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British railway rolling stock refers to the trains used in Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Main line operators. These lists only include trains currently ...
This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948. British Rail used several numbering schemes for classifying its steam locomotive types and other rolling stock, before settling on the TOPS computer system in the late 1960s. TOPS has ...
Railway Number Type or Class Builder Works Number Built Wheels Location Object Number Image Industrial Petrol Motor Rail 4217 1925 4wPM Shildon [116] 1987-7000 CEGB: D21 Hexhamshire: Diesel electric: Armstrong Whitworth: D21 1933 0-4-0: Tanfield [117] [118] 1978–7008 LMS: 7050: Diesel mechanical: Drewry/EE: Drewry 2047 EE 874 1934 0-4-0 York ...
When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, ships capable of carrying rail vehicles were incorporated into the system as Class 99. In order to circumvent restrictions of the application software, these ships were entered on TOPS as locomotives, 'hauling' the trains which they carried on board.
Pages in category "British Rail rolling stock" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Initially stock inherited from the 'Big Four' companies was given regional prefixes (e.g. DE, DM, DS and DW) indicating their origin, and adapting existing number series. From about 1951, British Railways started to use new numbering series for additions to departmental and internal user stock on a regional basis, as follows:
Lists of locomotives and rolling stock preserved on heritage railways in England (19 P) Locomotives of Great Britain (19 C, 2 P) London Underground rolling stock (2 C, 5 P)
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