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ELECTRICITY IN TRANSPORT: OVER SIXTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 1883-1950

by H.H. Andrews

Published by The English Electric Company Limited. 1st. 1951

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. This book gives the story of the achievements of the English Electric Group in the application of electricity to transport. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. 183 pages.

Titles are fadedbut boards are clean. Light browning to text block and endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners with closed tears and is a little grubby; foxing to verso. Musty odour present.

Stock no. 1830821

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Contents

  • The ENGLISH ELECTRIC Company Limited
  • Its special position in the world of electric traction. Historical note
  • Electricity in Transport
  • Introduction
  • The Early Days of Electric Traction
  • Until 1918
  • Railway Electrification
  • Diesel-Electric Traction
  • Tramways
  • Trolleybuses
  • Industrial and Mining Locomotives
  • Appendix A
  • Electric Railway Traction Equipment supplied by The ENGLISH ELECTRIC Company Limited and its predecessors 1883-1950
  • Appendix B
  • Diesel-Electric Railway Traction Equipment supplied by The ENGLISH ELECTRIC Company Ltd
  • Appendix C
  • Mercury Arc Rectifier Equipment supplied by The ENGLISH ELECTRIC Company Ltd for Traction Supply
  • Appendix D
  • Photographs of Typical Driving Components
  • Appendix E
  • Photographs of Typical Rail Traction Diesel Engines
  • Appendix F
  • Photographs of Typical Motors, Generators and Motor-Generator Sets

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