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2. Diesel locomotives of British Rail - Wikipedia

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   British Rail operated a large number of different diesel locomotive types. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. Many classes were rushed into service as part of the 1955 Modernisation Plan , but poor reliability and a rapid decline in rail transport meant that some would ...

3. List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes

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   British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 2000. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 1-902336-13-5. Hunt, David (2005). LMS locomotive Profiles Vol. 9: Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-905184-04-2. Ian Allan (1969). British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power: Combined Volume. London: Ian Allan ...

4. List of British Rail classes - Wikipedia

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   A range of diesel locomotives (Classes 37, 47, 31, 20 and 56) at Dereham. This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948.

5. List of British Rail Class 47 locomotives - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. British railcars and diesel multiple units - Wikipedia

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   Diesel motors became powerful enough for railway use after World War I, and the Great Western Railway built several single cars and multiple units in the 1930s, which lasted until the 1960s. A 1952 report recommended the trialling of lightweight diesel multiple units, followed by plans in the 1955 Modernisation Plan for up to 4,600 diesel railcars.

7. GWR railcars - Wikipedia

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   This was the first long-distance diesel express service in Britain, and covered the 117.5 miles (189.1 km) miles between Birmingham and Cardiff in 2 hours 20 minutes. This was intended as a businessman's service; fares were charged at the normal rate, although bookings were limited by the 44 seats of the railcar.