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    UKMISC: Electric Railcar: Liverpool Overhead Railway Motorcoach

    Electric Railcar

    Motorcoach

    The Liverpool Overhead Railway, opened in 1893, was the first elevated electric railway in the world. It ran the length of the Liverpool docks – around six and a half miles. Although it was built to ease congestion along the docks it was also marketed as a tourist attraction as it provided amazing views of the docks, shipping and transatlantic liners on the River Mersey. The trains generally consisted of three coaches; a motorcoach at each end and a trailer coach between them.

    Length 14470mm
    Width 2910mm
    Height 3450mm
    Introduced 1892
    Withdrawn 1956
    Builder Marshall Brown & Co
    Weight 20000kg
    Number Status Note Depot Base Owner
    3 D 4w-4wRER PR Museum of Liverpool PRE