The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction. The railway was originally intended for cable-hauled trains, but owing to the bankruptcy of the cable contractor during construction, a system of electric traction using electric locomotives - an experimental technology at the time - was chosen instead. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:02:12 15:05:29 | 44% of an album)