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	Rail Blue - The Definitive BR First Generation Traction Website
		In 1955 the then British Transport Commission unveiled the 'Modernisation Programme'; an ambitious scheme to improve British Railways infrastructure, traction and services after the ravages of the then comparatively recent war years.
		Included in the plan was the replacement of steam locomotives with approximately 2,500 diesel and electric units, a move that brought about the 'first generation modern traction'.
		Included though, are several sections covering the pre-rail blue era; a collective record of that first generation diesel and electric traction.
	www.railblue.com (407 words)

	British Electric Traction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Electric Traction Company, PLC, was a leading manufacturer and operator of electric railway tram systems in England during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
		Rediffusion London was ordered to merge with Associated British Corporation, the holder of the weekend Midlands and North of England franchises, to form Thames Television, with ABC given the controlling interest (despite their generally weaker financial position).
		BET continued to own several bus operations until their bus interests were sold to the government to become part of the National Bus Company in 1968.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Electric_Traction (547 words)

	A Short History
		BET was the company to do it, and while they initially called their offspring, formed in March 1928, Broadcast Relay Service Ltd, it soon became known as Rediffusion” –; literally meaning ‘broadcasting again’.
		BET and Rediffusion were reluctant to take on the full risks of this venture – just in case – so they split 50% of the company equally between them and took on partners for the other half, in the form of Associated Newspapers, publishers of the British arch-right-wing Daily Mail newspaper to this day.
		British Electric Traction, Rediffusion and their associated companies over a century deserved to be remembered and the facts known.
	www.transdiffusion.org /tvh/history/history.htm (2468 words)

	Electric Traction
		The use of electricity for traction purposes has made possible the Tube railways of great cities, and has contributed in no small measure to the successful operation of the longest tunnels, such as those under the mountain ranges of North America and the continent of Europe.
		The first experimental electric railway in the world is attributed to Thomas Davenport, a flsmith of Vermont, U.S.A., who exhibited a small railway operated by a miniature electric motor in 1835.
		At first electric traction was confined mainly to tramway work, but in 1883 the first electric locomotive for use on standard gauge railways made its appearance on the Mount Macgregor and Lake George Railroad in the State of New York.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r066.html (2731 words)

	Associated-Rediffusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for London, on weekdays between 1954 (transmissions started on September 22, 1955) and July 29, 1968.
		The company was originally a partnership between British Electric Traction (BET) and its subsidiary Broadcast Relay Services (trading as Rediffusion Limited) and Associated Newspapers, owners of the Daily Mail.
		The parent company, BET, took a minority stake in the successor company, Thames Television, which was formed from a merger of Rediffusion and ABC Television, while most of the staff went to work for London Weekend Television.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Associated-Rediffusion (644 words)

	Fleet History
		Later on 17th March 1916, when William Graham joined forces with the British Electric Traction Company and others, the Bournemouth and District Motor Services Ltd company was registered in Bournemouth.
		Under the Transport Act 1968, the fleets of the Tilling Association Ltd and the British Electric Traction group were amalgamated to form the National Bus Company Ltd on 1st January 1969.
		Provincial Traction Company Ltd, the parent company of the Gosport and Fareham Omnibus Company, was bought by the National Bus Company on 1st January 1970, this too came under Hants and Dorset control.
	www.freewebs.com /colinsplace/buses/hants/history.html (1290 words)

	BaMMOT Soudley Valley WDF 569
		One group was the British Transport Commission, state-owned and requiring its fleets to purchase Bristol/ECW vehicles.
		The other was the British Electric Traction Federation (BET) which sold out to the state in 1967.
		Nevertheless the BET did have a standard design of single-deck bus body and its operators could enjoy the price advantage of bulk orders.
	www.bammot.org.uk /vehicles/vwdf569.asp (241 words)

	Kevin Traverse-Healy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1986 his work for the conglomerate, British Electric Traction plc (BET), won the company the prestigious Sword of Excellence Award for Financial Public Relations.
		In 1985 he was the youngest ever President of the British Institute of Public Relations and the first awardee of the European Confederation of Public Relations (CERP) medal for "His services to European Public Relations".
		On a voluntary basis he is a director of a humanitarian aid charity and commands the PR Unit of the Army Cadet Force - a 40,000 strong youth organization.
	www.mscom.unisi.ch /faculty/traverse_healy.htm (266 words)

