Power companies of India Category Companies disestablished in the 1900s Category Companies based in Mumbai India company stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use British English date August 2011 Infobox Defunct company company name BritishElectricTraction company logo File BETlogo.png 100px slogan company type Public company Public fate Acquired Predecessor successor Rentokil Initial foundation 1895 defunct 1996 location London , United Kingdom UK industry Conglomerate company Conglomerate products Transport Transport services br Television Television services br Laundry Laundry services key people num employees parent subsid BritishElectricTraction Company Limited , renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial Conglomerate company conglomerate . It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rentokil Initial . History Early history The company was founded as in 1895 as BritishElectricTraction Co. Ltd, ref name CC85 http www.competition commission.org.uk rep pub reports 1985 fulltext 184c03.pdf Competition Commission Report, 1985, Page 13 ref with Sir Charles Rivers Wilson as chairman and Emile Garcke as managing director. It was involved in the electrification of tramways in British towns and cities, ref name CC85 and also in Australia and New Zealand , for example in Auckland . ref http www.nzetc.org tm scholarly tei Cyc02Cycl t1 body1 d1 d58 d1.html Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1901 The Auckland Electric Tramways Company ref From operating trams, BET moved on to manufacturing them with the purchase of Brush ... owned by the British Transport Commission and from 1963 by the Transport Holding Company . In 1956 ... containers. The British Transport Commission and later the Transport Holding Company held minority ... etmcrobe thesis Roberts, C. 2003 Analysis of the effects of ownership change on the British bus industry ... Rediffusion London to enter into a joint arrangement with Associated British Corporation , the holder ... By Gerald K Clode History of bus transport in the United Kingdom Defunct British Bus Companies ... more details
Refimprove date May 2007 TOCright Railway electrictraction describes the various types of locomotive ... tae ehlai19.htm Short account of electrictraction history up to the 1880s, with emphasis on Thomas Edison s experiments Railway electrification DEFAULTSORT Railway ElectricTraction Category Rail .... History Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth century, although experiments in electric rail have been traced back to the mid nineteenth century ... , created an electric locomotive in 1839 and ran it on the Edinburgh Glasgow railway at 4 miles per hour. ref name jhalpin The earliest electric locomotives tended to be battery powered. ref ... as the current carrying medium. The electric current flowed through the metal rim of otherwise wooden wheels, being picked up via contact brushes. ref name jhalpin Electrical traction offered several benefits over the then predominant steam locomotive steam traction, particularly in respect ... twenty years of the twentieth century. Unit types DC traction units DC traction units use direct current drawn from either a conductor rail or an overhead line. AC traction units Apart from a few cases, almost all AC Traction units draw alternating current from an overhead line. Multi system units .... Electro diesel locomotive s which can operate as an electric locomotive on electrified lines but have ... and DC.29 traction WCAM series locomotives haul intercity trains out of Mumbai DC suburban region. The new AC DC EMU rakes used in Mumbai are also designed to operate with both DC and AC traction as the Mumbai area switches over to the 25 kV AC system. The Kolkata Metro uses 750 V DC traction with a third ... South Africa has 15 km of dual system track, both 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC. Battery electric rail vehicles A few battery electric railcars and locomotives were used in the twentieth century, but generally ... and Locomotive sections. High speed rail Many high speed rail systems use electric trains, like the Shinkansen ... more details
File Arnhem 101.1.jpg thumb 250px right Historical BUT trolleybus 101 in Arnhem British United Traction BUT was a joint company owned by the Associated Equipment Company and Leyland Motors which produced railway equipment and trolleybus es. It was established in 1946. Products British United Traction was a major supplier of diesel engine s for British Rail s first generation diesel multiple units . These engines were built in 125 hp, 150 hp and 230 hp versions and were branded AEC , Leyland or Leyland Albion . A 275 hp version was supplied to Ulster Transport Authority for their UTA MPD class railcar. See also British Rail British United Traction Commons cat British United Traction Category Bus manufacturers Category Leyland Motors Category Trolleybus manufacturers simple British United Traction pt British United Traction ... more details
