British rail

(first posted 12/5/2014) CC has already heard the story of Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive and pride of the London and North Eastern Railway. But by 1960, Mallard and […]

I was about to do some Austrian scans and realised I'd left these three in the machine, so here they are! Back to 1970's Tyneside, the era of Michael Caine's masterpiece "Get Carter", and a very interesting time railway wise indeed. Taken from the Castle situated at the east end of Newcastle Central, this pair are heading east, possibly to Heaton sidings with an ecs. Discussion below considers this to probably be an SW - NE service, rather than a Liverpool - Newcastle, with the 40 appearing…

NA Great Western Railway British Rail Class 220 at Dawlish, United Kingdom by Bob Pickering (BP)

A schematic diagram representing the major (and many minor) liveries worn by coaching stock (hauled and multiple units) under the British Rail brand from the Rail Blue of the Corporate Identity Manual in 1965 to the end of "Sectorisation". The colourful schemes (some pleasant, others not so) of the regional Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) are included for fun. Health warning - this is a schematic representation and no attempt has been made to actually map the colours. Instead the basic…

English Electric DP1, commonly known as Deltic, is a prototype 3,300 hp (2,500 kW) demonstrator locomotive employing two Napier Deltic engines, built by English...

40061 leaves Newcastle with ecs to Heaton (from the Blackpool - Newcastle service), 14/8/82. ©Rail Photoprints

40 Years Ago Today. Not going without a fight, the last convoy of class 76s heading for CF Booths scrapyard in Rotherham, was stopped at Sheffield Midland station on the 24/11/1983 due to 76043 having a slight axel box fire. © Roger5450

91025 heads a northbound Anglo-Scottish ECML express from Newcastle Central - c.09/1992. The actual date the image was made is unknown; the indication given is based on the film processing date imprinted on the original slide.

Last month, Railcolor News reported on GB Railfreight expanding its fleet with 'Class 69' locomotives - former Class 56s being modernized and getting a major overhaul. 69 001 was shown testing at the Severn Valley Railway in a grey primer coating.Now, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has unveiled 69002 - t

On 18 September 1977, electro-diesel loco 74004 is seen shunting at London Waterloo. It would work the 15.08 Waterloo - RIchmond - Kingston - Waterloo service, formed of an Exeter line 8-set of loco-hauled coaches which had been turned as a result of diversion via Westbury on its up service. This Sunday afternoon move occurred on several occasions, proving a delight for enthusiasts and an eye-opener for "normal" punters. Class 74 was withdrawn at the end of this year and the following year a…

Great Western Railway boasted its upgraded electric Super Express trains would cut journey times by up to 17 minutes by 2018

High quality photograph of British Rail Class 55 # 55 022 at Bury, United Kingdom.

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Principle Routes of British Rail

On 23/01/75, 86209 working the 22:15 Euston - Glasgow collided with 83003 working the 19:10 Manchester - Euston which had been derailed by a steel pallet which had fallen from a freight train. 86209 is seen at the bottom of the embankment south of Watford two days later.

The British Rail logo was designed by Gerry Barney of the Design Research Unit. The famous double-arrow has outlasted British Rail itself.