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'Operational' wagons are used in engineering trains, other 'heritage' wagons are suitable for use in a demonstration heritage freight train that is used on special occasions but 'museum' wagons are only allowed to run short distances. [92] Passenger-rated vans such as 'Fruit D' are listed in the Coaching stock section.
Chiltern Railways: Mark 3: 125 200 31 6 [94] DB Cargo UK: Mark 3: 125 200 3 1 [94] Great Western Railway - Mark 3: 125 200 63 - High Speed Train [85] - Mark 3: 110 177 18 - Night Riviera sleeper service [94] Locomotive Services Limited - Mark 1: 100 160 - - - Mark 2: 100 160 - - [95] - Mark 3: 125 200 - - London North Eastern Railway: Mark 4: ...
The wagon has a canopy in addition to the original design. 45 mph: 55 mph 60 mph in block formation: HDA: The final batch of 450 MGR coal hoppers, built in 1982: 60 mph: 60 mph HFA: The wagon has an aerodynamic canopy in addition to the original design. 45 mph: 60 mph HMA: The wagon has modified brakes in addition to the original design. 45 mph ...
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), [a] railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).
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An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
After the InterCity 250 project was scrapped, Virgin Trains, who operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from the privatisation of British Rail until 2019, commissioned new rolling stock in the form of Class 390 electric multiple units, rather than the Class 93 locomotive and separate Mark 5 carriages proposed by British Rail.
Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend on whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion, and on whether the gauge conversion is manual or automated.