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	British Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Supporting rail operations are 13 engineering factories, the largest railway research centre in the world, 40 ships in European waters, the world's largest hovercraft, hotels and train catering services.
		British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) has 13 factories throughout Britain which are responsible for the manufacture, maintenance, repair and refurbishing of all locomotives and rolling stock for British Rail.
		British Rail's subsidiaries Sealink UK Ltd. and British Rail Hovercraft Ltd. (Seaspeed), in partnership with European shipping organisations and railways, operate shipping and hovercraft services linking continental Europe with Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
	www.apt-p.com /LeafletBritishRailTriLanguage.htm (678 words)

	R & D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		British Railways, like most of its counterparts throughout the world, has inherited a large number of structures, bridges, tunnels, station buildings, for example, many of which were built over a century ago.
		Modern British signalling practice is the result of more than a century of continuous evolutionary development and represents possibly the simplest and best signalling system in use in the world today.
		British Rail's latest passenger trains are not only faster, but also quieter than those they are replacing.
	www.apt-p.com /LeafletRandD.htm (3433 words)

	British Rail Railbuses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Rail produced a variety of Railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide services on lightly-used lines economically.
		Railbuses are a very lightweight type of Diesel multiple unit Railcar designed for use specifically on little-used railway lines, and as the name suggests share many aspects of their construction with a bus, usually having a bus, or modified bus body, and having four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies.
		British Rail returned to the idea of railbuses from the mid-1970s, and a prototype four wheel vehicle was developed jointly by British Leyland and the British Rail Research Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Railbuses (867 words)

	U.S. Patent: 5242136 - Railway signalling systems - September 7, 1993
		The rails are electrically shunted by the wheels and axles of a railway vehicle of the train in the section.
		A source of electricity diagrammatically represented by battery 3 is connected across the rails 1 and 2 at one end of the section and a detector 4 is connected across the rails at the other end of the section to complete the track circuit through the rails.
		The reliable operation of the track circuit depends upon good electrical contact between the wheels and rails and good electrical conductivity of the wheel/axle set so that the train shunt resistance is low enough to provide in effect a short circuit between the rails.
	www.everypatent.com /comp/pat5242136.html (2338 words)

	Lightweight - Information from Reference.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The lightweight division is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
		Notable lightweight boxers includes Bummy Davis, Amir Khan, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Roberto Duran, Hector Camacho, Julio César Chávez, Benny Leonard, Joe Gans, Henry Armstrong, Tony Canzoneri, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Alexis Arguello, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
		While not as popular as the heavier divisions among the mass of boxing fans, many find the often lightning-fast action of the lightweight divisions more compelling than the relatively slower matches of the heavier fighters.
	www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /search?q=Lightweight (232 words)

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		Better rail access to airports is needed, but the stations should be at the terminal and not at the edge of the field.
		Luyken pokes fun at British railfans with their checklists of ancient diesels that rail enthusiasts should see, and at their chauvinistic adoration of British diesels as the best and fastest in the world.
		In other words, the ICE and the TGV are forms of rail transit designed to be competitive in a privatized transportation industry where speed is king because of the preeminence of the automobile and the airplane.Blum simply recommends that the environmental costs of automobile and airplane travel be taken into account.
	www.railfan.net /railpix/text/ro_1_7.txt (22513 words)

	Carriages
		Acquired by Peak Rail in 2001 from Thales for conversion ino a 'mobile village hall'.
		Constructed in 1966 at Derby again, this vehicle is a brake second open modified by the addition of a small bar in the place of a pair of seats.
		Constructed at Derby works between 1958 and 1961, this design marked the culmination of the 'Derby Lightweight' series of diesel multiple units.
	www.peakrail.co.uk /stockcar.htm (1298 words)

	WowEssays.com - Sport Of Kings - Horse Racing
		The first Kentucky Derby was held May 17, 1875, as a crowd estimated at 10,000 from around the city, state and surrounding areas converged on the Jockey Club grounds.
		Although the first Derby was held at 1 1/2 miles, the distance was changed to the current 1 1/4 miles in 1896.
		In an era where having the Kentucky Derby favorite is a certain way not to win the Run for the Roses, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile has become infamous for the failure of its winners to go on to greater things at three.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ag2/zwq218.shtml (4000 words)

	Member Groups Forming The Midland Diesel Group
		In the early 1950's investment was to be made in new lightweight diesel multiple unit trains the first batch of which were built at Derby in early 1954.
		Most of the Derby Lightweights were withdrawn between 1967/69 and by 1970 the vast majority had been scrapped.
		Predecessor of Class 08 shunter, built at Derby in 1950 and delivered new to Saltly depot, withdrawn in 1971 but survived in industrial use until rescued for the MRC by a group of members in 1978.
	members.tripod.com /~DGB/groups.htm (2183 words)

