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    FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES

    Oct 04, 2021 2 minutes
    JW ELLSON

    100 YEARS AGO

    OCTOBER 1921

    Railway Electrification Report

    HE Electrification Committee appointed by the Ministry of Transport has now published its final report. This embodies the interim report published last year, and which recommended direct current for future electrification schemes, with a special exception in the case of the Brighton Company; 1500 Volts was

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