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Vacuum-braked 21 ton coal wagon being loaded from a hopper at Blaenant Colliery, bound for Aberthaw Power Station, c.October 1965. The basic wagon had numerous variants. On creation of British Railways (BR) in 1948 - which took control of all railway assets, including all private owner wagons - the new organisation inherited 55,000 original MoT wagons, they were all given a "B" prefix in their ...
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.
This was the railway company that operated for the longest period of time in the country (from 1838 to 1947) and covered a large geographical area that included big cities such as London, industrialised areas including the West Midlands, areas of coal and mineral mining such as South Wales, and Somerset and other important agricultural ...
The CDA wagon was a type of hopper railway wagon used by British Rail, and then the privatised railway, to move china clay in South West England. The CDA was based on the same design as the HAA wagons which were used to transport coal, with the prototype CDA being a conversion of the HAA type. The wagons were used for 35 years being introduced ...
Three Class 37 locomotives hauling a coal train on the Rhymney Line in 1997 Mass of freight carried by rail in the UK from 1983 to 2021 (annual rolling average). There was a large decrease in coal carried in 1984–5 due to the miners' strike. [1] Rail freight moved in the UK from 1983 to 2019, in terms of mass-distance per year [2]
Pages in category "British railway wagons" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. AeroLiner3000; B.
Sleeping Car Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France, Blanc-Misseron: 1936 Shildon [183] 1978–7047 LNER: 650 Buffet Car York: Dia No. 167, Lot No. 761 1937 York [184] 1978–7065 LMS: 5987 Corridor Brake Third Derby: Dia No. 1968, Lot No. 1035 1937 York [185] 1977–7000 LMS: 45053 Mobile Test Unit 1938 Embsay [186] LMS: 799 Twelve ...
A merry-go-round train hauled by a Class 66 locomotive A merry-go-round train , often abbreviated to MGR , is a block train of hopper wagons which both loads and unloads its cargo while moving. In the United Kingdom , they are most commonly coal trains delivering to power stations .