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British Rail Class 33, the Glossary

The British Rail Class 33, also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton, is a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives, ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1960 and 1962.^[1]

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Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England.

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Bachmann Industries

Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda-registered, Chinese-owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specialising in model railroading.

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Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

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Battlefield Line Railway

The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England.

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Beacon

A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.

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Best Value

Best Value was government policy in the United Kingdom affecting the provision of public services in England.

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Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England and, for most of its existence, located at nearby Smethwick, with the factory divided by the boundary between the two places.

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Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway is an heritage line in West Sussex in England.

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Bo-Bo

B-B and Bo-Bo are the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies. British Rail Class 33 and bo-Bo are bo-Bo locomotives.

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Boat train

A boat train is a passenger train operating to a port for the specific purpose of making connection with a passenger ship, such as a ferry, ocean liner, or cruise ship.

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Bournemouth railway station

Bournemouth railway station serves the seaside town of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England.

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Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge

Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, (22 July 1896 – 29 April 1974) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War, who played an important role in the East African, North African and Italian Campaigns.

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Brighton Main Line

The Brighton Main Line is a railway line in southern England linking London to Brighton.

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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.

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British N gauge

British N gauge is a model railway scale and gauge, rolling stock is to a scale of 1:148, teladesign.com track is width as with all other N gauges making track and rolling stock approximately 10% out of scale with respect to each other.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 24

The British Railways Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 24 are bo-Bo locomotives, British Rail diesel locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of Great Britain and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 26

The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) at Smethwick in 1958–59. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 26 are BRCW locomotives, bo-Bo locomotives, British Rail diesel locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of Great Britain and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 27

British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 27 are BRCW locomotives, bo-Bo locomotives, British Rail diesel locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of Great Britain and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 421

The British Rail Class 421 (4CIG) electric multiple units were built at BR's Holgate Road carriage works between 1964 and 1972.

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British Rail Class 423

The British Rail Class 423 (4 VEP), electric multiple unit passenger trains were mostly built by British Rail (BR) at York Works from 1967 to 1974, although the MBSOs and TSOs of the first 20, 7701-7720, were built at Derby Works.

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British Rail Class 432

The British Rail Class 432 (4-REP) electric multiple unit passenger trains were built by BR at York Works from 1966 to 1967 and in 1974.

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British Rail Class 438

The British Rail TC (Trailer Control) multiple units were unpowered fixed formations of 3 or 4 carriages with a driving position at each end of the set, converted by BR's Holgate Road carriage works from locomotive-hauled Mark 1 carriages in 1966–1967 and 1974.

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British Rail Class 47

The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 47 are British Rail diesel locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives of Great Britain, railway locomotives introduced in 1962 and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 70 (electric)

The British Rail Class 70 was a class of three third rail Co-Co electric locomotives. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 70 (electric) are standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 71

The British Rail Class 71 was an electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 71 are bo-Bo locomotives and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 73

The British Rail Class 73 is a British electro-diesel locomotive. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 73 are bo-Bo locomotives, railway locomotives introduced in 1962 and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail Class 74

The British Rail Class 74 was an electro-diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways, rebuilt from redundant Class 71 locomotives in the late 1960s. British Rail Class 33 and British Rail Class 74 are bo-Bo locomotives and standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain.

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British Rail corporate liveries

The history of British Rail's corporate liveries is quite complex.

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British Transport Commission

The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority).

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Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central (Caerdydd Canolog) is a major station on the South Wales Main Line.

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Carnforth

Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay.

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Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel (Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.

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Churnet Valley Railway

The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England.

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Cliffe, Kent

Cliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, in the borough of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.

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Conductor (rail)

A conductor (North American English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew member responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train/locomotive.

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Crompton Parkinson

Crompton Parkinson was a British electrical manufacturing company.

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DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK (formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway), is a British rail freight company owned by Deutsche Bahn AG and headquartered in Doncaster, England.

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De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Diesel multiple unit

A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.

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Diesel–electric powertrain

A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.

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Direct Rail Services

Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a rail freight company in Great Britain, and is one of the publicly owned railway companies in the United Kingdom.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.

