Talk:Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives

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Motor(s)?

The image is captioned "motor", yet it's in the body of the loco, not the bogies.

Is this really the motor? - implying that these are B-B locos, with some form of mechanical transmission. Or are they Bo-Bo, with per-axle traction motors. In which case, what's the electrical equipment seen here? Bearing in mind that these are low voltage DC third rail locos, presumably without rectifiers or transformers. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:31, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would say switchgear and control resistances. They definitely had traction motors on the axles like other electric locos and EMUs. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:38, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]