	Tramway Postcard - Sheerness-on-Sea Car 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		April 2003 was the centenary of the opening of the electric tramways of Sheerness in the county of Kent.
		The British Electric Traction (BET) group put forward plans for an electric tramway in 1900 but strong and successful objections by the competing Sheppey Light Railway Co. resulted in a much smaller system than originally envisaged.
		The small scale of the town system, mounting losses and the fact that the trams could never reach the other centres of population on the island, contributed to its early demise and it closed on 7th July 1917, thus becoming the first British electric town tramway to be abandoned.
	www.tramways.freeserve.co.uk /Cards/Postc54.htm (520 words)

	www.Under2Wires.co.uk
		Around this time, the BET was wound up due to a national decline in tramway operation.
		BET magnet and wheel logo, which was replaced with the word MIDLAND in gold lettering, thus resulting in the nickname Midland Red (though legend has it that that was the official name for the colour of the buses).
		This was achieved by painting the buses brown first, then applying the final red coats giving the distinctive rich deep red colour that was such a familiar sight in most midland towns and cities.
	www.btinternet.com /~g4orx/bmmo.htm (639 words)

	Diesel_and_Electric_Traction
		One of the best books dealing with the Deltics, with an impressive list of writers assembled under veteran author C J Allen, including Gerald Fiennes who was the General Manager responsible for introducing the Deltics on the East Coast Main Line.
		British Rail in Colour: 1968-1980, IA, 1988, pp112.
		A pictorial history of the evolution of diesel traction on the Western Region.
	members.aol.com /gbsteven/Diesel_and_Electric_Traction.htm (867 words)

	Railways of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Electric Traction company was given permission to operate the tram services under lease with extensions to Norbury and Purley in the south with the widening of High street allowing through services to commence between 1901 and 1902.
		To operate the tramway the Corporation put the lease out to tender and the British Electric Traction company was given permission to operate the tram services under lease with extensions to Norbury and Purley in the south with the widening of High street allowing through services to commence in 1901 and 1902.
		Reviving the route it was put over to electric traction in 1906 when it formed part of a circular route from West Croydon via Thornton Heath, Brigstock road and Whitehorse road and round via London road, Thornton Heath pond, but this only operated for two years before mothballing.
	uk.msnusers.com /RailwaysofBritain/croydontrams.msnw (1704 words)

	Canadian Motorways Ltd. - Development
		B.E.T. (British Electric Traction) Company of London, England, ran the public transit system in London for 55 years and had controlling interest in the company.
		One of the last purchases made by the B.E.T. ownership was that of MacArthur and Sons Ltd; Brandon acquired in 1978.
		The B.E.T. ownership consolidated its holding and established two divisions; the "Household Goods" operations conducted under the name Hill Security Van Lines while the freight operation was designated as Motorways.
	www.hankstruckpictures.com /dq_motorways_history.htm (552 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1898 the British Electric Traction Company (BET) applied for a Light Railway Order to allow the introduction of electric trams on five short routes emanating from the town centre.
		Although this proposal was approved, nothing further happened and Colchester missed the opportunity to be the first town in Britain to have a trolleybus system.
		The buses proved unreliable although it was not until February 1903 that a vote of 18 to 9 agreed that an electric tramway should be built at an estimated cost of around £63,000.
	www.aspects.net /~markcol/colbus/tram_website/history.htm (316 words)

	Footprints in the Sand: Themes: Transport - Trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Another company, the 'British Electric Traction Company' (BET) also had proposals for numerous tramways in Bournemouth, these were also opposed by the local Council, who at the time, thought that if anybody was going to run services, the Corporation should do it themselves.
		The 'British Electric Traction Company' (BET) in 1899 finally obtained the powers to operate a single line between Poole, Upper Parkstone and County Gates, they were not allowed to run the line across the county boundary into Westbourne and Bournemouth.
		Poole Council proposed that if BET sold the system, they should be allowed to purchase it themselves and lease it back to the Corporation.
	www.swgfl.org.uk /seasidea/Themes/trams.htm (643 words)

	Reports published 1985
		The revenue collection systems of four area electricity boards: a report on the efficiency and costs of and the services provided by the East Midlands, South Eastern, North Eastern and South Western area electricity boards in relation to their systems for the collection of revenue from the supply of electricity - Full text
		The British Broadcasting Corporation and Independent Television Publications Limited: a report on the policies and practices of the BBC and ITP Limited of limiting the publication by others of advance programme information and of not granting licences which would allow others to publish such information beyond certain specified periods - Full text
		British Airports Authority: a report on the efficiency and costs of, and the service provided by, the British Airports Authority in its commercial activities - Full text
	www.competition-commission.org.uk /rep_pub/reports/1985 (366 words)

	Inevitable
		Thames Television was set up in 1967, under the joint ownership of the Associated British Picture Corporation and British Electric Traction (BET), and started broadcasting in 1968.
		By the 1980s, both Thorn EMI (as it had become) and BET had developed business strategies that made redundant their stakes in Thames.
		Incidentally, BET selling up marked the end of an era, because it was through BET that Thames could trace a link, through Rediffusion, back to the earliest days of ITV in London.
	www.transdiffusion.org /tmc/thames/inevitable.htm (1954 words)

