National Railway Museum, Shildon (Locomotion), 2012: Modern traction
18 photos of diesel and electric locos and trains, APT - E and Britain's first track machine.
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Southern Rly 75.S, Locomotion, National Railway Museum, Shildon 1: Mon 8 October 2012. 4w third rail electric loco built by Siemens (8 / 1898) for the LSWR's Waterloo & City underground line. It opened in 1898 and was initially electrified at 500V DC, later raised to 600V.
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![North Eastern Rly No 1 [ 26500 ], Locomotion, National Railway Museum, Shildon, 23 April 2005. 600hp, 600V DC Bo-Bo loco built in 1905 by Brush with electrical equipment by British Thomson Houston for the NER's freight only Quayside branch in Newcastle. Fitted with conductor shoes and a pantograph on the roof, as the branch had an overhead wire but a third rail in a tunnel. Worked on the branch with a sister loco until it closed in 1964.](https://photos.smugmug.com/BritishheritagerailwaysI/Shildon-Locomotion-2012-Modern/i-tbwnf2q/0/b093b5fc/Ti/2012-10-08_0025cw-Ti.jpg)