The British Gas Traction Company was incorporated on 13 July 1896 with an initial capitalisation of 250,000. Its major shareholders were Russell Cummins and John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton John Fletcher Moulton Member of Parliament M.P. ref Harvnb The Statist 1896 p 153 ref The company was set up to operate gas powered tram s, which it worked initially on the Blackpool, St. Annes and Lytham tramway, the first such tramway in Britain. The early success of the vehicles led to the company being invited to operate similar schemes in other parts of the country, including a newly constructed three mile stretch of tramway in Trafford Park . The Trafford Park service opened on 23 July 1897, but it was suspended only a few days later after two women were injured when one of the trams left the rails the service did not resume until 8 April 1898. ref name GrayPP10 19 Harvnb Gray 1996 pp 10 19 ref By 1899 the company was in serious financial difficulties, and it went into compulsory liquidation on 1 November that year. It was administered by the liquidators until 29 August 1914, and removed from the Companies House register of companies on 14 February 1919. ref Harvnb LSE 1973 p 79 ref References Notes reflist Bibliography refbegin citation last Gray first Ted title Trafford Park Tramways, 1897 1946 year 1996 publisher Northern Publishing Service isbn 1 899181 34 2 citation title Register of defunct and other companies removed from the Stock Exchange official year book year 1973 publisher London Stock Exchange ref harvid LSE 1973 p 79 citation title British Gas Traction journal The Statist date 25 July 1896 ref harvid The Statist 1896 p 153 refend Category Tram transport ... more details
The British Rail British United Traction diesel multiple unit was built by British United Traction . Early British Railways DMUs Infobox EMU name font color FFFFFF British Rail British United Traction font image imagesize 300px caption background 012545 manufacturer family formation 2 3 car units numberbuilt 11 service 1953 weight capacity maxspeed gauge brakes engine 9.6 litre, 125 bhp 93 kW AEC. 9.8 litre, 125 bhp 93 kW Leyland. 11.3 litre, 150 bhp 110 kW AEC. 11.1 litre, 150 bhp 110 kW Leyland. 15 litre, 230 bhp 170 kW Leyland Albion operator British Rail BUT produced 11 lightweight diesel multiple unit vehicles for British Rail ways during the 1950s, numbered 79740 79750, with the first units finished in 1952. When they finished being reviewed by British Railways, British Railways took them into stock in 1953. They were of three different types of rail cars DMS, DMBS containing a compartment for the guard and TS , and could be made up into two or three car units. When the first units were built, they were fitted with skirts covering their underframes and wheels they were later removed. They were not very successful and didn t save many branch lines from closure so they were withdrawn at an early stage, probably the early mid 1960 s , so never received TOPS classification. class wikitable Year Built DMS cars TS cars DMBS cars 1953 79740 79741 79742 1955 79745 79746, 79747 79743 ... of British Railways First Generation diesel multiple units. Engines The engines mainly had six horizontal ... bhp abbr on respectively. The turbo charged versions were not used by British Railways but they were ... transmissions to work together. The British Rail Class 127 units were fitted with this system and given the standard Blue Square coupling code, instead of the Orange Star code given to the British ... was discontinued. See also List of British Rail classes External links www.railcar.co.uk http www.railcar.co.uk .... British Rail DMU Category British Rail diesel multiple units ... more details
List of current systems for electric rail traction 25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead 25 kV 60 ... www.irfca.org faq faq elec title Indian Railways FAQ ElectricTraction I publisher Indian Railways ... 25 kV AC 60 Hz 60 Hz in some areas, see List of current systems for electric rail traction ... Japan, see List of current systems for electric rail traction 25 kV AC 50 Hz overhead 25 kV AC ... lines except Seoul subway Line 3 see List of current systems for electric rail traction 1500 V ... Metro Montreal Guide bars, see List of current systems for electric rail traction DC, four rail ... for electric rail traction DC, four rail DC, four rail below flagicon Germany Germany Berlin ... Railway electrification DEFAULTSORT List Of Current Systems For Electric Rail Traction Category Rail transport related lists Electric rail traction Category Electric rail transport Category Rail ... DC direct current xx Hz frequency in hertz alternating current AC AC supplies are single phase electric power single phase , except where marked three phase electric power three phase Conductors overhead .... Supply voltages of traction systems 2007 ref and http webstore.iec.ch webstore webstore.nsf mysearchajax ... Supply voltages of traction systems , 3rd edition 2007 ref Overhead systems 500 V DC class wikitable ... rowspan 8 flagicon Japan Japan Most tram lines Choshi Electric Railway Line Ch shi Electric Railway Ch shi, Chiba Eizan Electric Railway Kyoto, Kyoto Enoshima Electric Railway ... Line Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama flagicon NLD ..., Ohio All three lines. San Diego Electric Railway & San Diego Trolley San Diego The San Diego Electric Railway is defunct, and is succeeded by the San Diego Trolley. San Francisco Municipal Railway ... Subway Daejeon Gwangju Subway Gwangju flagicon Slovakia Slovakia Tatra Electric Railway ... Sheffield Wath electric railway Manchester Sheffield Wath Manchester to Sheffield Operated 1949 1981 ... more details
