The Southern Electric Story
Author | : Michael Baker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : 9780947971854 |
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Author | : Michael Baker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : 9780947971854 |
Author | : Phillips C. Kauke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781930013155 |
Author | : Clive Collier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Industries |
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Author | : Bryan W Rayner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
ISBN | : 9780906988091 |
Author | : James F. Crist |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Electric industries |
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Author | : G. t Moody |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1957 |
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Author | : George Thomas Moody |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Electric railroads |
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Author | : Peter Steer |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 703 |
Release | : 2022-05-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1526778424 |
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Author | : Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 025301770X |
From 1901 to 1938 the Lake Shore Electric claimed to be—and was considered by many—"The Greatest Electric Railway in the United States." It followed the shore of Lake Erie, connecting Cleveland and Toledo with a high-speed, limited-stop service and pioneered a form of intermodal transportation three decades before the rest of the industry. To millions of people the bright orange electric cars were an economical and comfortable means of escaping the urban mills and shops or the humdrum of rural life. In summers during the glory years there were never enough cars to handle the crowds. After reaching its peak in the early 1920s, however, the Lake Shore Electric suffered the fate of most of its sister lines: it was now competing with automobiles, trucks, and buses and could not rival them in convenience. The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story tells the story of this fascinating chapter in interurban transportation, including the missed opportunities that might have saved this railway.
Author | : George Thomas Moody |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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