 Class 73, no. E6013 (73107) at Rowsley South, on the Peak Railway on 17th April 2003. This locomotive was on loan from Fragonset Railways, and has since returned to main-line service.
 Class 73/1 73101 in BR blue livery. The British Rail Class 73 electro-diesel locomotives are very unusual in that they can operate from a
750V DC third-rail supply but also have a diesel engine to allow them to operate on non-electrified routes. This makes them very versatile, although the diesel engine produces less power than is available from the third-rail supply so they rarely stray from the former Southern Region of British Rail. Following the withdrawal of the more powerful Class 74 electro-diesels in 1977, the Class 73 is now unique on the British rail system. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 656 KB)British Rail Class 73, no. ...
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In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ...
Fleet Details External Links Fragonset website. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (848x504, 147 KB) Summary Class 73, 73 101 with push-pull equipment. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (848x504, 147 KB) Summary Class 73, 73 101 with push-pull equipment. ...
This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ...
An Electro-diesel locomotive is a special type of locomotive that can be powered either from an external electricity supply (i. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
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Description
This class of 49 locomotives were built in two batches using English Electric components. The first six locomotives were built by BR at Eastleigh works in 1962 and were numbered E6001-E6006. They were classified as Class JA under the initial classification scheme, but following the introduction of TOPS in 1968 they became Class 73/0. In the early 1970s the locomotives were renumbered 73001-73006. English Electric logo English Electric was a 20th-century British industrial manufacturer, initially of electric motors, and expanding to include railway locomotives and aviation, before becoming part of GEC. // 1917: Dick, Kerr & Co. ...
Eastleigh Railway Works was in the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The remaining 43 locomotives were built by Vulcan Foundry between 1965 and 1967. They were initially classified as Class JB and numbered E6007-E6049. They differed slightly from the six earlier machines, having most notably in having an increased tractive effort as well as a higher maximum speed (90 mph as opposed to 80). Following the introduction of TOPS, they became Class 73/1 and were renumbered 73101-73142. One locomotive, E6027, had already been withdrawn following accident damage and so was not renumbered. Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. ...
Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...
Current operations Since privatisation, the Class 73 fleet has been reduced in size following the large-scale withdrawals of the EWS and Gatwick Express fleets. However, many smaller operators have acquired locomotives, so their continued use is assured for the foreseeable future. English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) is the largest British rail freight company Created as a subsidiary of Wisconsin Central Ltd in 1996, it was acquired by Canadian National Railway when it bought Wisconsin Central in 2001. ...
Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. ...
Eurostar Eurostar own two Class 73 locomotives, which have been specially modified to be enable them to haul a Eurostar unit. The two locomotives, nos. 73118 and 73130, have had additional coupling equipment fitted, and are primarily used to rescue failed Eurostar sets, or to haul them over non-electrified routes. They rarely stray from North Pole depot. A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service connecting the UK with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussels South). ...
The British Rail Class 373 or TGV-TMST train is an electric multiple unit that operates the Eurostar service from London Waterloo to France and Belgium. ...
North Pole depot is the UK depot for the Eurostar service, maintaing and storing the Eurostar trains. ...
FM Rail FM Rail (previously Fragonset Railways) bought several redundant locomotives from EWS. Most of these were initially stored at various locations around the country, including preservation sites, such as the Mid-Hants Railway, the Peak Railway and the Dartmoor Railway. Some of these locomotives were repaired for use on these heritage railways, such as no. 73134 on the Dartmoor Railway. Class 31, no. ...
Rebuilt SR West Country Class 34016 Bodmin at Alton station. ...
In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ...
The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...
A scene on a heritage railway. ...
One locomotive, no. 73107 "Spitfire" has now returned to mainline traffic following overhaul. It has been repainted in Fragonset's black freight livery, and is expected to be used on empty coaching stock moves associated with charter trains. It was regularly hired to FirstGBRf from late 2004 as cover for their fleet but is now based at C2C's East Ham Depot along with the Blue Pullman Rake. The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter, which was used by the British Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during the Second World War, and into the 1950s. ...
Class 66 66713 Forest City on display at Crewe Works open day on 1 June 2003. ...
Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 650 KB)BR Class 73, no. ...
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Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ...
Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. ...
