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A copy of the 2002 edition of the National Routeing Guide. The railway network of Great Britain is operated with the aid of a number of documents, which have been sometimes termed "technical manuals", [1] because they are more detailed than the pocket-timetables which the public encounters every day.
Rule 55 was an operating rule which applied on British railways in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was superseded by the modular rulebook following re- privatisation of the railways . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It survives, very differently named: the driver of a train waiting at a signal on a running line must remind the signaller of its presence.
Over the years, the British Railways Mark 2 design has been manufactured by many of the British model railway manufacturers. Hornby Railways introduced Mk. 2 BFK and TSO models in the late 1960s and these have remained in production intermittently ever since, sometimes being used to represent coaches of later variants (such as the Mk.2 B BFK in ...
[2] [3] According to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) regulatory body: "The RSSB's principal objective is to lead and facilitate the rail industry's work to achieve continuous improvement in the health and safety performance of the railways in Great Britain." [4] In accordance with this principle, the agency's prime purpose is to lead the ...
[2] Ballast is a material used to support the ties and rails, and keep them in place. It is also a key part of drainage along railway lines to ensure the integrity of the tracks during rain and other wet weather. Ballast is often a crushed stone. Stones need to be irregularly shaped, in order to increase friction that holds the tracks in place. [3]
The first combined railway timetable was produced by George Bradshaw in 1839. [2] His guide assembled timetables from the many private railway companies into one book. Bradshaw's continued to be published until 1961, with demand dwindling after the grouping of the railways in 1923, as each of the new "Big Four" companies published their own ...
Use of the DRA is mandatory [5] for drivers of British passenger trains and they are required by the Drivers' Rule Book to set it: When closing down, entering or leaving the cab; When the train is stopped at a red signal; When the train is stopped after passing a signal displaying a single yellow (caution) aspect.
Traction was provided by Class 86/2 electric locomotives. [2] As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the London–Norwich route became part of the Anglia Railways franchise. From 1997 onwards, a new livery of turquoise with a white stripe was introduced onto all Anglia stock.