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London Underground electric locomotives

Index London Underground electric locomotives

Electric locomotives were first used on the London Underground when the first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), was opened in 1890. [1]

44 relations: Acton, London, Armature (electrical engineering), Bank and Monument stations, Beyer, Peacock and Company, Bo-Bo, Board of Trade, Brushed DC electric motor, Central line (London Underground), Central London Railway, City and South London Railway, Crompton Parkinson, Departmental vehicle, District Railway, Earl's Court tube station, Edward Hopkinson, Edward VII, Electric multiple unit, Epping tube station, General Electric, Glasgow Subway, Ian Allan Publishing, King William Street tube station, Liverpool Street station, London and North Western Railway, London Transport Museum, London Underground, London Underground 1906 Stock, London Underground 1938 Stock, London Underground battery-electric locomotives, London Underground F Stock, London Underground rolling stock, London Underground Standard Stock, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Mansion House tube station, Mather & Platt, Metropolitan line, Metropolitan Railway, Moorgate station, Outer Circle (London), Regenerative brake, Science Museum, London, Third rail, Unsprung mass, Work train.

Acton, London

Acton is an area of west London, England, within the London Borough of Ealing.

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Armature (electrical engineering)

In electrical engineering, an armature is the power-producing component of an electric machine.

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Bank and Monument stations

Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London.

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Beyer, Peacock and Company

Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester.

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Bo-Bo

B-B and Bo-Bo are the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.

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Brushed DC electric motor

A brushed DC motor is an internally commutated electric motor designed to be run from a direct current power source.

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Central line (London Underground)

The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from, Essex, in the north-east to and in the west.

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Central London Railway

The Central London Railway (CLR), also known as the Twopenny Tube, was a deep-level, underground "tube" railwayA "tube" railway is an underground railway constructed in a cylindrical tunnel by the use of a tunnelling shield, usually deep below ground level.

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City and South London Railway

The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.

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Crompton Parkinson

Crompton Parkinson was a British electrical manufacturing company.

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Departmental vehicle

Departmental vehicles, also called departmental wagons or engineering vehicles, are special railway vehicles used to support the engineering functions of the railway.

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District Railway

The Metropolitan District Railway (commonly known as the District Railway) was a passenger railway that served London from 1868 to 1933.

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Earl's Court tube station

Earl's Court is a London Underground station on the District and Piccadilly lines.

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Edward Hopkinson

Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.

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Epping tube station

Epping is a London Underground station in the market town of Epping in Essex, England.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing is a UK publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.

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King William Street tube station

King William Street was the original but short-lived northern terminus of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the first deep-level underground railway in London and one of the component parts of the London Underground's Northern line.

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Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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London Transport Museum

The London Transport Museum, or LT Museum based in Covent Garden, London, seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of Britain's capital city.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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London Underground 1906 Stock

The 1906 Stock, also known as "Gate Stock", was built for the Yerkes tube lines, Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR), Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), and Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR).

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London Underground 1938 Stock

The 1938 Tube Stock is a London Underground tube stock design.

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London Underground battery-electric locomotives

London Underground battery-electric locomotives are battery locomotives used for hauling engineers' trains on the London Underground network where they can operate when the electric traction current is switched off.

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London Underground F Stock

The F Stock was built in 1920 and 1921 for the District Railway (later the London Underground District line) by the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Co (later Metropolitan Cammell).

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London Underground rolling stock

London Underground rolling stock includes the electric multiple units that run on the London Underground.

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London Underground Standard Stock

The Standard Stock title was applied to a variety of Tube stock built between 1923 and 1934, all of which shared the same basic characteristics, but with some detailed differences.

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London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including,,,, Tilbury, Southend and.

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Mansion House tube station

Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London which takes its name from Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of London.

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Mather & Platt

Mather & Platt is the name of several large engineering firms in Europe, South Africa and Asia that are subsidiaries of Wilo SE, Germany or were founded by former employees.

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Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line (colloquially known as the Met) is a London Underground line that runs between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in the western London Borough of Hillingdon.

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Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

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Moorgate station

Moorgate is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London.

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Outer Circle (London)

The Outer Circle was a London & North Western Railway service in London that operated from 1872 to 1908.

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Regenerative brake

Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism which slows a vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy into a form which can be either used immediately or stored until needed.

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Science Museum, London

The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.

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Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Unsprung mass

In a ground vehicle with a suspension, the unsprung mass (or the unsprung weight) is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them, rather than supported by the suspension (the mass of the body and other components supported by the suspension is the sprung mass).

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Work train

A work train or departmental train (engineering train in the UK) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator.

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City & South London Railway locomotives, London Underground Electric Locomotives.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_electric_locomotives

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