tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post7242737928391308052..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Greenly Generates Interest ... (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-5888860110687617902020-07-30T21:12:16.688+01:002020-07-30T21:12:16.688+01:00I've just noticed that fbb did mention the New...I've just noticed that fbb did mention the Newport-Shildon electrification - sorry! One other interesting scheme was high-voltage overhead scheme on the Lancashire & Yorkshire's Holcombe Brook branch which was basically an experiment by Dick, Kerr & Co.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-186440651692557972020-07-30T10:43:41.397+01:002020-07-30T10:43:41.397+01:00The picture of the red train on the viaduct is on ...The picture of the red train on the viaduct is on the Bernina line in Switzerland, not the Valtellina - though the two do meet at Tirano, just over the Swiss/Italian border. If you'd illustrated the Italian line it could (sadly,based on what we saw last Autum) be a heavily graffitied mess, not the Rhaetian Railway's smart stock.Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-8576612076429772172020-07-30T08:42:22.159+01:002020-07-30T08:42:22.159+01:00The NER did get as far as building a 2-Co-2 protot...The NER did get as far as building a 2-Co-2 prototype main line electric loco, perhaps prophetically giving it the unlucky number 13.<br /><br />More information and photos on the excellent LNER website (no, not that LNER!), https://www.lner.info/locos/Electric/ee1.phpMan of Kentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-19671474736426086842020-07-30T07:02:07.554+01:002020-07-30T07:02:07.554+01:00Two thoughts on the NER electrification. The Quays...Two thoughts on the NER electrification. The Quayside branch was of course part of the Tyneside suburban electrification which used third rail pick-up. However overhead was used on the quay because this was where shunting took place and people walked about - it was a safety issue. The same happened in goods yards with the Kent Coast electrication in the late 50s, with the E5000 (Class 71) locos being fitted with pantographs as well as collector shoes.<br /><br />Second, the North Eastern had main line electric haulage on the Shildon-Newport line (18 miles) from 1915, with ten locomotives. However this was exclusively for coal traffic not passenger. Traffic declined during the 1930s due to the Depression and, when the electrical equipment came up for renewal, it wasn't felt viable to replace it. So the line reverted to steam haulage although the locos were retained for reuse on the Woodhead line. That never happened although they all survived into BR days with one ending up as a shunter in Ilford carriage sidings after the Great Eastern suburban lines has been electrified after WW2.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.com