Infobox nrhp name South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building nrhp type image South Jersey Gas Camden NJ.JPG caption location 418 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey lat degrees 39 lat minutes 56 lat seconds 51 lat direction N long degrees 75 long minutes 7 long seconds 16 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New Jersey built 1901 architect Stephen, Thomas architecture Beaux Arts added January 5, 2005 area convert 0.4 acre governing body Local refnum 04001436 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref designated other1 name New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 abbr NJRHP designated other1 link New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 date November 8, 2004 designated other1 number 4362 ref name NJRHP cite web title New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Camden County url http www.state.nj.us dep hpo 1identify lists camden.pdf publisher NJ DEP Historic Preservation Office page 12 date April 1, 2010 accessdate September 13, 2010 ref designated other1 num position bottom designated other1 color ffc94b South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building , is located in Camden, New Jersey Camden , New Jersey . The building was built in 1901 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 2005. The building served as the main branch of the Camden Free Public Library after it relcoated from the former Camden Free Public Library Main Building , but was closed in 2011. ref http www.trentonian.com articles 2011 02 10 news doc4d54bc713f0bf205027422.txt?viewmode fullstory ref See also Cooper Library in Johnson Park National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Category Beaux Arts buildings Category Buildings and structures completed in 1901 Category Buildings and structures in Camden County, New Jersey NewJersey NRHP stub ... more details
BritishElectric Vehicles BEV of Southport, Lancashire, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolley s Disambiguation needed date June 2011 for carrying raw materials and products around factories and electric locomotives desirable for use underground and in flammable environments, since 1905. Closed in 1926, the business was purchased by Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool. Then Wingrove & Rogers was purchased by Pikrose Group in Oldham Lancashire, working until 2005 under the Ferranti Engineering company until the mining Electric vehicles business was purchased in mid 2005 by a Peruvian Industrial Group that acquired the manufacturing Engineering and Licensed the BEV Brand. Now the mining electric locomotives in battery and trolley types are being manufactured in the Serminsa Group facilities. Category Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom UK manufacturing company stub auto company stub ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name British Columbia Electric Railway logo filename logo size old gauge marks BCER system map map caption map size image BC Electric trolley buses 1910 crop.jpg thumb image size 220px image caption BCER sightseeing trolley car in 1910 locale southwestern British Columbia and Vancouver Island start year 1891 end year 1989 hq city The British Columbia Electric Railway BCER was a historic Canada Canadian Rail transport railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia . Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Hydro BC Electric , the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the mid 1890s, operating Tram streetcar systems in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver , New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster , North Vancouver, British Columbia North Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia ... River Bridge DEFAULTSORT British Columbia Electric Railway Category Defunct British Columbia ... at Stave Falls from the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Ruskin, British Columbia . BCER interurban trams ran on three lines between Vancouver and New Westminster via Burnaby, British Columbia Burnaby , as well as between Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia Richmond , New Westminster and Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack , and Victoria and North Saanich, British Columbia North Saanich . During and after the Tram streetcar era, BC Electric also ran bus and Trolleybus trolley ..., the provincial government took over BC Electric, with the railway becoming a division of Crown ... and the railway is now known as the Southern Railway of British Columbia and is exclusively a freight railway. File Vintage BC Electric Interurban Car 1231.jpg thumb left A preserved BCER interurban ..., the BCER built an electric interurban railway which connected to its streetcar system. The line ... Bridge Disaster Nelson Electric Tramway restoration operation of a former BCER tram Trolleybuses in Vancouver ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 B.E.F. BritishElectric Foundation are a Band music band production company formed by former The Human League Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh who later became Heaven 17 with lead singer Glenn Gregory . History Ware and Marsh s first release as B.E.F. in 1980, a collection of instrumentals entitled Music For Stowaways , was initially available only on cassette and was inspired by the appearance of the first Sony Walkman at first marketed in the UK as the Sony Stowaway . There was also a vinyl release, Music For Listening To , mainly targeted for export sales, which was slightly truncated though with the addition of a track not found on the cassette . In the late 1990s, a CD release with this title contained the complete contents from both versions. In 1982, with Heaven 17 already established with Glenn Gregory as the lead vocalist, B.E.F. released an album entitled Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One on Virgin Records , which involved other artists covering classic songs. The production was mainly in the Heaven 17 B.E.F. style i.e. synthesisers and LinnDrum s . Tina Turner s version of The Temptations s Ball of Confusion That s What the World Is Today Ball of Confusion drew the attention of Capitol Records and her next single Let s Stay Together , co produced by Ware, peaked at number six in the UK charts and made the US Top 20. B.E.F. s album also featured covers by Billy Mackenzie The Secret Life of Arabia and It s Over, Paul Jones singer Paul Jones There s A Ghost In My House , Paula Yates These Boots Are Made For Walkin , Gary Glitter Suspicious Minds , Bernie Nolan You Keep Me Hangin On , Glenn Gregory Wichita ... artist id p15570 label B.E.F. Heaven 17 Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT B.E.F. Category British electronic music groups Category British New Wave musical groups Category Music in Sheffield de BritishElectric Foundation fr BritishElectric Foundation fi BritishElectric Foundation sv BritishElectric Foundation ... more details
