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The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " Big Four ". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.
The Standard Steam Locomotives of British Railways. David & Charles. ISBN 0715383841. A Detailed History of BR Standard Steam Locomotives, - Vol 2 - The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 Classes. RCTS ISBN 0-901115-93-2; British Railways. Standard Locomotive Diagrams (PDF). British Railways Board. p. 2 (per pdf). {}: |work= ignored
This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948. British Rail used several numbering schemes for classifying its steam locomotive types and other rolling stock, before settling on the TOPS computer system in the late 1960s. TOPS has ...
The BR Standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardise locomotives from the motley collection of older pre-grouping locos. Construction started in 1951. Due to the controversial British Railways' modernisation plan of 1955, where steam traction was abandoned in favour of diesel and electric traction, many of the locomotives' working lives were very short: between 7 and 17 years.
Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) List of GWR standard classes with two outside cylinders; Locomotives of the Great Western Railway; GWR 1661 Class; GWR 1813 Class; GWR 1854 Class; GWR 3001 Class; GWR 3511 class; GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives; GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives; GWR Hurricane locomotive; GWR Mather, Dixon ...
The British Railways Standard Class 4 tank is a class of steam locomotive, one of the BR standard classes built during the 1950s. They were used primarily on commuter and outer suburban services. They were capable of reaching speeds of 75 mph (121 km/h). [1]
Preserved locomotives Number & Name Tender Attached Chimney Fitted Built Withdrawn Service life Home Base Owner Livery Status Image Notes 75014 "Braveheart" BR2A Single Nov 1951 Dec 1966 15 years, 30 days Dartmouth Steam Railway: Dartmouth Steam Railway BR Lined Black, Early Emblem Operational. Boiler ticket expires: 2026 [4] 75027 May 1954 Aug ...
Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage.