The Worcester Electric Traction Company operated a tramway service in Worcester between 1904 and 1928. The Worcester Tramways Act 1901 authorised the electrification...
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British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE...
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acquired several smaller companies. The New Jersey-based Worcester Traction Company acquired the WCSR in 1894. Other companies built a network of rural...
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the Worcester (Extension) Light Railway Order of 1902 gave the British Electric Traction subsidiary company, Worcester Electric Traction Company, authority...
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Potteries Electric Traction Company operated a tramway service in The Potteries between 1899 and 1928. British Electric Traction incorporated a new company on...
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and Northern Electric Railroad Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad Babylon Railroad Ballston Terminal Railroad Batavia Traction Company Belt Line Railway...
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The Connecticut Company was the primary electric street railway company in the U.S. state of Connecticut, operating both city and rural trolleys and freight...
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Bushmills–Giant's Causeway opened 1 July 1887. World's first use of electric traction with hydroelectric generation. Track built in street in Portrush....
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to develop and manufacture electric motors in 2011. The JV, called EM-motive GmbH, manufactures traction motors for electric, fuel cell and extended-range...
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The Worcester Power Stations were a series of hydro-electric and coal-fired generating stations providing electricity to the City of Worcester. There were...
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District Electric Traction Company operated a tramway service in North Shields, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay between 1901 and 1931. The company was formed...
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Worcestershire Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company (defunct) Worcester Electric Traction Company (defunct) Scotland Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway...
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District Electric Light and Traction Company operated a passenger tramway service in Musselburgh between 1904 and 1928. The National Electric Construction...
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The City of Oxford and District Tramway Company and its successor the City of Oxford Electric Traction Company operated a horse-drawn passenger tramway...
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Chicago Surface Lines (category Electric railways in Illinois)
companies, the Chicago City Railway Company and Chicago Railways, and established a new bureau, the Board of Supervising Engineers (Chicago Traction)...
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British Rail Class 323 (category British Rail electric multiple units)
4: Electric Multiple Units (7th ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. pp. 38–39. ISBN 9781872524603. "Class 323 Electric Multiple Unit Traction Upgrade"...
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Peterborough Tramways (redirect from Peterborough Electric Traction Company)
Peterborough's electric tram system was superseded by a motorbus system which was an original component of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company. List of town...
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Transit Company Citizens Railway, Light and Power Company Danville Traction and Power Company Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Hampton Roads Traction Company...
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First Potteries (redirect from Potteries Motor Traction)
Potteries Electric Traction Company List of bus operators of the United Kingdom Companies House extract company no 2291753 First Potteries Limited Companies House...
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Northern Railroad, The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company and the Milwaukee and Cream City Traction Company, and receiver for Northern Pacific...
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nature of steam locomotive use. The rapid introduction of diesel and electric traction eliminated steam from mainline use by 1968, but many unsuitable designs...
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Review". The Coconino Sun. June 18, 1920. Retrieved December 19, 2019. "Traction Company Quits". Arizona Republican. June 21, 1920. p. 2. Retrieved December...
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Tramways Company was purchased by British Electric Traction A programme of modernisation was undertaken and the service was converted for electric traction. The...
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was a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction and services begun on 31 October 1902. In early 1898, three companies had applied for local tramway systems...
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the operation was taken over by a new company, the Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company. The Golden Age of Tramways. Published...
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extension from Groudle to Laxey), the company was known as the Douglas and Laxey Coast Electric Tramway Company. Construction of this next stage started...
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other diesel locomotives were diesel-electric, the Western Region employed a policy of using diesel-hydraulic traction, originally commissioning three classes...
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William Caryl Ely (category People from Worcester, New York)
stock of which was owned and held by the International Traction Company, the holding company, both of which Ely was president. J.P. Morgan & Co. were...
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Midland Red (redirect from Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited)
The company also manufactured buses. In 1899 the British Electric Traction (BET) company acquired the assets of the Birmingham General Omnibus Company, which...
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length Number of Stops Lines Traction type Date opened Notes Blackpool Blackpool Tramway 4.7 17 km (11 mi) 39 3 Electric 29 September 1885 Edinburgh Edinburgh...
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