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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.
The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. It is described as a permanent way because, in the earlier days of railway construction, contractors often laid a temporary track to ...
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3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people pushing the car from behind.
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.
DB Cargo UK: General goods (British Rail design) YWA - Flat 8 Network Rail: Track components (British Rail 'Salmon' design) YXA - Flat 8 Network Rail: Track components YXA Sfkmmss Flat 8 Network Rail: Track components
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