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	The SABRE Roads Website
		The Woodhead "New" Tunnel was built when the whole route between Manchester, Sheffield and Wath (known as MSW Electrified Lines) was upgraded.
		Beeching decided that there were too many railway lines between Manchester and Sheffield, and despite the modernised status of the line, the decision was made to close the route to passengers in 1970.
		The 1950s double track tunnel was built for the electrification project as the clearances in the two Victorian single-bore tunnels (one of which is visible in your photograph) were not sufficient for the electric cables.
	groups.msn.com /TheSABRERoadsWebsite/roadsnews.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=23221&LastModified=4675466707304560330&all_topics=1 (2405 words)

	The History of the Route (1949-1963)
		The first stage of the electrification was inaugurated on 2nd February 1952, when all trains from Wath to Dunford Bridge were handed over to electric traction.
		It was during 1963 that the first version of the infamous Beeching report was published, and one of its proposals was the withdrawal of passenger services from Sheffield to Manchester via the Hope Valley and Chinley.
		Locomotive number 26020 worked the first revenue earning train through (which, incidentally, was exhibited at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and is now preserved at the National Railway Museum) but the first locomotives to pass through under their own power were 26001 and 26016 on 30th May 1954.
	www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk /History/History3.htm (863 words)

	Classic British Rail 25kV/Dual Voltage Electric Multiple Units (Classes 301~312)
		Class 304 s have always been allocated to the London and Midlands Railway Liverpool/Manchester - Crewe- Rugby/Birmingham services, and should not be confused with the 305 s, as there are major regional/electricial differences.
		class 306 originally operated from 1,500V DC overhead, and the picture here shows its days on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath line, which was the last 1,500V DC section on British Rail Metals to be switched off.
		Class 304 are unique among the 1959-design stock, in that their Driving Trailers are in original condition, more or less as built, whereas later class 305 and 308 have all seen major refurbishment programmes.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /lexcie/tops-emu25-1.htm (863 words)

	Classic British Rail 25kV/Dual Voltage Electric Multiple Units (Classes 301~312)
		Class 304 s have always been allocated to the London and Midlands Railway Liverpool/Manchester - Crewe - Rugby/Birmingham services, and should not be confused with the 305 s, as there are major regional/electricial differences.
		class 306 originally operated from 1,500V DC overhead, and the picture here shows its days on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath line, which was the last 1,500V DC section on British Rail Metals to be switched off.
		Class 304 are unique among the 1959-design stock, in that their Driving Trailers are in original condition, more or less as built, whereas later class 305 and 308 have all seen major refurbishment programmes.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /lexcie/tops-emu25-1.htm (863 words)

	Classic British Rail 25kV/Dual Voltage Electric Multiple Units (Classes 301~312)
		Class 304 s have always been allocated to the London and Midlands Railway Liverpool/Manchester - Crewe - Rugby/Birmingham services, and should not be confused with the 305 s, as there are major regional/electricial differences.
		class 306 originally operated from 1,500V DC overhead, and the picture here shows its days on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath line, which was the last 1,500V DC section on British Rail Metals to be switched off.
		Class 304 are unique among the 1959-design stock, in that their Driving Trailers are in original condition, more or less as built, whereas later class 305 and 308 have all seen major refurbishment programmes.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /lexcie/tops-emu25-1.htm (863 words)

	Classic British Rail 25kV/Dual Voltage Electric Multiple Units (Classes 301~312)
		Class 304 s have always been allocated to the London and Midlands Railway Liverpool/Manchester - Crewe - Rugby/Birmingham services, and should not be confused with the 305 s, as there are major regional/electricial differences.
		class 306 originally operated from 1,500V DC overhead, and the picture here shows its days on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath line, which was the last 1,500V DC section on British Rail Metals to be switched off.
		Class 304 are unique among the 1959-design stock, in that their Driving Trailers are in original condition, more or less as built, whereas later class 305 and 308 have all seen major refurbishment programmes.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /lexcie/tops-emu25-1.htm (863 words)

	Southern Electric History
		The LNER had 1500V dc electric locomotive E26000 - built for the Manchester Sheffield Wath (working on loan to The Netherlands) together with various former NER locomotives in store.
		The Southern Railway introduced new standards first from around 1929 using Metropolitan Vickers and British Thomson Houston control systems, traction motors and lineside equipment.
		So the Southern Electric had come into being—a 660V dc third rail network with electric multiple unit passenger trains.
	www.southernelectric.org.uk /seginfohistory2.html (1069 words)

	Wikipedia - New pages [en]
		andlt;a href=andquot;/wiki/Help:Edit_summaryandquot; class='internal' title=andquot;Briefly describe the changes you have made hereandquot;andgt;Edit summaryandlt;/aandgt;: The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway was an early electrification scheme on British railways.
		The route featured long ascents either side of the Pennines passing with a long [[Woodhead Tunnel
	www.tcnj.edu /~haas2/info.php (5867 words)

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