Gatwick Express (National Express Group) Until mid 2005, GX operated several Class 73s with Mk 2 EMU sets with GLV luggage vans. Most have now been withdrawn and replaced by EMUs. However 73202 "Dave Berry" has been retained as a "Thunderbird".
FirstGBRf FirstGBRf is the newest operator of Class 73 locomotives, having bought six redundant Gatwick Express locomotives, numbers 73203-207 and 73209. Four of these (73204-206 and 209) have now been returned to traffic after overhaul by Fragonset at Derby. They have been repainted in the company's blue and orange livery, and named after female employees. The locomotives are primarily used on engineering trains originating from Eastleigh and Tonbridge. FirstGBRf has since purchased 73208 and repainted it into BR Blue. It should be noted that FirstGBRf is the new name for GB Railfreight. Class 66 66713 Forest City on display at Crewe Works open day on 1 June 2003. ...
Fleet Details External Links Fragonset website. ...
Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ...
This article is about the town in Hampshire. ...
Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 31,600 in 2001. ...
Merseyrail Electrics Merseyrail Electrics had a fleet of four Class 73/0 locomotives, based at Birkenhead North TMD, for use on shunting and other departmental duties. Two, nos. 73001 and 73006 were repainted into Merseyrail's yellow livery. They were later fitted with sandite discharging equipment and reclassified as Class 73/9. The locomotives were withdrawn from traffic by 2002, and all four were later sold for preservation. Merseyrail Electrics is the company name of the franchise holder of the Merseyrail service. ...
Birkenhead North TMD is situated opposite Birkenhead North railway station. ...
Network Rail Network Rail inherited two redundant Gatwick Express locomotives, nos. 73212 and 73213, from its predecessor Railtrack. These were overhauled and painted in the company's blue and green livery. They are used on engineering trains associated with an upgrade of electrical supply systems on the former Southern Region. Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...
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A third locomotive, no. 73141, was originally bought for spare parts, but it has now been returned to traffic in case of failure of one of the other two locomotives.
 Class 73, no. 73201 at Woking. This locomotive is used by South West Trains as a "Thunderbird" to rescue failed trains. The locomotives have been repainted into Network Rail all-over-yellow with red buffer beams. 73212 and 213 can usually been seen in Tonbridge West yard. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x638, 210 KB) http://www. ...
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Woking railway station is a railway station in England, serving the town of Woking, Surrey. ...
South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South...
South West Trains South West Trains inherited one locomotive, no. 73109, which is used as a "Thunderbird" rescue locomotive. It was named in 1990 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is affectionately known as "BoB" by rail enthusiasts. South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South...
Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total...
Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...
South West Trains have recently expanded their fleet, by acquiring two more locomotives, nos. 73201 and 73235. Both are former Gatwick Express locomotives. The first of these, no. 73235, was overhauled in early 2005 and repainted in the new Desiro blue livery. It was joined by no. 73201 later in the same year. Around the same time, no. 73109 was also repainted into the new blue livery. The blue livery was chosen to match the Desiro stock, as almost all the slam-door stock had been withdrawn by mid-2005. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Class 450 at Woking The British Rail Class 450 third rail DC EMU began service during 2004. ...
Preservation Several locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways, where perforce they run on their diesel engines: no preserved line has third rail electrification. They are particularly popular because they have a small diesel engine and hence are efficient with speeds normally limited to 25mph, yet they are big mainline locomotives and thus more attractive than diesel shunters with similar-sized engines. Of note are the first built locomotive, No. 73001, and the former Pullman locomotive, No. 73101. A scene on a heritage railway. ...
73136 has been rescued from a scrap yard and rebuilt by a group of enthusiasts to main-line standards. It is certified by Network Rail for use on the main line at a speed of 90 mph.
Some of the class have ended far from their former working routes, particularly 73119 on the Keith and Dufftown Railway in northeast Scotland. Class 108 diesel multiple unit Spirit of Speyside. The Keith & Dufftown Railway (“The Whisky Lineâ€) is a Heritage railway running for 11 miles from Keith Town railway station to Dufftown via Drummuir. ...
Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English (de facto) Recognised regional languages Gaelic, Scots1 Demonym Scot, Scots...
The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ...
The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ...
The Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire operates a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. ...
LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ...
LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ...
The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. ...
Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. ...
