Pioneer Electrics. A Survey of Railway Electrification

Stock Code:
BAD6663
Price:
$15.00

Description

Pioneer Electrics. A Survey of Railway Electrification in the South Island. By A. J. Pickering and Edited by I. D. Spicer. On August 4, 1923, the New Zealand Government Railways inaugurated its first electrified section of main-line railway between Otira and Arthur's Pass on the South Island Midland Line. The locomotives used on this section were possibly the first main line electrics ever built by English Electric, a recent amalgamation of large electrical firms including Dick Kerr, known for the building of tramcars, at whose work the engines were built. These locomotives, confined as they were to a restricted and out-of-the-way area, have received scant attention in railway litererture; yet they were in many respects as historically important, aesthetically appealing and as remarkable in performance as many a more numerous and ubiquitous class of steam or diesel engines, as this booklet hopes to show.

Details

  • Author:
    Pickering, A. J. (et al)
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    The Tramway Hist. Soc. Inc
  • Edition:
    Frist
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    Railways0
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    32
  • Publish Date:
    1970
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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