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In September 2011, the UK Rail Safety and Standards Board issued Railway Group Standard GM/RT2453, [4] which made some alterations to the TOPS classes allocated to various types of locomotive and multiple unit - primarily extending the number ranges for certain types of locomotives and multiple units where the previous allocation ranges were ...
The UIC identification marking for tractive stock is a standard for identifying train stock like locomotives that supply tractive force primarily in Europe. Since the beginning of 2007 locomotives or other traction units in Europe have been given a 12-digit number.
DRGX - Denver and Royal Gorge Railway; DRHY - Durham Transport; DRI - Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway; DRIR - Denver Rock Island Railroad; DRMX - Danbury Railway Museum; DRR - Delaware and Raritan River Railroad; DRR - Disneyland Railroad; DRRV - Dover and Rockaway River Railroad; DRSX - D.O.T. Rail Services, Inc. DRTU - Dart ...
Four powered axles all mounted in the locomotive's frame, driven in pairs, i.e. each pair of axles is connected by driving rods or gears. Compare with "D" below. (Whyte notation: 0-4-4-0) B′B′ Two bogies or wheel assemblies under the unit. Each bogie has two powered axles, connected by driving rods or gears. Bo′(A1A) Two bogies or wheel ...
From 1942, the SR adopted a numbering system for new-build locomotives (both steam and electric types) based on their wheel arrangement according to the UIC classification scheme, e.g., C1-40 (for the SR Class Q1 of forty 0-6-0 locomotives), etc. If the UIC classification was applied entirely correctly it would result in confusion on ...
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.
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.
They enable a railway wagon or coach to be positively identified and form a common language between railway operators, infrastructure companies and the state authorities. The system of wagon numbering has been laid down by the International Union of Railways ( Union internationale des chemins de fer or UIC , founded in 1922) and is similar to ...