Class 108 diesel multiple unit Spirit of Speyside. The Keith & Dufftown Railway (“The Whisky Lineâ€) is a Heritage railway running for 11 miles from Keith Town railway station to Dufftown via Drummuir. ...
Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ...
GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. ...
The Vale of Glamorgan Railway is a heritage railway based at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. ...
The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ...
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Fleet Summary | Class | No. built (Converted*) | No. range | Operators | Loco nos. | No. in traffic | Withdrawn | No. preserved | | Class 73/0 | 6 | 73001-006 | - | - | 0 | 1998 | 3 | | Class 73/1 | 43 | 73101-142 | Eurostar | 73118/130 | 2 | - | | FM Rail | 73103-105/107/114/117/134/139 | 1 | - | | Network Rail | 73141 | 1 | - | | SWT | 73109 | 1 | - | | Class 73/2 | 14* | 73201-213/235 | Gatwick Express | 73202 | 1 | - | - | | FirstGBRf | 73203-209 | 5 | - | | Network Rail | 73212/213 | 2 | - | | SWT | 73201/235 | 2 | - | | Class 73/9 | 2* | 73901/906 | - | - | 0 | 2002 | 2 | A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service connecting the UK with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussels South). ...
Class 31, no. ...
Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...
South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South...
Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. ...
Class 66 66713 Forest City on display at Crewe Works open day on 1 June 2003. ...
Fleet Details | Key: | In Service | Withdrawn | Preserved | Under Repair | Departmental | Scrapped | | Numbers | Name(s) | Dates | Final Livery | Operator | Withdrawn | Status | | Pre-TOPS | TOPS | | E6001 | 73001 | 73901 | - | - | Merseyrail | Merseyrail | 05/2000 | Preserved | | E6002 | 73002 | - | - | - | BR Blue Large Logo | Merseyrail | 11/1995 | Preserved | | E6003 | 73003 | - | Sir Herbert Walker | 1993- | BR Green | EWS | 09/1996 | Preserved | | E6004 | 73004 | - | The Bluebell Railway | 1987-1990 | Bluebell Blue | British Rail | 09/1991 | Component recovery at Isfield.
Scrapped at Kingsbury by HNRC (02/2004) | | E6005 | 73005 | - | Mid-Hants Watercress Line | 1988-1993 | BR Blue | Merseyrail | 12/2001 | Preserved | | E6006 | 73006 | 73906 | - | - | Merseyrail | Merseyrail | 12/2001 | Preserved | | E6007 | 73101 | 73100 | Brighton Evening Argus
The Royal Alex' | 1980-1992
1992- | Pullman | EWS | 05/2002 | Preserved | | E6008 | 73102 | 73212 | Airtour Suisse | 1985-1997 | NR Yellow | Network Rail | - | In service | | E6009 | 73103 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 01/1999 | Stored at Dartmoor Railway | | E6010 | 73104 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 04/1999 | Stored at Mid-Hants Railway | | E6011 | 73105 | - | Quadrant | 1987-1990 | Civil Engineers | FM Rail | 02/2000 | Stored at Battlefield Line Railway | | E6012 | 73106 | - | - | - | BR Engineers Grey | EWS | 02/2000 | Scrapped at Rotherham (09/2004) | | E6013 | 73107 | - | Redhill 1844-1994
Spitfire | 1994-1999
2004- | Fragonset Black | FM Rail | - | In service | | E6014 | 73108 | - | - | - | Civil Engineers | EWS | 01/2002 | Scrapped at Rotherham (09/2004) | | E6015 | 73109 | - | Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary | 1990- | SWT Blue/Red | South West Trains | - | In service | | E6016 | 73110 | - | - | - | Civil Engineers | EWS | 05/2002 | Preserved | | E6017 | 73111 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | British Rail | 05/1991 | Scrapped at Stewarts Lane (01/1997) | | E6018 | 73112 | 73213 | University of Kent at Canterbury | 1990-1997 | NR Yellow | Network Rail | - | In service | | E6019 | 73113 | 73211 | County of West Sussex | 1986-1991 | Gatwick Express | Gatwick Express | 07/2002 | Withdrawn at Stewarts Lane | | E6020 | 73114 | - | Stewarts Lane Traction Maintenance Depot | 1994-1999 | BR Blue Large Logo | FM Rail | 01/1999 | On loan to Battlefield Line Railway | | E6021 | 73115 | - | - | - | BR Blue | British Rail | 04/1982 | Scrapped at Slade Green (04/1982) | | E6022 | 73116 | 73210 | Selhurst | 1986-1997 | Gatwick Express | Gatwick Express | 09/2002 | Withdrawn at Stewarts Lane | | E6023 | 73117 | - | University of Surrey | 1987-1996 | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 01/1999 | On loan to Dartmoor Railway | | E6024 | 73118 | - | The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | 1987-1996 | EPS Grey | Eurostar | - | In service | | E6025 | 73119 | - | Kentish Mercury | 1986-1999 | Civil Engineers | EWS | 01/1999 | Preserved | | E6026 | 73120 | 73209 | Alison | 2005- | GBRf | GB Railfreight | - | In service | | E6027 | - | - | - | - | BR Blue | British Rail | 07/1972 | Extensively damaged in an accident at Horsham 08/01/1972. Scrapped at Slade Green (02/1973) | | E6028 | 73121 | 73208 | Croydon 1883-1983 | 1983-1997 | Gatwick Express | GB Railfreight | - | In service | | E6029 | 73122 | 73207 | County of East Sussex | 1985-1997 | Gatwick Express | GB Railfreight | 02/2001 | Withdrawn at Peterborough | | E6030 | 73123 | 73206 | Gatwick Express
Lisa | 1984-1998
2005- | GBRf | GB Railfreight | - | In service | | E6031 | 73124 | 73205 | London Chamber of Commerce
Jeanette | 1987-1998
2005- | GBRf | GB Railfreight | - | In service | | E6032 | 73125 | 73204 | Stewarts Lane
Janice | 1985-1998
2005- | GBRf | GB Railfreight | - | In service | | E6033 | 73126 | - | Kent & East Sussex Railway | 1991-1999 | Network SouthEast | EWS | 01/1999 | Training locomotive at Moreton-in-Marsh | | E6034 | 73127 | 73203 | - | - | Gatwick Express | GB Railfreight | 05/2001 | Withdrawn at Peterborough | | E6035 | 73128 | - | O.V.S. Bullied C.B.E.
C.M.E. Southern Railway 1937-1949 | 1991-1997 | EW&S Red/Gold | EWS | 02/2002 | Preserved | | E6036 | 73129 | - | City of Winchester | 1982-2003 | Network SouthEast | EWS | 06/2002 | Preserved | | E6037 | 73130 | - | City of Portsmouth | 1988-1996 | EPS Grey | Eurostar | - | In service | | E6038 | 73131 | - | County of Surrey | 1988-1993 | EWS Red/Gold | EWS | 09/2003 | Scrapped at Rotherham (08/2004) | | E6039 | 73132 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 11/1998 | Scrapped at Rotherham (08/2006) | | E6040 | 73133 | - | The Bluebell Railway | 1990-2004 | Mainline Freight | EWS | 12/2003 | Preserved | | E6041 | 73134 | - | Woking Homes 1885-1985 | 1985-1996 | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 04/1999 | On loan to Dartmoor Railway | | E6042 | 73135 | 73235 | - | - | SWT Blue/Red | South West Trains | - | In service | | E6043 | 73136 | - | Kent Youth Music | 1992-2004 | Mainline Freight | EWS | 01/2004 | Preserved | | E6044 | 73137 | 73202 | Royal Observer Corps
Dave Berry | 1985-1997
2005- | Gatwick Express | Gatwick Express | - | In service | | E6045 | 73138 | - | - | - | Civil Engineers | EWS | 10/1999 | Preserved | | E6046 | 73139 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | FM Rail | 03/1999 | Stored at Mid-Hants Railway | | E6047 | 73140 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | EWS | 11/1998 | Preserved | | E6048 | 73141 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | Network Rail | 03/1999 | Stored at York | | E6049 | 73142 | 73201 | Broadlands | 1980-1998 | SWT Blue/Red | South West Trains | - | In service | Wikimedia Commons has media related to: British Rail Class 73 | British Rail non-steam locomotives | | Diesel shunters: | 01 · 01/5 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker (1868-1945) was general manager of the Southern Railway from 1923 until 1937. ...