wiktionary gription tractionTraction may refer to Engineering Forces Traction engineering , adhesive friction or force in the context of vehicle Traction vector , in mechanics, the force per unit area on a surface, including normal and shear components Railway electrictraction , the use of electric motors to propel rail cars Other uses Traction agency , San Francisco based interactive advertising agency Traction orthopedics , a set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the skeletal system Traction organization , a non profit activism organization in North Carolina Traction album Traction album , by New Zealand band Supergroove Traction TeamPage , a commercial blog wiki software platform Traction In Game Radio , a software program allowing streaming music from several genres associated with PC game players Traction The Batman , a first season episode of The Batman Traction magazine , covering diesel and electric locomotives of the UK See also Tracktion disambig ca Tracci desambiguaci de Traktion es Tracci n desambiguaci n fr Traction pt Tra o ru ... more details
E5001 at Doncaster Works.JPG 100px British Rail Class 73 Class 73 electric and Diesel power JA or JB 1962 br 1965 67 82 still in use Image 73201 at Woking.jpg 100px British Rail Class 74 Class 74 electric ... 53, above Brush Traction 1961 Scrapped 1976 Image D0280 Location unknown.jpg 100px British Rail Class D2 11 D9998 br See Class D2 11, above Brush Traction 1958 ? British Rail DHP1 DHP1 Clayton 1965 ? British Rail DP1 DP1 Deltic English Electric 1955 Withdrawn 1961, br preserved align center Image ... 2006 British Rail DP2 DP2 English Electric 1962 Scrapped 1967 Image Dp2 kings cross 1963.jpg 100px Demonstration locomotive DP2 at Kings Cross in 1963 British Rail GT3 GT3 br Gas turbine English Electric 1961 Scrapped 1966 British Rail HS4000 HS4000 Kestrel Brush Traction 1968 Scrapped 1989 Image ... British Rail Modern Traction Locomotive Classes Category British Rail Modern Traction Locomotive Classes Category British Rail locomotives Category British railway related lists Modern Traction Locomotive Classes simple List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes ...This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction e.g. diesel locomotive diesel , electric locomotive electric , gas turbine locomotive gas turbine , petrol engine petrol stock used on the mainline network since 1948 i.e. British Rail ways and post privatisation . Diesel locomotives The British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification Modern traction 1955 diesel locomotive classes are given in brackets where applicable. A large number of different shunter types were purchased by British Rail and its predecessors, many of which were withdrawn prior to the introduction of TOPS . The tables below attempt to list the different types and the British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification Modern traction different ... rowspan 2 Image TOPS 1948 1955 1962 1948 1957 colspan 4 British Rail 11104 11104 1950 1 1967 colspan ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester & Dubuque ElectricTraction Company Depot nrhp type image Orchard Gardens Depot 2.jpg caption location Burnsville, Minnesota lat degrees 44 lat minutes 43 lat seconds 20.97 lat direction N long degrees 93 long minutes 17 long seconds 54.13 long direction W locmapin Minnesota area built 1910 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added December 31, 1979 governing body Private refnum 79001222 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref The Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester & Dubuque ElectricTraction Company Depot or Orchard Gardens Railway Station , located at County Road 5 and 155th Street in Burnsville, Minnesota Burnsville in the United States U.S. state of Minnesota was built in 1910 on the Dan Patch Line , later known as the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway . Connecting Northfield, Minnesota Northfield and Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis , the line carried agricultural produce from rural Dakota County, Minnesota Dakota County to urban markets. When Orchard Gardens in Burnsville was platted in 1910, this small depot was added for the area s passengers. Orchard Gardens farmers grew onions, apples, and flowers, and produced eggs and milk until the Great Slump caused locals to find employment in Minneapolis. Then the station attracted more commuters than farmers. ref name nord cite book title The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota last Nord first Mary Ann publisher Minnesota Historical Society date 2003 isbn 0 87351 448 3 ref ref cite web title Historic Sites Burnsville publisher Dakota County Historical Society url http www.dakotahistory.org county burnsville.asp accessdate 2008 02 27 ref References reflist Registered Historic Places Dakota County, Minnesota topics Category Railway stations opened in 1910 Category Railway stations in Minnesota Category Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category Buildings and structures in Dakota County, Minnesota Category ... more details