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East Lancashire Railway

The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire.

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Eastern Region of British Railways

The Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified from the dark blue signs and colour schemes that adorned its station and other railway buildings.

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Eastleigh

Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester.

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Eastleigh Depot

Eastleigh Depot is a depot location in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England.

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Eastleigh Works

Eastleigh Works is a locomotive, carriage and wagon building and repair facility in the town of Eastleigh, in the county of Hampshire in England.

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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a long heritage railway in Derbyshire.

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Electric locomotive

An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice ending the fighting of World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, made munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.

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Fawley Refinery

Fawley Refinery is an oil refinery located at Fawley, Hampshire, England.

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Feltham

Feltham is a town in West London, England, from Charing Cross.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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FM Rail

FM Rail was a railway charter company based in Derby, England.

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Gospel Oak to Barking line

The Gospel Oak to Barking line, frequently unofficially called the Goblin, is a railway line in London.

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Graham Farish

Graham Farish is a Chinese-owned brand of N gauge British railway models.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Gull

Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Hastings line

The Hastings line is a secondary railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England, linking with the main town of, and London via and.

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Head-end power

In rail transport, head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train.

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Headshunt

A headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.

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Heljan

Heljan A/S is a Danish model railway company based in Søndersø.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Hertfordshire Rail Tours

Hertfordshire Rail Tours was a company that operated charter trains in the United Kingdom.

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Hilsea

Hilsea is a district of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of 'British Railways', latterly known as British Rail until its eventual privatisation in 1994.

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Hither Green TMD

Hither Green (London) Traction Maintenance Depot or Hither Green (London) TMD is a railway depot used for the maintenance and servicing of freight trains adjacent to the Hither Green marshalling yard.

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HMS Richmond helicopter crash

The Westland Lynx helicopter attached to the Royal Navy frigate HMS ''Richmond'' crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 12 June 2002, killing two of the three on board.

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HO scale

HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot).

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Hoo Junction

Hoo Junction is a rail yard on the North Kent Line, near the village of Higham, Kent and Shorne Marshes, operated by DB Schenker.

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Hornby Railways

Hornby Hobbies Limited is a British-owned scale model manufacturing company which has been focused on model railways.

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Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.

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International Union of Railways

The International Union of Railways (Union internationale des chemins de fer, UIC) is an international rail transport industry body.

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Itchingfield

Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Lima (models)

Lima S.p.A. (Lima Models) is an Italian brand and former manufacturing company of model railways.

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List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes

This article lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e.g. diesel, electric, gas turbine, petrol) stock used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e. British Railways and post-privatisation).

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.

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London Midland Region of British Railways

The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR), and initially consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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London Victoria station

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.

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London Waterloo station

Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Marden rail crash

The Marden rail crash occurred on 4 January 1969 near Marden, Kent, United Kingdom, when a passenger train ran into the rear of a parcels train, having passed two signals at danger.

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Marine insurance

Marine insurance covers the physical loss or damage of ships, cargo, terminals, and any transport by which the property is transferred, acquired, or held between the points of origin and the final destination.

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Merry-go-round train

A merry-go-round train, often abbreviated to MGR, is a block train of hopper wagons which both loads and unloads its cargo while moving.

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Mid-Norfolk Railway

The Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway, one of the longest in Great Britain.

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Model Rail

Model Rail is a British railway magazine focusing on rail transport modelling.

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Motive power depot

A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.

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Mottingham

Mottingham is a district of south-east London, England, which straddles the border of both the London Borough of Bromley and the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Multiple-unit train control

Multiple-unit train control, sometimes abbreviated to multiple-unit or MU, is a method of simultaneously controlling all the traction equipment in a train from a single location—whether it is a multiple unit comprising a number of self-powered passenger cars or a set of locomotives—with only a control signal transmitted to each unit.

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Night Ferry

The Night Ferry was an international boat train from London Victoria to Paris Gare du Nord that crossed the English Channel on a train ferry.

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North Eastern Region of British Railways

The North Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified by the orange signs and colour schemes that adorned its stations and other railway buildings.

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O scale

O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling.

