Talk:British Rail Class 401

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Voltage[edit]

The 2Bil sets (like all pre-1955 SR stock) were built for 660 volts. The uprating of routes from 660V to 750v was done in stages and I don't think the 2Bil sets were ever used on 750V lines. See Railway_electrification_in_Great_Britain#650_V-850_V_DC.2C_Third_rail_.22Southern_Electric.22 Biscuittin (talk) 16:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

That new photo is much better then the old photo 90.242.161.180 (talk) 07:29, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]