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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.
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 ...
1) Robert F. Fairlie Locomotive Engineer 1831-1885 [2] 2) Cardiff Canton: Stored Direct Rail Services: D6967 37267 37421 1) Strombidae [13] 2) The Kingsman [2] In service Colas Rail: D6968 37268 37401 1) Mary Queen of Scots [1] 2) The Royal Scotsman: In Service Locomotive Services Limited [23] D6969 37269 37417 1) Highland Region [1] 2) Rail [3]
The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " Big Four ". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.
The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Works between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline ...
LNER A1 No. 2553 waiting to be named Prince of Wales by the Prince of Wales in 1926. Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network.
Locomotive Services Limited: 121: British Rail: Diesel 70 110 1 1 142: Pacer: 75 120 1 2 Lumo: 803: AT300: AC electric 125 200 5 5 Merseyrail: 777/0: METRO: DC electric 75 120 46 4 Third rail mode only 777/1: 7 Third rail mode - full top speed, battery mode - 62 mph / 100 km/h Network Rail: 153: Sprinter: Diesel 75 120 4 1 Track inspection [27 ...
List of British Rail Class 43 (HST) power cars - Names and conditions of all locomotives. High-speed rail in the United Kingdom - General history of UK high-speed rail transport. XPT (Express Passenger Train) - Australian high-speed train whose design was derived from the HST. Passenger locomotives in use in the UK