dablink This article refers to a 1940s electric locomotive. For the diesel locomotive produced by GE Transportation from 2007, see British Rail Class 70 diesel . Infobox Locomotive name Southern Railway Class CC Electrics br British Rail Class 70 powertype Electric image Eastleigh Works geograph 2383942 ... Commons category British Rail Class 70 http www.semgonline.com electric class70 1.html SEMG page SR Locomotives British Rail Locomotives Category Co Co locomotives Category British Rail electric locomotives ... Railway Great Britain SR Ashford railway works Ashford Works 2 br British Railways BR Brighton railway works Brighton Works 1 builddate 1941, 1945, 1948 totalproduction 3 tractionmotors English Electric ... 45000 lbf kN sigfig 3 abbr on railroad Southern Railway Great Britain Southern Railway br British ... DC collectionmethod Third rail mainline , Pantograph rail Pantograph sidings powerclass BR 7P5F The British Rail Class 70 was a class of three 3rd rail Co Co locomotives Co Co electric locomotive s. The initial ... by C. M. Cock who had succeeded Raworth as Electrical Engineer. The third was built by British ... design owed a lot to Southern experience with the British Rail Class 402 2HAL multiple unit design ... of resource. British Railways no. 20003 After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways renumbered ... railway works Brighton . S. B. Warder later to become Chief Electrical Engineer of the British ... 2 inches 5 cm longer with flat British Rail Class 405 4SUB like cab ends, arguably simpler ... soon proved their worth. The six traction motor s providing 1470 hp allowed them to handle 1000 ... multiple units, electric locomotives can suffer from a problem known as gapping becoming ... flywheel on the shaft between the two. The traction current, instead of feeding the traction ... power to reduce or boost the voltage applied to the traction motors. With the generator output polarity ... Booster electric power boosters . The flywheel ensured the generator continued to turn whilst no current ... more details
began operations with single car units on cable traction, additional trailer cars being provided from 1898 onwards, these were converted to electrictraction in 1935. Great Western Railway File GWR ... floor strength for the traction equipment. The result was the British Rail Class 442 ... Diesel And Electric Multiple Units Category British Rail diesel multiple units Category British Rail ... by the method of propulsion Diesel Diesel Multiple Unit DMU , ElectricElectric Multiple Unit EMU or Diesel Electric Diesel Electric Multiple Unit DEMU . The term is also used, more loosely, to describe ... use of diesel and electric multiple units in Great Britain. Pre Nationalisation Prior to the Nationalisation that formed British Railways in 1948, all of the Big Four British railway companies ... Mersey Railway . The LNER was also using electric units on Tyneside Electrics Tyneside . Alongside ... railcars GWR diesel railcars , still in British Railways service in May 1956. The GWR network included ... to the end of steam operation on British Railways in the 1960s. As the last steam railmotors were .... The railcars were also successful and most survived into British Railways ownership, eventually ... Railway expand section date January 2011 Southern Railway Development of electric multiple units on the Southern ... overhead wires where both utilising electric multiple units on commuter routes in their respective territories ... See also London Underground rolling stock Electric multiple units In London, it was not the first ... of unit stock by the District began in 1906, and was electric in nature. Prior to the electrification .... Citation needed date January 2011 . The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Yerkes ... Mk1 750 volt, 3rd rail electric multiple unit at Victoria station. Image 303s 40central.jpg thumb right A first Generation AC EMU in Scotland The Southern Region of British Railways continued the legacy and experience the Southern had created. Southern electric multiple unit s since the late 1920s ... more details
This page lists every electric locomotive electric powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 i.e. British Rail ways and post privatisation . For a historical overview of multiple unit development in Great Britain, see British diesel and electric multiple units . British Rail operated a wide variety of electric multiple unit s for use on Railway ... width 55 Image MR Electric Units Ex MR units Lancaster Morecambe Heysham British Rail Class 300 Class 300 Proposed parcels units British Rail Class AM1 AM1 25 kV AC prototype units British Rail Class 302 Class 302 AM2 London Tilbury Southend File LTS unit class 302 298 1964 Barking.jpg 100px British Rail Class 303 Class 303 AM3 Strathclyde. Also on Greater Manchester area services during 1980s early 1990s. File 303s 40central.jpg 100px British Rail Class 304 Class 304 AM4 ... Electric Multiple Unit Classes Category British Rail Category British Rail electric multiple units Category British railway related lists British Rail electric multiple unit classes simple List of British ... units operate off 650 850 volt V direct current DC from a third rail on the Southern Region of British ... for Transport TransClyde branded British Rail Class 303 Class 303 unrefurbished unit no. 303 ... Eastern British Rail Class 312 Class 312 units nos. 312718 and 312721 at Kirby Cross railway station ... 199795.jpg 100px British Rail Class 305 Class 305 AM5 Chingford, Enfield File 305 plat 8 broken down Stratford.jpg 100px British Rail Class 306 Class 306 AM6 Shenfield inner suburban File Class 306 Green.jpg 100px British Rail Class 307 Class 307 AM7 Southend outer suburban File 307 blue brute Liv St Stn.jpg 100px British Rail Class 308 Class 308 AM8 Eastern Region lines File Britishrailclass308.jpg 100px British Rail Class 309 Class 309 AM9 Clacton Express. File Class 309 NSE & Jaffa Cake.jpg 100px British Rail Class 310 Class 310 AM10 Euston outer suburban. Also West Midlands File 310 blue ... more details
