Southern Electric [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Southern Electric
Southern Electric plc was a public limited energy company in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998, when it merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric plc to form Scottish and Southern Energy plc (now SSE plc). Since then, its "Southern Electric" name and logo have continued to be used by SSE as a brand name for retail distribution of gas and electricity in the south of England.
The company had its origins in the southern England region of the British nationalised electricity industry. Created in 1948 as
known publicity shot was taken of an unidentifiable unit carrying headcode H with a bar above. The line received the first post-World War 2 EPB (Electro Pneumatic Brake) electric stock that became the standard for British Railways Southern Region for many years. In January 1952, 4EPB set number 5001 entered service on the line. One of the new electric trains in the 1950s is illustrated in (Sep 1959 The Railway Magazine). 
For a brief period starting in October 1973, first class service was provided but the number