	British Rail Class 114 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This vehicle has been restored to its original 1956 condition, and is preserved at the Midland Railway Centre.
		The British Rail Class 114 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby from 1956 to 1957.
		British Rail Fleet Survey 8: Diesel Multiple Units- The First Generation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_114 (575 words)

	Diesel Multiple Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This lightweight train, in a shades of grey livery, was used for trails for a time on various branch lines around the country during 1953 (probably remaining in trials service for a year or two later).
		The single-car four wheeler 'rail bus' units that actually entered service with BR in 1958 (after the larger and heavier DMUs had started services) were intended to offer a low cost solution to providing passenger services on branch lines.
		Both the Derby and the Metropolitan-Cammell lightweight units were equipped with four white electric lights on the front, replicating the four position headcode disks used on locomotives.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app3-4/ap3-dmu.htm (8808 words)

	The Railway Age, Crewe - Advanced Passenger Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Built by BREL at Derby, the allocation, which was divided between Glasgow Shields Electric Traction Depot and Crewe ETD, consisted of six rakes and a spare driving vehicle, numbered 370001 - 370007 (Class 370).
		Each rake would contain up to six articulated trailer vehicles and one non-driving motor vehicle, so that each train set would comprise of two such rakes with the non-driving motor vehicles being situated in the centre of the formation.
		Lightweight steel bogies, incorporating specially designed axles for use on the hydro-kinetic braking system, air bag secondary suspension of the vehicles and swinging bolster, jacks and control equipment for the tilt system.
	www.therailwayage.co.uk /advancedpassengertrain.htm (362 words)

	Nottingham & Melton Railway Chapter 18 Page 286
		As well as British Rail's Research Department at Derby, the line was also host to British Rail's Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer or CMandEE.
		Consequently these tests were transferred to the British Rail Test Track, and later to the Mickleover Test Track where the gradients were more suitable.
		As part of this project, British Rail Research teamed up with Leyland Vehicles to build a prototype railbus, the LEV (Leyland or Lightweight Experimental Vehicle).
	www.nottm-melton-railway.co.uk /c18/page286.htm (866 words)

	Building panel and buildings made therefrom - Patent 5743056
		These floors can be a variety of different materials such as timber in cassette form, precast concrete or lightweight concrete poured into a pressed metal form, or a pressed metal deck and pressed metal beams.
		Before the precursors have completely foamed, the press is closed and the panel is cured for approximately ten minutes (it will be appreciated that the walls of the jig retain the foam in the space between the face sheets).
		A fire test was performed in accordance with British Standard 476: Part 21:1987, Section 8, on a specimen consisting of three panels of the present invention joined together with cam locks as depicted in FIG.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5743056.html (4393 words)

	Lightweight Vacuums -- Recommendations and Resources (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A lightweight markup language is a markup language with simpler syntax, so that it is easier for a human to enter with a simple text editor.
		Lightweight markup languages are used in applications where there is relatively little bandwidth and so conciseness is important.
		"Requiem for a Lightweight" is an episode from MAS*H. It was the third episode broadcast and aired on October 1, 1972.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com.cob-web.org:8888 /health/86/lightweight-vacuums.html (1387 words)

	British Rail Class 150 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The British Rail Class 150 "Sprinter" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL from 1984-87.
		At the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail (BR) had a large fleet of ageing "Heritage" DMUs built to many different designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
		Richard Crane is the chairman of the Bletchley to Bedford Rail Users Association who has campaigned for the line to be retained and expanded.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/British_Rail_Class_150 (1826 words)

	sulzer engineer
		At the end of the 1960's Derby Works purchased fifty Mk II 12LDA cylinder blocks to feed into their engine overhaul programme, this step had been taken to mitigate some of the costs involved in repairing fractures on the cylinder blocks then in service.
		This requirement was later changed to slow freight locomotives and fast lightweight rolling stock, resulting in the Class 56 and the HST with no need for further development of 'Kestrel'.
		The resources of Derby Works and the BR Derby metallurgical laboratory were on hand to help, frequently calling in someone from the CM&EE department to assist.
	www.derbysulzers.com /engineer.html (6277 words)

	The Railcar Association
		However owner Eddie Knorn's long term own was to return it to working order, and indeed the former Neville Hill classroom spent some time in Derby on it's way to Cheshire getting brake gear installed from a donor vehicle there for scrap as a step towards this.
		The order from the Council to move it just meant that this aim was achieved earlier, and the vehicle arrived at the Midland Railway Butterley on Tuesday 21st, the same day as the story was featured in the Daily Mail.
		It is intended as a short-term partner for Derby Lightweight power car 79018, until it's own trailer car is restored.
	www.railcar.co.uk (580 words)

	Physics Today June 2001
		Engineering/Stored Energy Technology in Derby, UK, has taken the magnet-motor concept and placed it in a standard resilient wheel (for a light-rail car or streetcar), reducing weight and complexity.
		Also in the UK, J. Parry and Associates of Cradley Heath has several low-floor, lightweight, flywheel-storage tramcars in trial operation for low-cost public transit, but has not yet used the hub- or wheel-motor concepts.
		An experimental bus line in Trieste, Italy, designed by Breda of Italy, is all electric, using rails in the street that are powered only when the bus is over them.
	www.aip.org /pt/vol-54/iss-6/p15.html (1351 words)

	RDR - Stocklist - BR Battery Railcar Unit
		The unit (consisting of cars ScR 799998/799999) was a standard "Derby Lightweight" Diesel Multiple Unit body, but fitted with electric traction motors and large batteries housed underneath the coach bodies.
		It was eventually claimed by BR's research department and was given the name "Gemini", repainted into the research livery of blue/red and used on BRATO (British Rail Automatic Train Operation) tests until 1984, when it was put up for sale.
		The unit was bought by the West Yorkshire Transport Museum to be used on the Bradford Low Moors scheme, and was loaned to the East Lancashire Railway for restoration.
	www.deeside-railway.co.uk /pages/stocklist/battery_railcar.php (612 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| The little train that could
		But all the while, a group of British Rail engineers in Derby had a notion that they could find a simpler, cheaper solution.
		Workshops in Derby and Crewe set to work building the engines and the result was the InterCity 125.
		But the dream of a modern rail network lived on, thanks in no small part to this stop-gap solution which cost hundreds of thousands rather than millions.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/4812304.stm (1656 words)

	Railcar50 - a celebration of 50 years of first generation DMUs
		We managed to have 21 vehicles on site, with 16 visiting, which must be a record for any preserved gala.
		Class 122 55006 was a replacement for GWR Railcar No. 22 from Didcot, the rail move of which was cancelled when our sponsor withdrew.
		Class 101 692 was a replacement for Class 109 Wickham from Llangollen which withdrew as we couldn't guarantee they'd make any money from the event.
	www.railcar.co.uk /railcar50/vehicles.htm (168 words)

	DMU Railcars at the Dean Forest Railway
		DMUs were first introduced in 1954 just before the British Rail Modernisation Plan in 1955 which quickly led to large numbers of DMUs being built by B.R. Workshops and outside commercial builders.
		A number of DMUs have been bought from British Rail by private groups throughout the country to be preserved.
		Part of the British railway heritage, these vehicles deserve to be saved for future generations, just as steam locomotives have.
	www.deanforestrailway.co.uk /loco_dmu.html (1350 words)

	Guns and Shooting
		The M16 today is at the center of a thriving, multi-million-dollar industry involving numerous companies and military agencies who are designing and manufacturing drop-in upper receivers in various configurations and calibers, plus complex rail systems and other high-tech accessories, all based on the M16 platform, which grows more firmly established with each passing day.
		New British book is a manual on fieldcraft, including camouflage and concealment, use of sniper teams, positions and use of current sniping systems.
		Series on British arms that is like an owner's manual for the weapon described.
	www.warbooks.com /guns.html (7334 words)

	British Rail BEMU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battery Electric Multiple Unit was an experimental two-car Multiple unit, built at the same time and in the same style as the prototype Derby Lightweight Diesel multiple units.
		It is believed to have returned to use for a period before closure of the line in 1966.
		It lasted in this role until it was withdrawn in 1984, and was eventually bought for preservation at the proposed West Yorkshire Transport Museum.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/British_Rail_BEMU (702 words)

	Pattaya Mail Columns
		At one stage over 1350 British Rail wagons of various types were used, but due to their limited maximum speed they were not too suitable.
		Plainly British Rail did not want to lose this, although it is hard to see who else could have handled traffic of this volume in any sensible way.
		It had to fit in with British height and width restrictions, the driver’s cab and controls were to conform with local practice, and in particular, special control of exhaust noise (which doesn’t seem to worry Americans) was to be very rigid indeed.
	www.pattayamail.com /343/columns.htm (9373 words)

	Enthusiasts' Info - Locomotives
		However in 1879 the GSWR purchased the line with its steam carriage and it was at this point that she received her number '90' in the GSWR stock.
		However as the locomotive proved to be in good condition and as we were subsequently and unexpectedly offered a supply of spare parts by Irish Rail, the locomotive was put into operational condition by our volunteers.
		This unique prototype railcar is on loan to the railway from Translink, Northern Ireland's integrated public transport operator, and was one of of four prototypes built in 1981 by British Rail Engineering at Derby as a possible solution to operating lightly-trafficked branch lines.
	www.downrail.co.uk /locos.htm (2399 words)

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