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Pages in category "British Rail coaching stock" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
British Railways coach designations were a series of letter-codes used to identify different types of coaches, both passenger carrying and non-passenger carrying stock (NPCS). The code was generally painted on the end of the coach but non-gangwayed stock had the code painted on the side. [1] They have been superseded by TOPS design codes. [2]
The coaches were fitted with non-automatic screw couplers and gangwayed stock made use of scissors-type British Standard pattern corridor connection (as also used on the Great Western Railway). Most coaches ran on two four-wheel bogies which were of a 9 ft 0 in wheelbase single bolster design which hardly changed for the whole of the company's ...
British Rail coaching stock (34 P) G. Great Western Railway coaching stock (6 P) Pages in category "Railway coaches of the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are ...
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] 950: 1 2 Test train based on ...
The British Rail Mark 3 is a type of passenger carriage developed in response to growing competition from airlines and the car in the 1970s. A variant of the Mark 3 became the rolling stock for the High Speed Train (HST). Originally conceived as locomotive-hauled coaching stock, the first coaches built were for the prototype HST in 1972.
Railway Number Type or Class Builder Works Number Built Wheels Location Object Number Image Industrial Petrol Motor Rail 4217 1925 4wPM Shildon [116] 1987-7000 CEGB: D21 Hexhamshire: Diesel electric: Armstrong Whitworth: D21 1933 0-4-0: Tanfield [117] [118] 1978–7008 LMS: 7050: Diesel mechanical: Drewry/EE: Drewry 2047 EE 874 1934 0-4-0 York ...
The Severn Valley Railway has 7 LNER teak coaches including Buffet No. 643, Kitchen Composite No. 7960, Open Thirds Nos, 24105, 43600, 43612, 52250 along with former pre-grouping GNR composite No. 2701. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway also has 11 coaches originating from the LNER and its constituents including ECJS 189 dating from 1896. This ...