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	Great Britain. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The enclosures displaced many tenant farmers from their lands and produced a class of wandering, unemployed “sturdy beggars.” The Elizabethan poor laws were an attempt to deal with this problem.
		Domestically the long ministry of Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42), during the reigns of George I and George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government.
		The Conservative governments of Churchill and his successor, Anthony Eden (1955), were beset by numerous difficulties in foreign affairs, including the nationalization (1951) of British petroleum fields and refineries in Iran, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (1952–56), turmoil in Cyprus (1954–59), and the problem of apartheid in South Africa.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gr/GreatBri.html (7942 words)

	Steve's Page on British Rail Diesels - The "Crompton" (class 33)
		The class 24s were returned to the LMR in 1962 but an occasional one was borrowed later so this wasn't the end of seeing these two locomotive classes running together.
		The class 33/1s and the remainder of the 33/0s were still allocated to Eastleigh which is also where all repair and major service work was done.
		The ninety four class 33 locomotives to remain in service in 1983 made up half of the Southern Region locomotive fleet with the rest of the fleet consisting of forty seven class 73 electro-diesels and forty seven shunting locomotives (mostly class 09 with the remainder being class 08 except for one class 03).
	rail.felgall.com /c33.htm (2413 words)

	British Rail Class 421 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Rail Class 421 (or 4Cig) electrical multiple units were built at BR York Works from 1964-1972.
		Class 421/4, no. 1879, at Charing Cross on 18 March 2003, with a service to Hastings.
		Class 421/4, no. 1861, at Clapham Junction on 19 July 2003, on the rear of a service to Brighton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_421 (2400 words)

	British Rail Class 74 information information - Search.com
		The British Rail Class 74 was an electro-diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways.
		Class 73 has a simpler electrical system arrangement for control of the dual power sources - even to the point of two separate throttles on the desk; one for diesel and one for electric supply.
		The entire class was allocated to Eastleigh depot for their operational life, and 74003 was the last engine to enter Eastleigh works for repairs.
	search.com.com /reference/British_Rail_Class_74 (1249 words)

	British Rail Class 319
		The British Rail Class 319 electric multiple units were built by BREL York in two batches from 1987 - 1988 and 1990.
		Seven of the Class 319/0 sets (319014-319020) were rebuilt into Class 319/2s (319214-319220) and dedicated to Brighton Express services from London Victoria-Brighton (Although this role is done mainly nowadays by Class 377s).
		The seven Class 319/2 units had been replaced by Class 377/3 "Electrostar" units on Brighton Express services and were then dedicated to peak only London - Guildford via West Croydon and London - Horsham via Three Bridges services, although since then these units were displaced by the 319/0 sub-class.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/British_Rail_Class_319 (1011 words)

	British Rail ModernTraction Timeline 1958 - 1982
		Class 84 locomotive No. E3044 is displayed at Bury Bolton Street station on the occasion of the cities 'Rail Week' from the 14th to the 19th of the month.
		Class 50 locomotive No. 400 is transferred from the LMR to Bristol for crew training in readiness for the whole of the class to replace the Class 52 'Westerns'.
		Class 45 locomotive No. 45 071 becomes the first of its class to be modified by the removal of its nose-end headcode panels.
	www.railblue.com /timeline.htm (10910 words)

	Steve's Page on British Rail Diesels - The "Duff" (class 47)
		The class of locomotives that were to become known as the 47 class (or "Duff" as they have been nicknamed) are the largest class of diesel locomotives built for the British Rail fleet with 512 locomotives in all being built during the early 1960s.
		These were originally intended to be called 47/1, 47/2, and 47/3 but by the time that numbers were actually added to the numbers the classes were renamed to 47/0, 47/3, and 47/4 respectively to more closely match the numbers actually carried by the locomotives in each class.
		In April 1976 locomotive 47046 (D1628) was experimentally re-engineered to run using 56 class traction equipment and renumbered to 47601 thus forming a new 47/6 class consisting of this one locomotive.
	rail.felgall.com /c47.htm (1480 words)

	Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By reviewing rail traffic data obtained/developed at several points in time over the analysis period (and just prior to it), it is possible to see the growth that has led to mainline capacity problems.
		Conflicts internal to the rail system, between freight and passenger trains, are the second concern, and again are principally related to western Washington and its deep-water port activity and intercity and commuter passenger train service (both existing and proposed/desired).
		Rail facilities are planned to include a rotary dump which will be located on a loop track for rapid unloading of unit trains.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /Rail/plans/freightupdate/Newch2.cfm (7360 words)

	Matt Clarke Railway Photographs :: Class 56
		The 'Grid' appearing on the slow line came as a surprise, having lined up a shot on the main, however the 8 or 9 minutes the 56 stood at the signal allowed for the second shot of the train above.
		Once the NMT had passed the 56 followed at slow speed having just joined the mainline to Derby.
		The next train that followed was top 'n' tailed Class 31's allowing for three full sun shots of three different types of relatively rare classic traction within the space of fifteen minutes.
	www.railgallery.co.uk /cl_56.htm (253 words)

	CLASS 56 GRIDS
		The class 56's or commonly known as "Grids" have always been a freight only locomotive, but it too has been thrown into the deep end and worked a passenger as well as charter, these humbe locos never got the following they deserved and always seemed to have problems with their engines.
		The class 56's are now starting to be withdrawn and cut up at Wigan, although these machines are still the mainstay of the loco world.
		The class 56's are BR's first of the big heavies to work on BR rails.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/class2/cl56.html (485 words)

	British Rail Class 27 information information - Search.com
		British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962.
		They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2.
		Some members of the class were fitted with push-pull equipment to "top and tail" Edinburgh-Glasgow expresses.
	search.com.com /reference/British_Rail_Class_27 (484 words)

	British Rail departmental locomotives information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		Previously, some former Class 08 shunters that were converted to snowploughs had been numbered in the 966xxx series, but this was discontinued and some of these locomotives were renumbered into the 968xxx series.
		When the Class 97 series for self-propelled locomotives was introduced, some locomotives in this series were renumbered to Class 97, leaving the 968xxx numbers just for locomotives that were no longer self-propelled.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/British_Rail_departmental_locomotives (837 words)

	History of the Class 105s
		Classes 105 and 106 were by far the most numerous with 302 examples, and the two types only differed by their choice of power units, and were later both classified as 105s, so are dealt with together here.
		Information on the Class 105s in Lincolnshire and East Anglia and a variety of pictures can be found on the web site of the Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire Transport Review.
		Of note was that a few months afterwards British United Traction issued a press release stating that it had received orders totaling £830,000.
	www.railcar.co.uk /his100-109/105intro.htm (626 words)

	Class 58
		The announcement by EWS in September 2000 that all surviving members of the class w ould be moved south (in exchange for newer Class 66s) to be allocated to Eastleigh, Hither Green (and Acton) finally qualifies this class for inclusion on Southern E Group pages.
		The Class 58 design results from a 1977 requirement for a low cost easily maintainable heavy freight Co-Co locomotive with export potential, the introduction of the roughly contemporary Class 56 having been what could tactfully be described as grim.
		To meet the specification the traditional British diesel locomotive design practice of a load bearing superstructure was abandoned in favour of a load bearing underframe.
	www.semg.org.uk /diesel/class58.html (545 words)

	rolling stock : class 56
		The Class 56s appeared in BR Blue with small arrows then BR 'Large Logo' and the first locomotive to appear in a trainload livery, was appropriately 56001 which came out of an overhaul in trainload construction livery.
		The Class 56 fleet was hit very badly by the introduction of the Class 66 locomotives, with a total of over half of the original fleet of 135 locos being stood down and stored at various locations and times across the country.
		These two locomotives worked the final EWS Class 56 charter from Bristol to York and return on March 31st after which the locos were stored and another chapter in British rail history closed.
	www.thejunction.org.uk /cl56.html (873 words)

	Mendip Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a result of poor reliability of the various locomotives used by British Rail to haul the stone trains from the West Country, with availability of the Class 56 locomtives from May 1984 as low as 30%, and only 60% of trains running on time; Foster Yeoman began negotiations with British Rail to improve service.
		British Rail's problem was the hard tie-in and control of the Rail Unions, but accepted the principle.
		It is untrue that British rail refused to tender, but withdrew having conceded that they had nothing which was of the required combination of power and reliability.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mendip_Rail (632 words)

