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	TOPS - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the mid to late 1960s British Railways (soon to become British Rail) was searching around for ways to increase efficiency, and came across the TOPS system being used by the Canadian National Railways.
		At the time, the British Government operated a "Buy British" policy for the nationalised industries, and the purchase of an IBM 360 mainframe to operate TOPS on had to be approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Edward Heath.
		Locomotives are assigned classes from 01 to 98, with diesel locomotives assigned classes 01 to 69, DC electric locomotives between 70 and 79, AC electric locomotives 80-96, departmental locos (those not in revenue-earning use) 97, and steam locomotives 98.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/TOPS (1568 words)

	Steve's Page on British Rail Diesels - The "Crompton" (class 33)
		Locomotives that received this livery change after 1968 also lost the D from the front of their number at this time as there was no longer a need to distinguish them from steam locomotives.
		Locomotive D6530 was the first Crompton to be involved in an accident involving serious damage when it ran down an embankment at Gravesend West which resulted in the locomotive bearing a crease in one side for many years afterwards.
		Between 1966 and 1971 the locomotives were all repainted into BR blue and while the yellow end and window surrounds were retained, the white stripe down the side of the locomotive was removed.
	rail.felgall.com /c33.htm (2413 words)

	Privatisation of British Rail - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1988 British Rail Engineering Limited was split between the major engineering works, which became BREL (1988) Ltd, and the (mostly smaller) works that were used for day-to-day maintenance of rolling stock, which became British Rail Maintenance Limited (BRML).
		In 1986 what may in retrospect be viewed as the harbinger of private rail operation occurred when the quarry company Foster Yeoman bought a small number of extremely powerful 3600 hp locomotives from General Motors' Electromotive Division (GM-EMD), designated British Rail Class 59, to operate mineral trains from their quarry in Wiltshire.
		British Rail was to be broken up into over 100 separate companies, with all relationships between the successor companies controlled by legal contracts and supervised by the Office of the Rail Regulator and, in the case of the passenger railway, the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF).
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail (2505 words)

	Informat.io on British Rail Class 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Class 24 locomotives were the precursor of the class 25 design but after the delivery of their first few units it became apparent that the speed ceiling of 75 mph was unduly restrictive and the provision of a bit more power would be advantageous.
		By the time the last few locomotives were under construction dual braking had become the norm and ten of the last batch from Derby were built new as 25/3 BX locomotives for work out of Willesden on the recently upgraded West Coast Main Line.
		At the end of 1985 twelve of the remaining class 25/3 locomotives were designated as 25/9, the intention being that they would operate on traffic won for the Industrial Minerals Division of Railfreight that included salt for road gritting from the ICI mine at Winsford.
	www.vacilando.eu /?title=british-rail-class-25 (2107 words)

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		Locomotives of British Railways, Jarrold, 1980, pp32, 59 illustrations (53 colour) and a map.
		Bloom, Alan Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway, Jarrold, 1980, pp[32] with 64 illustrations (50 colour) and a map.
		Locomotives of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Jarrold, 1979, pp32, 66 illustrations (56 colour) and a map.
	users.aol.com /gbsteven/railway_alphabetical.htm (6170 words)

	British Rail ModernTraction Timeline 1958 - 1982
		Sadly, the locomotive escapes preservationists and is reduced to scrap at Crewe in November 1972.
		British Rail insist that the vehicle is completely destroyed 'as not to be invested with any spurious glamour'.
		Two Class 87 locomotives, 87 029 Earl Marischal, 87 030 Black Douglas and an unidentified Class 86, become the first machines to be painted with a thin orange stripe at cantrail level, for the purpose of warning staff of overhead live wires whilst working on the upper parts of locomotives.
	www.railblue.com /timeline.htm (10910 words)

	Railways In the Nile Valley
		The section between Kena and Luxor was built to the standard gauge, and that between Luxor and Aswan to a gauge of 3 ft. 6 in.
		The rails are supported on the sleepers by saddle plates, and held in place by screw spikes.
		Although the building of locomotives is not undertaken in the locomotive shops, a considerable amount of rebuilding is carried on, and modern methods are employed.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r050.html (3337 words)

	Bluebell Railway - Locomotives on Static Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bought from British Rail by Lord Montague, it was for a time displayed at his motor museum at Beaulieu, before moving to the East Somerset Railway in 1973 and the Bluebell in 1980 where it was rapidly restored to working order.
		The U-class is an ideal locomotive for the size of trains we run on the Bluebell, and its sister locomotive, No.1638, has been restored to working order, again by the Maunsell Locomotive Society, entering service for the first time in 42 years in 2006.
		Being considerably smaller than "Baxter", it is not a large enough locomotive to haul passengers (although the Selsey Tramway used one of this class for their trains of 3 4-wheelers, albeit without the steep gradients of the Bluebell line).
	www.bluebell-railway.co.uk /bluebell/loco_static.html (3100 words)

	British Rail Class 930 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Rail Class 930 was reserved for former Southern Region electrical multiple units and diesel-electric multiple units converted for departmental use.
		The table below lists all the units numbered in the Class 930 series, together with the sandite and de-icing stock used by the SR prior to the adoption of TOPS numbers.
		It can be used as a sandite unit, or the centre vehicle can be replaced with a former 4Sub trailer for de-icing duties.
	www.tocatch.info /en/British_Rail_Class_930.htm (846 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Though the United States still was not at war, American troops replaced British troops in Iceland in July 1941, and later in the summer began to construct naval and air bases in the United Kingdom, ostensibly for British use.
		The British agreed not only with the concept but also with a War Department proposal, code named Bolero, for a great buildup of American forces in Britain, with approximately 1 million men to be equipped and trained to carry out air operations in 1942 and a major invasion of the Continent in 1943.
		Troops of the British Second Army meanwhile began to land at 7:20 am On Gold Beach the advance elements of the 50th Division were pinned down at first by German fire, but gradually they worked their way around the resistance and pushed rapidly inland.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_5.html (18839 words)

	departmental - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "departmental" is defined.
		DEPARTMENTAL : Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) [home, info]
		Phrases that include departmental: british rail departmental locomotives, departmental boot image, departmental display, departmental intelligence, departmental library, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=departmental (166 words)

