Railway - Metropolitan Electric Locomotive 'Sarah Siddons', London - postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Metropolitan Electric Railway Locomotive 'Sarah Siddons' (London Underground) - built 1920-22
• Publisher:  London Transport, c.1970s
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives were used on London's Metropolitan Railway with conventional carriage stock. On the outer suburban routes an electric locomotive was used at the Baker Street end that was exchanged for a steam locomotive en route.

The first ten had a central cab and were known as camel-backs, and these entered service in 1906. A year later another ten units with a box design and a driving position both ends arrived. These were replaced by more powerful units in the early 1920s.

The locomotives were withdrawn from passenger service in 1962 after electrification reached Amersham and the A Stock electric multiple units entered service. One locomotive is preserved as a static display at London Transport Museum and another, No. 12 Sarah Siddons, has been used for heritage events.

The Metropolitan Railway ordered electric locomotives from British Westinghouse and made by Metropolitan Amalgamated. The first ten were built with Westinghouse electrical control equipment and entered service in 1906. These 'camel-back' bogie locomotives featured a central cab,^[1] weighed 50 tons, where 35 feet 9 inches (10.90 m) long over the buffers and had four 215 hp (160 kW) traction motors. Initially there was only one position for the driver which give difficulties, and a second master controller was soon added.^[2]

type=printed

period=post-war (1945 - present)

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size=continental/ modern (150x100mm)

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