Sheffield Park Station Exterior The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ...
The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. ...
Taken at Alton station. ...
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The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children is a childrens hospital located in Brighton in East Sussex. ...
The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...
Taken at Alton station. ...
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Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. ...
The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter, which was used by the British Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during the Second World War, and into the 1950s. ...
C F Booth Ltd is a business based in Rotherham, dealing in recycling and scrap metal. ...
Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total...
The University of Kent is a plate glass campus university in Kent, England. ...
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ...
Stewarts Lane TMD is a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated in London, England, and operated by EWS. The depot code is SL. An overhead view of the depot. ...
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The BRIT School Selhurst is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ...
The University of Surrey is a public university in Guildford, England. ...
The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...
Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ...
It has been suggested that Central Croydon be merged into this article or section. ...
East Sussex is a county in South East England. ...
Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. ...
Stewarts Lane TMD is a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated in London, England, and operated by EWS. The depot code is SL. An overhead view of the depot. ...
The Kent & East Sussex Railway was opened by Colonel H.F. Stephens, the railway engineer, in 1900. ...
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Not to be confused with Surry. ...
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Sheffield Park Station Exterior The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ...
, See Woking (borough) for the administrative district. ...
The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...
The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was, until stood down in 1991, a part of the UK Ministry of Defence. ...
Taken at Alton station. ...
Broadlands Estate, Romsey. ...
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This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ...
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British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
The Class 01/5 designation encompasses a variety of privately-owned shunting locomotives that are passed to operated on the British mainline railway system. ...
The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Scottish Region. ...
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D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...
CLASS 09/0 Class 09, later 09/0, locomotives were modified from Class 08 locomotives and were re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27. ...
The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over...
British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...
CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ...
The British Rail Class 13 was formed because in 1965 it was found necessary to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Hump Yard. ...
CLASS 14 An order for 26 0-6-0 650 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives was placed in January 1963, these to be built at British Railways Swindon Works. ...
| Diesel shunters
(pre-TOPS): | 11001 · 11104 · 15107 · 13000 · D1/1 · D1/2 · D1/3 · D1/4 · D2/1 · D2/2 · D2/3 · D2/4 · D2/5 · D2/6 · D2/7 · D2/8 · D2/9 · D2/10 · D2/11 · D2/12 · D3/1 · D3/2 · D3/3 · D3/4 · D3/5 · D3/6 · D3/7 · D3/8 · D3/9 · D3/10 · D3/11 · D3/12 · D3/13 · D3/14 The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ...
11001 was one of the first British Rail diesel locomotives, built in 1949 at British Rails Ashford Works. ...
British Railways Class 11104 locomotive was built by Hibberd and introduced by British Railways in 1959. ...
British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. ...
British Rail Class D1/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
British Rail Class D1/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. ...
British Rail Class D2/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
British Rail Class D2/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/7 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
British Rail Class D2/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...
British Rail Class D3/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over...
British Rail Class D3/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Class D3/6 were diesel shunters built in 1935 by English Electric for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...
Class D3/7 were diesel shunters built from May 1939 through to July 1942 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at their Derby Works. ...
British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...
British Rail Class D3/9 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/11 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ...
British Rail Class D3/14 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
| | Main-line diesels: | 15 · 16 · 17 · 20 · 21 · 21 (Vossloh) · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 33 · 35 · 37 · 40 · 41 (Warship Class) · 41 (HST) · 42 · 43 (Warship Class) · 43 (HST) · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 · 50 · 52 · 53 · 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 66 · 67 History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
Ordered as a successor to the pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, fitted with a centre cab. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
The Class 21 diesel locomotives built by Vossloh in 2004-2005 are the second class of locomotives to use the Class 21 designation. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
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. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 29 diesel locomotive was part of British Rails modernization in the 80s. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 41 was the original classification for the power cars of the prototype High Speed Train. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
HST power car 43127 is shown here crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal The British Rail Class 43 is the classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train power cars, built by BREL from 1976 to 1982 The class are officially the fastest diesels in the world, with an...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
The British Rail Class 46 is a class of diesel locomotive. ...
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The British Rail Class 48 was a diesel locomotive class which consisted of five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. ...