Traction Scania N113 X92 to Doncaster.jpg thumb right 250px A Scania N113 operating with Yorkshire Traction. Image Yorkshire Traction MCW Metroliner.jpg thumb right 250px A MCW Metroliner 400GT coach of Yorkshire Traction, with a Megabus United Kingdom Megabus vehicle behind it. Image Barnsley Tramway Bus shed 06 05 06.jpg thumb right 250px Yorkshire Traction bus depot in Barnsley. Yorkshire Traction was a bus operator in South Yorkshire . Between 1986 and 2005 it was a key part of the Traction Group. In December 2005 it was sold to the Stagecoach Group . History The Yorkshire Traction Company Limited was formed in 1902 as the Barnsley & District ElectricTraction Company Limited . It operated ..., the company was renamed from the Barnsley & District Traction Company Limited the electric ...no footnotes date December 2011 Infobox Defunct Company company name Yorkshire Traction company logo Image Yorkshiretractionlogo.PNG 250px slogan All the way fate Takeover successor Stagecoach Yorkshire ... . Yorkshire Traction was sold by the Government in 1986 to a management team led by Frank Carter ... by purchasing other operators including Barnsley & District formed in July 1990 when Traction ... Coaches a subsidiary of Strathtay , London Traveller 35 owned by Traction, sold in 2002 , Yorkshire Traction and its subsidiaries were owned by The Traction Group, which was owned by Frank Carter, together ... at privatisation. In December 2005 Stagecoach acquired Yorkshire Traction, at the time the largest privately ... Traction with SYT dominating Sheffield and Rotherham. Through the acquisitions of Sheffield Omnibus ... against First Group. Yorkshire Traction had for decades been a major regional operator of National .... References John Banks Prestige Series No.36 Yorkshire Traction 2 http www.mdsbooks.co.uk venture.html Venture Publications ISBN 9781905304110 John Banks Prestige Series No.5 Yorkshire Traction http ... Defunct British Bus Companies Category Former bus operators in England Category Transport in Sheffield ... more details
predecessor English Electric AEI Traction Limited successor GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd, later Alstom Transport industry Mechanical and electrical engineering products Railway traction equipment GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electrictraction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester ... Electric Company plc . History The company s pedigree is traced back to a long list of British companies involved in railway traction almost to the start of the railway age in the first half of the 19th century. ref Bradley, Rodger P, Power for the World s Railways, GEC TRACTION and its predecessors ... 1883 Siemens Brothers UK , London 1850 Vulcan Foundry Limited, Newton le Willows 1847 British Westinghouse Co. Ltd, Manchester 1899 English Electric Company, London, Stafford & Preston 1900 British ..., a new subsidiary company was born, English Electric AEI Traction Ltd . This new organisation slowly integrated together the traction divisions of both AEI and EE, culminating in 1972 when the company was renamed GEC Traction Ltd . Also added to the company was the Industrial Locomotive Division of the former English Electric which was based at Vulcan Works, Newton le Willows this later ...Infobox company company name GEC Traction Limited company logo Image GEC Traction name block.jpg 250px ... of predecessor companies ref GEC Traction Limited publication GET GP 3501 067350 GSP ref are the following .... In the following year GEC merged with took over the English Electric English Electric Co EE , thus ... in Newcastle. For the greater part of the 18 years in which the Company existed under the name GEC Traction it was the leading supplier of traction equipment in the UK and also had wide markets around ... G n rale d Electricit CGE . As a result, GEC Traction became a subsidiary of this newly formed Anglo French group, GEC Alsthom, and was consequently renamed GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd on July 1st 1989 ... more details