	PSIRU Company Details
		BET plc is a large multinational company based in the UK, but with operations in Europe and North America.
		BET is also involved in hiring contract labour in various industries: Hestair Management Services (office staff); Hestair Computer Group, Knight Programming Support Ltd (contract computer personnel); Johnson Hire Ltd (contract labour).
		BET was involved in providing a number of services, the main ones being: Textiles, Plant, Cleaning, Distribution, Security, Other services (including Catering and Facilities Management).
	www.psiru.org /companydetails.asp?Companyid=36 (3552 words)

	34 Mount Pleasant, Bilston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		WDET was part of the British Electric Traction Group which had been buying up tramways around but outside the boundaries of the then Borough of Wolverhampton.
		BET grouped them together in WDET, who built this building and the adjoining depot (to the right of the offices in the picture above) as their new headquarters.
		The building is also important as part of an important group of 19th century buildings, mainly in red brick and buff terracotta, along Mount Pleasant.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /listed/bilston34mountp.htm (173 words)

	Tramway Postcard - Kinver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It ran south-west from Amblecote to Kinver, a distance of approximately 4 miles, mainly via open countryside or at the side of the road over single track with passing loops.
		During 1902, the line was taken over by the Dudley, Stourbridge & District Electric Traction Company (DS&DET) who operated it on behalf of the BET and the KLR rolling-stock of six trams was absorbed into the DS&DET fleet.
		Originally, these were fitted with a single trolley-pole and Brush B 'reversed' maximum traction bogies, i.e.
	www.tramways.freeserve.co.uk /Cards/Postc12.htm (403 words)

	Operator Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The history of bus services in the Tameside District can be traced back to the last years of the 18th Century with the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company's services from Manchester through Ashton to Stalybridge which began operating in 1881.
		This company was a subsidiary of the British Electric Traction Company.
		As the 20th century progressed most of the larger boroughs around Manchester began operation of their own trams and buses, although only Ashton and the SHMD Joint Board were operators based in what is now Tameside.
	members.aol.com /sigoulie/history.html (516 words)

	MG-V8 Convention 1999 - Champagne Illinois - May 26-28
		The vendors made technical presentations, and also gave out information about their wares, displaying a mouth watering array of parts and pieces all designed to make the life of the MGV8 swapper a little bit easier, and their cars a little bit faster.
		By late Friday afternoon, the participants in the Eighth British Car Festival began showing up, and it was hard to tell who was who.
		Meet Organizer: Rick Ingram, St. Joseph, IL The Newsletter would like to express a hearty THANK YOU to Rick and the other members of the Champagne British Car Festival team for their great efforts in making this meet a resounding success.
	www.britishv8.org /1999-British-V8-Car-Meet.htm (1796 words)

	BRITISH ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
		In the 1950's the British Railways board introduces the modinisation plan.
		As most of you know it disposed of steam and introduced diesel and electric traction.
		This site is concentrating on the various types of electric locomotives built to run over the vastly different systems accross the country.
	www.geocities.com /uk25kv (76 words)

	Tramway - Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Museum's library holds a unique collection of books, pamphlets, reports and Acts of Parliament covering the history of British, North American, European and other foreign tramways and light railways up to the present day.
		The Archive holds records of transport operators, including British Electric Traction, and those previously lodged with the Bus & Coach council, as well as the minutes of associations such as the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association and the Municipal Passenger Transport Association.
		If you have items which you think may be of interest to the Library, please contact the Museum to discuss their donation.
	www.tramway.co.uk /smx/cms/library (277 words)

	Classic BR Diesel and Electric Traction
		An alternative method is also available, and that is for PLEG to actually charter a train to be hauled by the required locomotives.
		A selection of photos of diesels and electrics taken in the late 60's to the early 80's.
		Although the title suggests only modern traction there are sections with pictures from the late 70s and the 80s showing old DMUs, 37s and 47s.
	v.webring.com /hub?ring=classicbrdiesela (744 words)

	Transit History of Nelson, British Columbia
		Incorporated 04 October 1899 and capitalized by the British Electric Traction Company.
		Leased and operated by the City of Nelson from 01 January 1905.
		Parker, Douglas V. Streetcars in the Kootenays: Nelson's Electric Tramways - 1899 to 1992
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/nelson-bc.html (299 words)

	History Barrow Transport
		The first bus service in Barrow was operated from The Ship Inn on The Strand to the Strawberry on Abbey Road via the railway station at St Georges Square. This service was provided with the use of horse drawn vehicles
		British Electric Tram (B.E.T) ran one of the first motor bus service in 1910 using two Daimler omnibuses.
		British Electric Traction Company introduced motor buses from Town Hall To Dalton
	website.lineone.net /~barrow_transport/history.html (501 words)

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