Metropolitan-Vickers Bo-Bo Electric Profile and Models

Metropolitan-Vickers Bo-Bo Electric

No. 12 'Sarah Siddons' at Old Oak Common Depot in January 2011. ©Steve Knight

In the early 1920s, the Metropolitan placed an order with Metropolitan-Vickers of Barrow-in-Furness for rebuilding their twenty electric locomotives. When work started on the first locomotive, it was found to be impractical and uneconomical and the order was changed to building completely new locomotives using some equipment recovered from the originals. The locomotives were all named, the first nameplates being fitted on 18 March 1927. Nineteen of the names chosen were of people, real or fictitious, who had a connection with the area served by the Metropolitan. After electrification to Amersham was completed in 1961, the locomotives were withdrawn from passenger service although three were kept as shunters.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Electric

Builder

Metropolitan-Vickers

Build Dates

1922 to 1923

Total Built

20

Tractive Effort

Unknown

Power Output

1,200 hp

Top Speed

65 mph

Wheel Configuration

Bo-Bo

Operated By

Metropolitan Railway
London Underground

Main Duties

Passenger Services
Shunting

In Service Until

1962

Surviving Examples

2