British Rail Class EE1
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British Rail Class EE1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was an electrically powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period and a successor to the EB1 class.
[edit] Specification
- Numbers: (NER) 13; (LNER) 6999; (BR) 26600
- Wheel arrangement: 2-Co-2
- Introduced: 1922
- Builder: North Eastern Railway
- Motors: 6x300hp, Metropolitan-Vickers
- Total power: 1,800hp (1,343 KW)
- Supply: 1,500V DC overhead
In the 1920s the North Eastern Railway made plans to electrify its York-Newcastle main line and this locomotive was built for hauling passenger trains. It had an electrically-heated boiler to generate steam for train heating.
The wheels were arranged as in a 4-6-4 steam locomotive and the driving wheels were 6ft 8in diameter. Each of the three driving axles was powered by a pair of traction motors. Electric locomotives of this design were common in continental Europe but this was the only example on a British railway.
After grouping in 1923 the London and North Eastern Railway dropped the electrification project so (apart from some trials on the Shildon line) the locomotive was never used. It survived into British Railways ownership but, sadly, it was scrapped in 1950.
[edit] Sources
- The Electric Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway by K. Hoole, published by the Oakwood Press in 1988, ISBN 0 85361 367 2
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