systems third and fourth rails Great Britain . A list of current systems for electric rail traction provides further detail. See also Traction powerstation Railway electrification system Railway electrification DEFAULTSORT Traction substation Category Electrical power conversion Category Electric rail transport Category Traction power networks cs M n rna de Bahnstromumformerwerk et Veoalajaam ...Unreferenced date December 2009 File Karlsruhe Traction Current Converter Plant.JPG thumb 300px Karlsruhe traction current converter plant A traction substation or traction current converter plant is an electrical substation that converts electric power from the form provided by the electrical power industry for public utility service to an appropriate voltage , Electric current current type and frequency to supply railways, trams streetcars and or trolleybuses with traction current . Conversions These systems can be used to convert Three phase electric power three phase 50Hz or 60Hz alternating current AC for the supply of AC railway electrification system s at a lower frequency and Single phase electric power single phase , as used by many older systems, or to Rectifier rectify AC into direct current DC for those systems primarily public transit systems using DC for traction power. Equipment Rotating Originally, the conversion equipment usually consisted of one or more motor generator ... for conversion from AC power to DC traction power. Location Traction current converter plants are either decentralized where one plant directly supplies the overhead lines or third rail of the traction system, with no feed into a traction current distribution network or centralized for the supply of the traction power network , usually in addition to the direct supply of the overhead lines or third rail . Central traction current converter plants are generally found in Germany primarily in the cities of Neckarwestheim , Ulm , Nuremberg , Austria and Switzerland , while decentralized traction ... more details
Traction works in Loughborough This article is about a British rail locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto maker, see Brush Motor Car Company Brush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway ... in Glasgow . In 1889 the assets were taken over by the Anglo American Brush Electric Light Corporation, which had been set up as the British arm of Charles Francis Brush s Brush Electric Company in America ... British Railways two tone green livery. Between 1901 and 1905 the Brushmobile electric car was developed ... Electric Power Group it then passed to BTR plc and became Brush Traction . It is now part of FKI Energy ... Brush manufactured various diesel and electric locomotives for the British railway network British Rail Class 31 Class 31 Brush Type 2 mixed traffic diesel locomotive British Rail Class 47 Class 47 Brush Type 4 mixed traffic diesel locomotive manufacture shared with BR British Rail Class 53 Class 53 Falcon prototype diesel locomotive British Rail Class 57 Class 57 re engineered diesel locomotive ... Rail Class 89 Class 89 prototype electric locomotive British Rail Class 92 Class 92 dual voltage electric ... in the UK, and to Canada and Taiwan. Traction equipment was also supplied to British Rail for various Electric Multiple Unit trains, the British Rail Class 43 HST Class 43 HST diesel locomotive, similar ... thumb right British Rail Class 47 Class 47 diesel locomotive, no. 47815 Abertawe Landore at York Railfest ... Brush Bagnall Traction Limited was formed. ref http www.brc stockbook.co.uk Bagnall.HTM ref When British Railways began to replace its fleet of steam engines, Brush entered the market for main line diesel electric locomotives. In 1957 it and Brush Electrical Machines were bought up by Hawker ... Traction Company and is in use for the building, overhaul and repair of locomotives. On 28 February 2011, Wabtec announced it would purchase Brush Traction for US dollar US 31 million. ref cite ... title Wabtec buys Brush Traction accessdate 28 February 2011 date 28 February 2011 publisher ... more details
A traction power station is a power station that produces only traction current , that is, electric current used for railway s, tram s, trolleybus es or other conveyances. Pure traction power stations are rare and there are many more power stations that generate current for other purposes, such as standard three phase alternating current AC , in addition to traction current. Hydroelectricity Hydroelectric power stations, conventional thermal power stations and Nuclear reactor nuclear power stations can be used as traction power stations wind and solar power stations for the production of traction current currently do not exist Fact date February 2007 but could be used for this goal also. Examples Muldenstein de Muldenstein , in the former East Germany http en.structurae.de structures data index.cfm?ID s0017514 . Nuclear power station Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant GKN Block 1 The only nuclear power station that produces traction current directly with the world s largest generator for single phase AC. Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station , Bavaria , Germany Pumped storage hydroelectricity Pump storage power station Langenprozelten , Germany Gro kraftwerk Power Station in Mannheim , Germany Former Newport A Power Station, Victoria Newport A Power Station, operated by the Victorian Railways in Melbourne , Australia Safe Harbor Dam , Conowingo Dam , and Holtwood Dam on the Susquehanna River provide 25 Hz traction power for the Northeast Corridor in the United States See also Railway electrification system Traction substation Traction power network Category Power station technology Category Electric rail transport Category Traction power networks Powerstation stub cs M n rna de Bahnstrom Bahnkraftwerke et Veoalajaam ... more details
