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Number built: | 10 |
Built: | 1905 |
Builder: | Metropolitan Carriage and Wagon Company |
Engine: | 4 British Thomson-Houston GE69 traction motors (600v DC fourth rail) |
Power: | 800 hp (597 kW) |
Wheel arrangement: | Bo-Bo |
The locomotives were equipped with British Thomson-Houston traction equipment though in 1922 the traction motors were replaced by GE260 from F Stock. Three locomotives were scrapped in 1911 though the rest remained in service until 1939 when the LTSR service was withdrawn.
Model of locomotive at London Transport Museum |
Public domain image [3] |
Public domain image [3] |
[2] R.L. Vickers, DC Electric Trains & Locomotives in the British Isles (David & Charles, 1986) p. 29
[3] Street Railway Journal p. 46