English Electric-AEI Traction Limited

The General Electric Company (GEC) merged AEI Traction Division and English Electric Traction in 1969 after acquiring both companies to create English Electric – AEI Traction Limited. The headquarters were located at Trafford Park in Manchester. This subsidiary company was renamed GEC Traction Limited in 1972.

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The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive.

Drawings
The sub-fonds contains five series, Drawing Registers (GEC/2/1), Drawings (GEC/2/2), Pattern Record Registers (GEC/2/3), Drawing Lists (GEC/2/4) and Drawing Schedules (GEC/2/5). Records include drawing registers, technical engineering drawings, pattern record registers and drawing lists and schedules for the period 1874-1994.

Drawing Office records
English Electric-AEI Traction Limited drawings

English Electric-AEI Traction Limited drawings
The series contains books, journals, bulletins, articles, brochures and leaflets.

Publications
The sub-fonds contains 11 series, Order Books (GEC/3/1), Ordering Schedules (GEC/3/2), Weight Books (GEC/3/3), Order Files (GEC/3/4), Order Enquiry Files (GEC/3/5), Manuals (GEC/3/6), Diagram Books (GEC/3/7), Schedule of Apparatus (GEC/3/8), Engineering Standards (GEC/3/9), Tenders and Specifications (GEC/3/10) and Test Specifications (GEC/3/11). Records include order books, tracings and sketches for ordering schedules, weight diagram file and books, order files, order enquiry files, manuals, schedule of apparatus files, engineering standards, tenders and specifications for the period 1846-1993.

Engineering records
The series contains manuals from GEC Traction and its predecessor companies. Includes workshop, instruction, maintenance and operating instruction manuals.

Manuals
The series contains drawing registers.

Drawing registers
A large number of brochures produced by AEI Ltd, AEI Traction, GEC Ltd, GEC Traction Ltd, GEC Diesels Ltd, Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, English Electric Co., English Electric-AEI Traction Ltd., Ruston Paxman and MetroTec relating to railway locomotives, mainly diesel-electric locomotives; articles from the Railway Gazette, and Engineering. Included in the series of printed material is a report from the Traction projects department which investigated Trolleybus Data and includes data and reports on various makes of electric vehicle looked at in June, 1945. Customers covered by the brochures include British Railways, New Zealand Government Railways, Bolivian Government Railways, Western Railway (India), Central Railway of Brazil, New South Wales Government Railways, Pakistan Western Railway, Malayan Railways, and Ghana Railway and Ports.

Trade literature for GEC Traction Ltd and Predecessor Companies
The series contains technical and internal reports for both internal and external companies as well as seminar and symposium reports for GEC Traction and its predecessor companies.

Reports
The box contains 1 English Electric Company manual for British Rail Southern Region and 1 English Electric-AEI Traction Limited manual and parts list for 'Hercules locomotive'.

English Electric-AEI Traction Limited manuals
The box contains 1 English Electric-AEI Traction Limited for the repair of traction cables by vulcanising, 1 AEI Traction Limited manual for British Rail London Midland Region and 1 Associated Electrical Industries manual for South African Railways.

English Electric-AEI Traction Limited manuals

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