	Class 59
		The seed of such a significant change was due to the discontent of Foster Yeoman, a major customer of British Rail for block trains for their stone and aggregate products, with the dismal reliability of locomotives provided for their services.
		Negotiations in the early 1980s resulted in the provision of only class 56 haulage from May 1983, but this too proved poor with availability as low as 30 percent and at worst only 60 percent of trains running on time.
		Foster Yeoman were impressed with the reliability of their privately owned and dedicated fleet of wagons so ventured to suggest to British Rail that their services be operated with a similarly privately owned and dedicated fleet of locomotives.
	www.semg.org.uk /diesel/class59_1.html (622 words)

	High-speed rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Later high speed rail lines, such as the LGV Atlantique, the LGV Est, and most high speed lines in Germany, were designed as feeder routes branching into conventional rail lines, serving a larger number of medium-sized cities.
		Most high-speed rail proponents (wikipedia definition of 200 km/h) would not consider the Acela to be high-speed rail at all, even though it is advertised as such.
		By building a new rail infrastructure with 20th century engineering, including elimination of constrictions such as roadway at-grade (level) crossings, frequent stops, a succession of curves and reverse curves, and not sharing the right-of-way with freight or slower passenger trains, higher speeds (250–300 km/h) are maintained.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/High-speed_rail (6995 words)

	List of UK railfan jargon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Brick: British Rail Class 153 - presumably from the boxy shape of the single-car units.
		Rat: A British Rail Class 25 or related classes; the Scottish-based Class 26 and 27 were sometimes known as "MacRats".
		This nickname is also applied to Class 158 DMU, and in the West Midlands to the prototype Class 150 DMU Sprinter unit 150 001.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/List_of_UK_railfan_jargon (3614 words)

	British Rail Class 92 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is one of only two Class 92 locomotives to carry full EWS livery.
		The Class 92 is a dual-voltage British railway locomotive which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail.
		The bodyshell is partly based on the Class 60 but with a modified front end.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_92 (648 words)

	British Rail Class 56 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Rail Class 56 is a Type 5 Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work.
		In 2006 three (56045 and 56124) have been revamped as 56301-3 for Fastline the British freight company launched by Jarvis.
		56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_56 (527 words)

	British Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Class 20; 73 ton Bo-Bo light freight/passenger units, built 1957-68; being retired.
		Class 33; 77-78 ton Bo-Bo light freight/passenger units, built 1960-62; being retired.
		Class 56; 125 ton Co-Co heavy freight units, built 1976-84; early Romanian-built units have been retired
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	eBay - british rail, Transportation, Diecast, Toy Vehicles items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		British Rail Bardic Lamp Cartridge D Cell conversion.
		British Rail in the Fifties No 8 Southern Region.
		British Rail Bury St Edmunds Luggage Label NR
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	The Class 309 EMU website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Class 309s, known at the time as Class AM9 (AC Multiple unit type 9) were built in 1962-63 for the newly-electrified ex-Great Eastern Railway services from London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea and Walton in Essex.
		Later in the 1960s the maroon livery was replaced by the British Rail standard blue and grey, and the wrap-round windows were replaced by flat glass - stone-throwers had become a problem and spares of the special panes were expensive.
		Members of the class made occasional one-off trips to London, sometimes on hire to Virgin Trains, and one at least one occasion substituting for the Class 322s which worked the short-lived Manchester Airport - London service which began in May 1998 and lasted just one year.
	www.page27.co.uk /news/c309.htm (1879 words)

	Transport Tycoon Forums :: View topic - [release] BR Class 42 Warship v2.1 [12/10]
		A class 321 would be good although this is not based on mk1 or 2 carraiges.
		It performs about the same as the 2500hp Class 47, which is invented 4 years later.
		It also is so much better than the class 37, invented the year before that it's stupid.
	tt-forums.net /viewtopic.php?t=11084&sid=9719a5a28e1f6d4383af51c1099... (952 words)

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