An electric train emerging from the Mersey Railway Tunnel. The first electric trains ran on this railway line in May 1903. The Mersey Railway was the first railway nationally to switch entirely from steam power to electric power.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_London_News" class="extiw" title="w:The Illustrated London News">The Illustrated London News</a>, vol 122, p.698
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