	TOPS - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock owned by a rail system.
		In the mid to late 1960s British Railways (soon to be rebranded as British Rail) was searching around for ways to increase efficiency, and came across the TOPS system being used by the Canadian National Railways.
		Finding themselves rather taken with it, they purchased the system (along with source code, such as was typical for such a large mainframe-based system in those days) and slowly implemented it.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/TOPS (1523 words)

	Matt Clarke Railway Photographs :: Shunters
		Bescot yard is home to a number of stored locomotives from various classes.
		From the front Class numbers are 08543 in Departmental Gray, 08828 EWS, 08884 BR Blue with RfD markings, 08418 EWS, UID - EWS, 08528 Departmental Gray and 08742 RES.
		More information on the locomotive and its history can be found here.
	www.railgallery.co.uk /shunters.htm (215 words)

	SEG Other Third Rail EMUs and Locos
		The displaced 2EPB units were transferred to the Southern Region of British Rail and one unit survives.
		E26500 is a BoBo electric locomotive built by the NER at Gateshead in 1903 for special work over ashort but difficult freight connection with severe grades and tunnel sections.
		This and a similar machine were equipped by BTH for both third rail and overhead 600/630V dc operation.
	www.southernelectric.org.uk /segpreservationother.html (596 words)

	Switching by wire.
		It seems a relatively simple matter to operate a locomotive from a remote location.
		Simplistically, the receiver, on board the locomotive, and the senders, worn by the operators, must maintain a
		That C.N. Rail comply with its instructions in regards to defective LCS equipment.
	railunions.org /remote.htm (3615 words)

	NS Railway Companies
		The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
		In 1919, a group of financiers and a syndicate of British industrialists, headed by a Montreal entrepreneur, Roy M. Wolvin, began the takeover of Dominion Steel.
		This railway never reached the stage of having an Act of Incorporation passed by the Legislature (at least not under that name) but fairly extensive planning work was done during the first few years of the twentieth century.
	alts.net /ns1625/railways.html (9613 words)

	NIRTWEBPAGE
		These Locomotives from the Industrial scene of the railways, the little shunters worked extensively in Private yards and made the trains that were collected by trains on the National Network.
		Representing the electric train era of British Rail we are fortunate enough to have on site one of the only 4DD Double Decker Railway coaches in the country and an example of one of the Last commuter slam door trains in the of the form of class 415/1 4EPB.
		Both types of Unit used on the Southern Region of the Late British Rail, the 4DD ending its BR Life in 1971 and the 4EPB finally working for Connex Southeastern as a celebrity train set.
	www.geocities.com /nirttrust (1158 words)

	Ian Allan ABC, combined volume, spotters guides, Platform 5, NREA, motive power books, shed allocations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ABC of Electric Locomotives and Multiple Units 1977
		ABC of British Railway Locomotives 60000 - 90999, 1949
		ABC of British Railway Locomotives 60000 - 99999, Winter 1961/2,
	teleramics.co.uk /books/abc.html (486 words)

	The UK Railways Webring
		Our preferred method of working is for the railways themselves to hold an event using the locomotives in question, and we would promote the event.
		An alternative method is also available, and that is for PLEG to actually charter a train to be hauled by the required locomotives.
		For many years STARS have been at the forefront of providing tours for Rail Enthusiasts all over the UK and Europe and in that time we have developed such a range that no other organization can match us for variety.
	a.webring.com /hub?ring=sbtrains (1979 words)

	About Us
		EXE RAIL and its predecessors, Dawlish Warren Railway Publishing, have been supplying both Colour and Black and White transport photographs to enthusiasts for over 30 years.
		Our main list comprises both British Railway diesel and Electric traction from the 1960's to the present day but we also have available photographs of steam locomotives, signal boxes and stations.
		We supply by mail order and also attend model railway exhibitions and railway open days with a sales stand.
	members.tripod.com /exerail/id18.htm (121 words)

	Drivers instruction Manuals
		If you can help to fill any of the gaps, I would be pleased to hear from you.
		Drivers' General Instructions for the Operation of Diesel Train Locomotives, Diesel Shunting Locomotives and Diesel Multiple Trains with Electric, Hydraulic and Mechanical Transmissions.
		BR 204 H.P. Diesel Mechanical Shunters D2000 onwards also departmental locomotives Nos.
	www.railcar.co.uk /books/drivers/instructions.htm (1796 words)

	Kent Rail
		This website aims to look at the railways of Kent and the general South Eastern Division from a historical perspective, mainly concentrating on the development of infrastructure (stations and actual routes), locomotives and rolling stock in the region.
		London and Greenwich Railway 150th Anniversary: Photographs and information on this special event on 23rd and 24th August 1986, organised by British Rail's Southern Region, featuring stock of the newly-formed Network SouthEast sector and locomotives provided by Railfreight, in addition to traction of preservation groups.
		Network's Easter Parade 1991: Photographs and information on this special event at London Bridge Station, organised by Network SouthEast and the Southern Electric Group over 30th and 31st March 1991, with help and assistance from British Rail's Southern Region (then soon to be disbanded) and the TrainLoad freight sectors.
	www.kentrail.co.uk (1051 words)

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