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OO gauge

OO gauge or OO scale (also, 00 gauge and 00 scale) is the most popular standard gauge model railway standard in the United Kingdom, outside of which it is virtually unknown.

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Oxted line

The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the Southern franchise.

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Poole railway station

Poole railway station is a stop on the South West Main Line, serving the town of Poole in Dorset, England.

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Popham, Hampshire

Popham is a hamlet and civil parish south of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Push–pull train

Push–pull is a configuration for locomotive-hauled trains, allowing them to be driven from either end of the train, whether having a locomotive at each end or not.

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R. J. Mitchell

Reginald Joseph Mitchell (20 May 189511 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936.

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Rail (magazine)

Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England.

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Rolling-element bearing

In mechanical engineering, a rolling-element bearing, also known as a rolling bearing,ISO 15 is a bearing which carries a load by placing rolling elements (such as balls or rollers) between two concentric, grooved rings called races.

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Rolls-Royce Griffon

The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre (2,240 cu in) capacity, 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.

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Route availability

Route Availability (RA) is the system by which the permanent way and supporting works (bridges, embankments, etc.) of the railway network of Great Britain are graded.

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Scottish Region of British Railways

The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex-London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) lines in Scotland.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over which it now operates.

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Sheerness line

The Sheerness line is located in Kent, England, and connects on the Isle of Sheppey with on the mainland, and with the Chatham Main Line for trains towards London, Ramsgate or Dover Priory.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Signal passed at danger

A signal passed at danger (SPAD), known in the United States as a stop signal overrun (SSO) and in Canada as passing a stop signal, is an event on a railway where a train passes a stop signal without authority.

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SKF

AB SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken, 'Swedish Ball Bearing Factory') is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907.

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Smethwick

Smethwick is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Sophie

Sophie is a feminine given name, a version of Sophia, meaning "Wisdom".

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South Devon Railway (heritage railway)

The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon.

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South West Trains

Stagecoach South Western Trains Limited, trading as South West Trains (SWT), was an English train operating company owned by Stagecoach, which operated the South Western franchise between February 1996 and August 2017.

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Southampton Central railway station

Southampton Central (originally Southampton West and later known simply as Southampton) is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England.

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Southern Region of British Railways

The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised.

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Spa Valley Railway

The Spa Valley Railway (SVR) is a standard gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom that runs from Tunbridge Wells West railway station in Royal Tunbridge Wells to High Rocks, Groombridge, and Eridge, where it links with the Oxted Line.

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Spondon

Spondon is a ward of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.

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Steam generator (railroad)

A steam generator is a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars.

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Stewarts Lane

Stewarts Lane is a large railway-servicing facility in Battersea in London, England, founded by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in 1862, to serve London Victoria railway station.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham.

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Sulzer (manufacturer)

Sulzer Ltd. is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, founded by Salomon Sulzer-Bernet in 1775 and established as Sulzer Brothers Ltd. (Gebrüder Sulzer) in 1834 in Winterthur, Switzerland.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Swanage Railway

The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage, Dorset, England, opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway.

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Swordfish

The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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The Rank Organisation

The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.

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Third rail

A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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TOPS

Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is a computer system for managing railway locomotives and rolling stock, known for many years of use in the United Kingdom.

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Train reporting number

A train reporting number in Great Britain identifies a particular train service.

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Tramway (industrial)

Tramways are lightly laid industrial railways, often not intended to be permanent.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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Uddingston

Uddingston (Uddinstoun, Baile Udain) is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Vacuum brake

The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s.

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Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.

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Wensleydale Railway

The Wensleydale Railway is a heritage railway in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England.

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West Coast Railways

West Coast Railways (WCR) is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth MPD in Lancashire.

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West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England.

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Western Region of British Railways

The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.

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Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.

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Weymouth Harbour Tramway

The Weymouth Harbour Tramway (also known as the Quay Branch or Harbour Line) was a heavy rail line running entirely on the streets of Weymouth, Dorset, England from a junction to the north of Weymouth station to Weymouth Quay station at Weymouth Harbour.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_33

Also known as BR Class 33, BRCW Type 3, British Rail Class 33/0, British Rail Class 33/1, British Rail Class 33/2.

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