50050 Fearless at Reading, 1975. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
Electroputere-built 56006 at Doncaster in 2003 painted in rail blue livery Preserved 56003 in Load-Haul livery. ...
Class 57, no. ...
58001, on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ...
The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built by General Motors Electro Motive Diesel for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman (59/0). ...
Class 60s at Peak Forest In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. ...
The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networks—where it is marketed as EMD Series 66. ...
Two Class 67s lead a freight train through Bristol Parkway 67006 Royal Sovereign at Evesham on 26 March 2005. ...
| Main-line diesels
(pre-TOPS): | 10000-10001 · 10100 · 10201-10203 · 10800 · D8/1 · D8/2 · D10/1 · D10/2 · D10/3 · D11/1 · D11/2 · D11/3 · D11/4 · D11/5 · D12/1 · D12/2 · D12/3 · D13/1 · D14/1 · D14/2 · D15/1 · D15/2 · D16/1 · D16/2 · D17/1 · D17/2 · D20/1 · D20/2 · D22/1 · D22/2 · D23/1 · D25/1 · D27/1 · D33/1 · KA · KB 10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Rail 10100 was a steam powered locomotive built by BR Derby for British Rail in 1950. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
British Rails Class 10800 was a main-line diesel locomotive built by NBL Ltd for British Rail in 1950 and later rebuilt by Brush Traction in 1961. ...
History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
| | Electrics: | 70 · 71 · 73 · 74 · 76 · 77 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 20002 at East Croydon, 13 December 1967. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail allocated Class 80 to its prototype 25kV AC electric locomotive, numbered E1000 initially, and later E2001. ...
The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
This article needs to be wikified. ...
Class 83, no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
No. ...
Class 89, no. ...
The first Class 90, No. ...
A class 91 at Peterborough in the late 1980s wearing original InterCity Swallow livery. ...
92027 George Eliot at Stafford in August 2005 with an intermodal train. ...
Artists impression of a Class 93 locomotive Class 93 is the traction classification assigned to the electric locomotives that were to enter service as part of British Rails InterCity 250 project on the West Coast Main Line. ...
| Electrics
(pre-TOPS): | AL1 · AL2 · AL3 · AL4 · AL5 · AL6 · EB1 · EE1 · EM1 · EM2 · ES1 · HA · HB · JA · JB The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
This article needs to be wikified. ...
Class 83, no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
British Rail Class EB1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class EE1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail Class ES1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
| | Departmental: | 97 · 97/6 · Eastern · Southern · Other Series British Rail reserved the TOPS Class 97 designation for departmental locomotives, which were used for special or engineering duties. ...
The British Rail Class 97/6 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). ...
In 1952, the Eastern Region of British Rail introduced its own series for departmental (non-revenue earning) vehicles, including locomotives. ...
The Southern Railway numbered its departmental (non-revenue earning) stock, both locomotives and carriages in a series commencing at 1S. The series was retained by the Southern Region of British Rail, but amended so that the numbers carried a DS prefix instead of an S suffix. ...
Before TOPS Class 97 was issued to self-propelled locomotives in departmental (non-revenue earning) use, British Rail had such locomotives numbered in a variety of series, together with locomotives that were no longer self_propelled. ...
| | Prototypes: | 15097-15099 · 18000 · 18100 · D0226/D0227 · D0260 · D0280 · D9998 · DHP1 · DP1 · DP2 · GT3 · HS4000 · Janus/Taurus LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Simplex and introduced in the years 1919-1925 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). ...
18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown Boveri. ...
18100 was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for British Railways in 1951 by Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester. ...
D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
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. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
DHP1, meaning Diesel Hydraulic Prototype number 1, was a protoype Type 3 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1965 by Clayton to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ...
DP1, or DELTIC as it is more popularly known, was a demonstrator locomotive built by the English Electric company in 1955. ...
DP2, meaning Diesel Prototype number 2, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
GT3, meaning Gas Turbine number 3 (following 18000 and 18100 as gas turbines 1 and 2), was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton_le_Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1968 by Brush Traction, Loughborough to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
Janus and Taurus were two prototype shunting locomotives built in 1956 and 1961 respectively by the Yorkshire Engine Company to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
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This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every diesel-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
This page lists every electric-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
The 900 series classes were reserved for multiple units in departmental stock, most of which were converted from old passenger units. ...
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