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Former 'Private Owner' wagons, owned by industrial concerns rather than the railway companies, had a prefix letter "P" but were renumbered into a new series commencing at 3000. Some carriages and wagons built by British Railways to the designs of the 'Big Four' companies were numbered in their series and carried the appropriate letter prefix.
British Rail departmental wagons are wagons used by British Rail and their successors Railtrack and Network Rail for departmental purposes. Many vehicles are named after aquatic creatures (including fish , mammals , birds and mythical creatures ), these names started life as telegraphic codes.
Chiltern Railways: 68: Diesel 100 160 6 Leased from Direct Rail Services [65] Colas Rail: 37/0: Diesel 90 140 8 37/4: 2 37/6: 2 43: 125 200 10 [66] 56: 80 129 10 [67] 66: 75 120 5 [68] 67: 125 200 2 [69] 70: 75 120 17 [70] DB Cargo UK: 60: Diesel 60 97 81 66: 75 120 161 67: 125 200 24 Also 7 locomotives leased to Transport for Wales. [71] 90 ...
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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]
20-ton rail wagon: PC850-PC851: 1931: 1965: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport: personnel carrier: converted from pre-1938 trailer 7061/7063 PC852: 1931: 1966: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company/London Transport: personnel carrier: converted from pre-1938 trailer 7080 PC854: 1931: 1966
DB Cargo UK (formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway) is a British rail freight company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Doncaster, England. The company was established by Wisconsin Central in early 1995 as North & South Railways , successfully acquiring and merging five of the six freight companies that ...
A Class Ow goods wagon on the Saxon narrow gauge railways with Heberlein brakes Open wagon for peat, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) . An open wagon (or truck in the UK) forms a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled.