Author: Peter Steer
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526778424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Alfred Raworth's Electric Southern Railway
Author: Peter Steer
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526778424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526778424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
A History of the Southern Railway
Author: Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Electric Railway Journal
The Southern Electric Story
Author: Michael Baker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947971854
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947971854
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A History of the Southern Railway
Author: Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Electric Railway Practices
Author: American Transit Association. Charles A. Coffin Prize Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Presentations made to the Charles A. Coffin Foundation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Presentations made to the Charles A. Coffin Foundation.
Southern Railway
Author: Brian Haresnape
Publisher: Allan
ISBN: 9780711012035
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher: Allan
ISBN: 9780711012035
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Electric Railway Service
Branch Lines of the Southern Railway
Author: George Reeve
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906867013
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906867013
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description