The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England and, for most of its existence, located at nearby Smethwick, with the factory divided by the boundary between the two places. A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Tourists in a vis-a-vis, Prague The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century) or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Smethwick (pronounced Smethick) is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England. ... A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ...

BRC&W made not only carriages and wagons, but a range of vehicles, from aeroplanes and gliders to buses, trolleybuses and tanks. Nevertheless, it is as a builder of railway rolling stock that the company is best remembered, exporting to most parts of the new and old worlds. It supplied vehicles to all four of the pre-nationalisation "big four" railway companies (LMS, SR, LNER and GWR), British Rail, Pullman (some of which are still in use) and Wagons Lits, plus railways as diverse as those in Egypt, India, South Africa, Iraq, Malaya and Nigeria, to name but a few. The company even built, in 1910, Argentina's presidential coach, which still survives, and once carried Eva Perón. The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) This article is about the means of transport. ... An Air France Boeing 777, a modern passenger jet. ... Gliders are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Å koda 14 Tr trolleybus in Vilnius A trolleybus (also known as electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad train cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. ... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (Malay: Semenanjung Malaysia) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ... María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. ...

The company built hospital trains during the Second Boer War, Handley Page bombers and de Havilland DH10s in 1914-1918, and tanks (including the A10 Cruiser, Churchill, Cromwell and Challenger), plus Hamilcar gliders to carry them, in 1939-1945. A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Combatants United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Orange Free State, South African Republic Commanders Frederick Roberts, Lord Kitchener Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, Paul Kruger Casualties 22,000 6,500 Civilians killed [mainly Boers]: 24,000+ The Second Boer War, also known as the South African War (outside of South Africa... The Handley Page Aircraft Company was founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Until 1920, Geoffrey de Havillands de Havilland Aircraft Company had been known as Airco, where he was owner and chief designer. ... The General Aircraft G.A.L. 49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mk I was a large British military glider of World War II, which was capable of carrying 7 tons of cargo or a light tank such as the Tetrarch or Locust. ...

Before World War II, the company had built steam-, petrol- and diesel-powered railcars for overseas customers, not to mention bus bodies for Midland Red, and afterwards developed more motive power products, including BR's Class 26, Class 33 (both diesel) and Class 81 (electric) locomotives. Examples of all three types are preserved. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Not to be confused with railroad car. ... Midland Red (previously The Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company, BMMO) was a bus operating company serving the Midlands of England, which was formed in 1904 and commenced operations in 1905. ... 26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ... D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ... The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...

Products

Some of the locomotives and multiple units built by the company are listed below:

Diesel Locomotives

• British Rail Class 26
• British Rail Class 27
• British Rail Class 33
• British Rail D0260
• CIE 101 Class

26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ... British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ... D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ... D0260, named Lion, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, in association with Sulzer and Associated Electrical Industries, at their Smethwick works in Birmingham to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ... The Córas Iompair Éireann 101 Class locomotives, numbered B101-B112, were built in 1956 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. ...

Electric Locomotives

• British Rail Class 81

The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...

Diesel Multiple Units

• British Rail Class 104
• British Rail Class 118

Class 104, nos. ... The sole surviving Class 118 vehicle, no. ...

Electric Multiple Units

• London Underground 1923 Tube Stock
• London Underground 1938 Tube Stock
• London Underground 1956 Tube Stock
• London Underground 1962 Tube Stock
• London Underground CO/CP Stock
• London Underground T Stock

A Standard Stock driving motor car built in 1934 at Londons Transport Museum depot The Standard Stock title was applied to a variety of Tube stock built between 1923-34, which shared the same basic characteristics, but with some detailed differences. ... A 1938 tube stock train preserved at the Londons Transport Museum depot in 2005 British Rail Class 483, no. ... The 1956 and 1959 Tube Stock were types of London Underground tube train built by Metro-Cammell, operated at various times on the Northern Line, Bakerloo Line, Central Line and Piccadilly Line. ... The 1962 Tube Stock is a type of London Underground tube train, which was built for use on the Central Line. ... CP (red) and R (white) stock District Line trains at Upminster station. ... The T Stock was built for the Metropolitan Railway in 1931-32 for use on electric services from Baker Street to Uxbridge and Watford. ...

Bibliography

• Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company - A Century of Achievement, 1855 - 1963, John Hypher, Colin Wheeler and Stephen Wheeler (Runpast, 1996)