see also Electric vehicle Electric motor Traction motor refers to an electric motor providing the primary rotational torque of a machine, usually for conversion into linear motion traction engineering traction . Traction motors are used in electrically powered rail vehicles such as electric multiple unit s and electric locomotive s, other electric vehicles such as electric milk float s, elevator s, conveyors ... tgvpages motrice.html Under the Hood of a TGV ref The DC motor was the mainstay of electrictraction drives on both electric and diesel electric locomotives, street cars trams and diesel electric ... ev Information About Electric Vehicles Electric motor DEFAULTSORT Traction Motor Category Locomotive ... locomotive Transmission types diesel electric , electric hybrid vehicles and battery electric vehicles . Additionally, electric motors in other products such as the main motor in a washing machines washing machine are described as traction motors. Transportation applications Railroad Traditionally, these were Brushed DC electric motor Wound stators series wound brushed DC motors , usually running ... induction motor s known as asynchronous traction motors. synchronous motor Synchronous AC motor s are also ... standard practice to provide one traction motor driving each axle through a gear drive. Usually, the traction motor is three point suspended between the bogie frame and the driven axle this is referred to as a nose suspended traction motor . The problem with such an arrangement is that a portion ... Road class EP 2 Bi Polar electric locomotives built by General Electric for the Milwaukee .... By mounting the relatively heavy traction motor directly to the power car s frame rather than to the bogie ... generates electric power, returns that power to the electric lines, and acts as a brake to prevent ... the motor from the line entirely would make the train go faster . On an electric train, the train .... Road vehicles see also Hybrid electric vehicle battery electric vehicle Traditionally road vehicles ... more details
Image Traction engine exedon lad.jpg thumb 350px A typical preserved traction engine 1910 Wiliam Allchin ... A traction engine is a self propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground ... the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it. They are sometimes called ... that run on rails. Traction engines tend to be large, robust and powerful, but heavy, slow, and have ..., although some continued in commercial use in the UK into the 1950s and later. All types of traction ... countries, where visitors can experience working traction engines at close hand. Traction ... to appear until the early years of the 19th century. The traction engine, in the form recognisable .... ref cite book last Bonnett first Harold title Discovering Traction Engines publisher Shire Publications ... the first to be referred to as traction engines such as the Boydell engines manufactured by various ... experimentation but by the end of the decade the standard form of the traction engine had evolved ... in North America, this led to the American development of the steam tractor . British companies ... I First World War when there was a glut of surplus equipment available as a result of British Government ... Initially, imported oil was taxed much more than British produced coal, but in 1934 Oliver Stanley , the Secretary ... new UK built traction engines were constructed during the 1930s, although many continued in commercial ... order. Traction engine rallies began, initially as races between engine owners and their charges, later .... It has been estimated By whom date May 2011 that over two thousand traction engines have been preserved ... worked Although the first traction engines employed a chain drive, it is more typical for large gears ... traction engines used a four wheel drive variation, and some experimented with an early form of caterpillar ... showing the steam cycle of a traction engine, the operation of the valve gear and the reversing ... Animation Flash showing the steam cycle and reversing mechanism of a traction engine BR ... more details
Hanson Traction Ltd are a locomotive leasing company based at Washwood Heath , Birmingham , West Midlands county West Midlands . The company own seven locomotives, consisting of four British Rail Class 56 class 56 s two of which are stored , one British Rail Class 50 class 50 and two British Rail Class 31 class 31 s. They are notable for the fact that they were the first company to return class 56 locomotives to mainline use in the United Kingdom ref http www.wnxx.com archive news 2007 0712.htm ref after the previous fleet operated by Fastline Freight was withdrawn in 2008, owing to a decline in traffic levels specifically the intermodal arm . History Hanson Traction was founded by IT entrepreneur ... blue liveried No. 56057 British Nuclear Fuels in 2008. The locomotive later became 56311 and was painted ... logos DCR being a subsidiary of British American Railway Services, the present owners of Hanson Traction . Two further 56 s, No s 56114 and 56128 were also purchased with the view to returning them ... unit to 56311, so this is also unlikely to return to use any time soon. Hanson Traction also own ..., which it carried when it was in service with British Rail . 31452 has remained inactive during 2011 ... s BR blue class 47 No. 47270 Swift had a short spell with Hanson Traction before he parted ways .... Hanson Traction s core depot is the former Alstom facility at Washwood Heath in the West Midlands, which it began using in 2009. In October 2010, the company was merged into the operations of British American Railway Services BARS , a British railway rolling stock hire, maintenance company and railway ... of BARS. ref http www.weardale railway.org.uk ref The acquisition of Hanson Traction by BARS ... Source of spares. 56311 formerly 56057 British Nuclear Fuels DCR grey & yellow Washwood Heath ... to mainline use. External links Hanson Traction official website http www.hansontraction.co.uk HTLsplash.html References reflist British Rail Spot Hire Companies Category Rolling stock leasing companies ... more details
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