SR Class SL
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The Southern Railway (SR) in the UK gave the designation SL to the fleet of AC overhead electric multiple units used on the South London Line between Victoria and London Bridge station. These had been built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1909, but with the abandonment of the Elevated Electric service in 1928 they were converted to DC third rail units.
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LB&SCR South London stock | |
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In service | 1909 - 1928 |
Manufacturer | Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd |
Refurbished | Rebuilt as DC units 1928/9 |
Number built | Eight 3-car sets later rebuilt as 16 2-car sets |
Formation | 3 cars sets: DMBT-TF-DMBT later 2 car sets: DMBT-DTC |
Capacity | 3-sets: 74 First, 144 Third |
Operators | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway |
Specifications | |
Car length | 63 ft 7 in (19.38 m) |
Width | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Weight | DMBT: 54 long tons (54.9 t; 60.5 short tons) TF: 30 long tons (30.5 t; 33.6 short tons) DTC: 20.40 long tons (20.7 t; 22.8 short tons) |
Power output | 3-sets: 920 hp (686 kW); 2-sets: 460 hp (343 kW) |
Transmission | Four Winter Eichberg traction motors of 115 hp (86 kW) each. |
Electric system(s) | 6.7 kV AC overhead lines |
Current collector(s) | Bow collector |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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