In this book Martyn Hilbert presents a pictorial survey of Electric Multiple Units in the North of England, from Staffordshire to the Scottish borders, Doncaster to Tyneside and including the conurbations of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Leeds/Bradford.
The period covered runs from the late 1970s to the present day. The first EMUs were introduced on Britain’s railways more than a century ago and following nationalisation of the railways in 1948 British Railways began a gradual process of electrification which accelerated after the Modernisation Plan in 1955. In the 1970s BR started building its second-generation EMUs and by the 1990s the first of a third generation of EMUs entered service as the railways began to be privatised.
In Northern Electrics: EMUs in the North of England a variety of unit types to have operated in the north of England are featured, including the slam-door units used around Greater Manchester and on lines from Leeds and Bradford to Skipton and Ilkley. Photographs are presented in two-per-page format, with detailed captions accompanying each image. 96 pages.