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A British Rail Class 40 diesel-electric locomotive, from the turbocharger sound; this nickname is also occasionally applied to British Rail Class 20 locomotives. [111] Wizzo A British Rail Class 52 diesel-hydraulic type 4 locomotive [112] Woolworth A South Eastern and Chatham Railway N class 2-6-0 steam locomotive, built at Woolwich Arsenal [113]
British Rail Class 91: The British Empire: Railway companies, anxious to underline their patriotism and also seeking to add a dash of the exotic to their service, found the Empire to be an endless source of good locomotive names. The names of countries, Dominions, regions, colonies and cities in the Empire were all adopted.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 class is a class of British 0-6-0 T steam locomotive. Designed by William Stroudley, 50 members of the class were built in 1872 and between 1874 and 1880, all at Brighton railway works. The class has received several nicknames, initially being known as "Rooters" [1] by their south London ...
Brick: British Rail Class 153 – presumably from the boxy shape of the single-car units. [citation needed] Bucket: British Rail Class 40 locomotive. When new, these were the first British locos to have on-board toilet facilities for the driver. The alleged unreliability of these devices meant some drivers resorted to other means and methods.
List of BR 'Clan' Class locomotives; List of British Rail Class 47 locomotives; List of British Rail Class 52 locomotives; List of British Rail Class 87 locomotives; List of British Rail classes; List of British Rail departmental multiple unit classes; List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes; List of British Rail electric multiple ...
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.
ScotRail (British Rail) / ScotRail (National Express) / First ScotRail / Caledonian Sleeper: London Euston – Edinburgh Waverley London Euston – Aberdeen London Euston – Fort William London Euston – Glasgow Central London Euston – Inverness: 1996 – present Cambrian Coast Express [24] GWR (original) / BR: London Paddington (later ...
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 ...