Heysham Electric Locomotive 1 |
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Number built: | 4 |
Built: | 1928, 1936, 1944, 1946 |
Builder: | Hawthorn & Leslie / Robert Stevenson & Hawthorn |
Motor: | 4 BTH traction motors (500v DC OHLE / battery) |
Power: | (First 2) 180 hp (134 kW) (Last 2) 260 hp (193 kW) |
Wheel arrangement: | Bo-Bo |
Following the closure of Kearsley Power Station in 1982 two locomotives were converted to battery operation [4] with the pantograph removed and batteries fitted in the cab. These worked at Heysham Nuclear Power Station until 2009. Three of the four (locomotives 1 to 3 in fact) locomotives have been preserved.
Heysham No. 1 seen at the now defunct Electric Railway Museum |
Kearsley Electric Locomotive 1 |
Another view of Heysham No. 1 |
[1] R.L. Vickers, DC Electric Locomotives in the British Isles (David & Charles, 1986) p. 95
[2] Electric Railway Museum - Full Stocklist <http://www.electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk/old/collect.htm>
[3] Michael Poulter, Industrial Railways in Colour (North West) (Irwell Press, 2009) p. 51
[4] Industrial Locomotives Handbook 13EL (Industrial Railway Society, 2003) p. 114