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Metropolitan Railway BTH Locomotives

Following on a year after the first batch of locomotives for the Metropolitan Railway, were these locomotives which used British Thomson-Houston electrical equipment and General Electric motors. Unlike the earlier locomotives which had a central cab, these locomotives had a cab at each end. In 1919 the BTH equipment was replaced by Westinghouse.
No. 11 [1]


Information
Number built: 10
Built: 1907
Builder: Metropolitan Amalgamated / British Thomson-Houston
Motor: 4 GE69 electric motors (600v DC third rail)
Power: 800 hp (567 kW)
Formation: Bo-Bo

In the 1920s the Metropolitan Railway decided to have it's electric locomotives rebuilt by Metropolitan Vickers though this was quickly changed into an order for twenty new locomotives, which reused equipment from the earlier two batches. The BTH locomotives were withdrawn in the early 1920s.
Another view of No. 11 [1]

Inside showing the electric equipment, notice no cab partition [1]

Cab controls [1]



[1] "Metropolitan Railway locomotives for passenger and goods service", Railway Times (Aug 17 1907) p. 173