Railway Herald
The Liverpool Overhead Railway was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units. It was the world's first electric elevated railway, the first to use automatic signalling and electric colour light signals, In the early 1900s electric trains ran on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to Southport and Aintree; it was not nationalised in 1948. In 1955, a report into the structure of the many viaducts showed major repairs were needed that the company could not afford. The railway closed at the end of 1956 and the structures were dismantled in the following year.seen here at Liverpool Museum, on 20th October 2015.
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