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1960-7 Over this period GEC and English Electric won overseas orders worth £30M for railway locomotives<ref>The Times Saturday, Sept. 7, 1968</ref> | 1960-7 Over this period GEC and English Electric won overseas orders worth £30M for railway locomotives<ref>The Times Saturday, Sept. 7, 1968</ref> | ||
GEC Traction Ltd was presumably | GEC Traction Ltd was formed, presumably bringing together the traction activities of [[English Electric Co: Railways|English Electric]] and [[AEI: Traction|AEI]] with those of GEC. | ||
1972 Order to [[GEC Traction]] from Malaysia for locomotives worth £4M<ref>The Times Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1972 </ref> | 1972 Order to [[GEC Traction]] from Malaysia for locomotives worth £4M<ref>The Times Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1972 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 25 February 2020
Note: This is a sub-section of GEC
of Westinghouse Road, Trafford Park, Manchester. (1982)
By 1927 GEC was one of the UK's major electrical-machinery and plant manufacturers
1930 GEC received contracts for the Manchester-Altrincham electrification and other railway projects[1].
1939 Railway electrification business from home and abroad[2].
Post-WWII Collaborated with English Electric Co on railway electrification projects.
1960-7 Over this period GEC and English Electric won overseas orders worth £30M for railway locomotives[3]
GEC Traction Ltd was formed, presumably bringing together the traction activities of English Electric and AEI with those of GEC.
1972 Order to GEC Traction from Malaysia for locomotives worth £4M[4]
1982 Employers: Associated Electrical Industrial Ltd. so part of GEC
1985 GEC Transportation Projects was responsible for the electrical and mechanical work on the Docklands Light Railway; the vehicle propulsion equipment was manufactured by GEC Traction [5]
1989 GEC Alsthom was formed as a 50/50 joint venture by the merger of the power and transport divisions of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) and GEC.
1989 Became GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd
1998 Became Alstom Traction Ltd, of Rugby
See Also
Sources of Information
- Companies House filings