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British Rail: Encyclopedia - 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. This period saw massive changes in the nature of the railway network: steam traction was eliminated in favour of diesel and electric power, passengers replaced freight as the main source of business, and the network was severely rationalised. British Rail - History. Including:

British Rail - History

British Rail - Background

British Rail - Nationalisation

British Rail - British Railways

British Rail - 1955 Modernisation Plan

British Rail - The Beeching Axe and the end of steam

British Rail - British Rail

British Rail - Sectorisation

British Rail - Privatisation

British Rail - Network

British Rail - Locomotives and rolling stock

British Rail - Locomotives

British Rail - Coaches

British Rail - Multiple units

British Rail: Encyclopedia II - British Rail - History

British Rail - Background. The rail transport system in Great Britain developed during the 19th century. After the grouping of 1923 by the Railways Act 1921 there were four large British railway companies, each dominating its own geographic area. These were the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern Railw ...

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List of British heritage and private railways - England

List of British heritage and private railways - Standard Gauge

List of British heritage and private railways - Narrow Gauge Railways

List of British heritage and private railways - Miniature railways in England

List of British heritage and private railways - Tramways

List of British heritage and private railways - Scotland

List of British heritage and private railways - Standard Gauge

List of British heritage and private railways - Narrow Gauge

List of British heritage and private railways - Wales

List of British heritage and private railways - Standard Gauge

List of British heritage and private railways - Narrow Gauge

List of British heritage and private railways - Miniature Railways

List of British heritage and private railways - Northern Ireland

List of British heritage and private railways - Narrow Gauge Railway

List of British heritage and private railways - Isle of Man

List of British heritage and private railways - Channel Islands

List of British heritage and private railways - Alderney

List of British heritage and private railways - Jersey

British Rail: Encyclopedia II - List of British heritage and private railways - England

List of British heritage and private railways - Standard Gauge. Appleby Frodingham Railway Astley Green Colliery Museum, Lancashire Avon Valley Railway Barrow Hill Engine Shed - preserved Roundhouse Museum in Derbyshire. Battlefield Line, Shackerstone, Leicestershire Bideford & Instow Railway Birmingham Railway Museum, Tyseley Bluebell Railway East Sussex and West Sussex Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Cornwall Bowes Railway< ...

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Conservatism - Tradition in conservatism

Conservatism - Some traditional values

Conservatism - Classification of conservatism

Conservatism - Cultural conservatism

Conservatism - Religious conservatism

Conservatism - Burkean conservatism

Conservatism - Conservatism's effect on history

Conservatism - Conservatism and nationalism

Conservatism - Liberal conservative?

Conservatism - Nature and environment

Conservatism - Biological theories on racial differences

Conservatism - Conservatism and the Right

Conservatism - Conservatives in various countries

Conservatism - Europe

Conservatism - China

British Rail: Encyclopedia - Alan McGee

Alan McGee is a British music industry mogul famed for founding the independent Creation Records label which ran from 1983 to 2000. Born in Glasgow in the early 1960s, he had originally hoped to become a musician before moving to London in the aftermath of the punk movement. Whilst working for British Rail he began managing a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain who became an underground sensation when McGee issued their first single on his slend ...

British Rail: Encyclopedia - Locomotive

Modelling A locomotive (from lat. locus 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. In contrast, many trains feature self-propelled payload-carrying vehicles; these are not normally considered locomotives, and may be referred to as multiple units or railcars; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but very rare for freight (see however CargoSprinter). ...

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Locomotive - Origins

Locomotive - Benefits of locomotives

Locomotive - Classification by motive power

Locomotive - Steam

Locomotive - Diesel-mechanical

Locomotive - Diesel-electric

Locomotive - Diesel-hydraulic

Locomotive - Gas turbine-electric

Locomotive - Electric

Locomotive - Electro-diesel

Locomotive - Magnetic levitation

Locomotive - Classification by use

British Rail: Encyclopedia - Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle dating back to the 11th century, situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England. The word "corfe" is from the Saxon for gap, as in the gap in the hills which the castle commands. Corfe Castle - The castle. The oldest surviving structure on the castle site dates to the 11th century, although evidence exists of some form of stronghold predating the Norman Conquest. Edward the Martyr was purportedly assassinated a ...

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Corfe Castle - The castle

Corfe Castle - The village

Corfe Castle - Events

British Rail: Encyclopedia - British Rail Class 71

The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. British Rail Class 71 - History. As part of the BTC Modernisation plan of 1955 twenty four electric locomotives were built in 1958 for the Kent Coast main lines. They were built at the British Rail workshops in Doncaster. Numbers were originally E5000 - E5023 but the first locomotive, E5000, was renumbered E5024. They were classified type HA under the pre-TOPS scheme. Br ...

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British Rail Class 71 - History

British Rail Class 71 - Power supply

British Rail Class 71 - Operations

British Rail Class 71 - Rebuilds and renumberings

British Rail Class 71 - The end

British Rail Class 71 - Preservation

British Rail: Encyclopedia - Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne (usually shortened to Cal-Mac) is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and all major islands on Scotland's West coast. It is publicly-owned and controlled by the Scottish Executive. Caledonian MacBrayne - History. The company, initially known as David Hutcheson & Co., began in 1851 as a private steamship operator, plying the Caledonian Canal and the Firth of Clyde. With the retirement of its founders in the 1870s, their partner ...

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Caledonian MacBrayne - History

Caledonian MacBrayne - Business

Caledonian MacBrayne - Routes

British Rail: Encyclopedia - British Rail Class 43

There have been two distinct types of British Rail locomotive that have been allocated Class 43. The NBL 'Warship Class' locomotives The Production High Speed Train power cars Other related archivesBritish Rail, NBL 'Warship Class' locomotives, Production High Speed Train power cars

British Rail: Encyclopedia - January 1

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1. This day was adopted as the first day of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in 1582 did not specify that Janu ...