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Robin9 · April 19th 16, 05:38 AM

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(Robin9) wrote:

On 18/04/2016 06:41, Charles Ellson wrote:
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More expensive, obsolete, less efficient and it's heading toward 25kV
territory.
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just as the DC line does beyond Harrow?-
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That was electrified over a century ago.-

Maybe that line was electrified over a century ago, but lots of the SE
(in the 90s?)

The line between Woking and Weymouth was electrified in
the 1960s at very low cost. I used to travel on that route
frequently. The third rail system did not stop those trains from

The 1967 electrification only extended to Bournemouth and ended steam on the
Southern Region. 12-car trains consisted of two 4-TC unpowered 4-car units
with a 4-REP tractor unit at the London end. A class 33 diesel took the
front 4-TC unit on to Weymouth and back. Some workings used class 73s with a
3-TC unit at the London end instead of the 4-REP. Later they converted more
4-REPs and extended the 3-TCs to 4 cars. Then the electrification was
extended to Weymouth in the 1990s and introduced the class 442 Wessex
electrics, re-using the REP traction motors which are higher-powered than
any others used on EMU stock.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Thank for the correction. My memory playing tricks again! However,
coming back to the idea that third rail limits high speed running,
what speeds are routinely achieved between Southampton and
Woking?