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54 relations: Absolute block signalling, Andover railway station, Avonside Engine Company, Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, Battle of the Atlantic, Berks and Hants Railway, Beyer, Peacock and Company, British Empire Medal, British Rail, Broad-gauge railway, Bronze Star Medal, Channel Ports, Cheltenham Spa railway station, Dübs and Company, Dudding Hill Line, Fairlie locomotive, George Cross, George Medal, Grade (slope), Great Western Railway, GWR No. 1334, Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury, Invasion of Normandy, Kenneth Biggs, List of crossings of the River Thames, Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, London and South Western Railway, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, M4 motorway, Marlborough railway stations, Midland and South Western Junction Railway, Midland Railway, Minimum railway curve radius, National Cycle Network, North British Locomotive Company, Order of the British Empire, Passenger rail terminology, Railways Act 1921, Red Post Junction, Sam Fay, Savernake Low Level railway station, Second Boer War, Sharp, Stewart and Company, Single-track railway, Southampton, Southern Region of British Railways, Swindon and Cricklade Railway, Sydney Rogerson, Tidworth Camp, Token (railway signalling), ..., Track gauge conversion, Transport Act 1947, Walschaerts valve gear, Western Region of British Railways. Expand index (4 more) »
Absolute block signalling
Absolute block signalling is a British signalling scheme designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at any time.
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Andover railway station
Andover railway station serves the town of Andover, Hampshire, England.
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Avonside Engine Company
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934.
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Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
The Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway was a railway company in England that built a line between points near the named towns.
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.
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Berks and Hants Railway
The Berks and Hants Railway comprised two railway lines built simultaneously by the Great Western Railway (GWR) south and west from in an attempt to keep the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) out of the area that it considered to be its territory in England.
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Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester.
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British Empire Medal
The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.
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Broad-gauge railway
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.
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Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
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Channel Ports
The Channel Ports are seaports in southern England and the facing continent, which allow for short crossings of the English Channel.
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Cheltenham Spa railway station
Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.
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Dübs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie.
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Dudding Hill Line
The Dudding Hill Line (or Dudding Hill Loop) is a railway line in north-west London running from Acton to Cricklewood.
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Fairlie locomotive
A Fairlie is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies.
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George Cross
The George Cross (GC) is the second highest award of the United Kingdom honours system.
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George Medal
The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI,British Gallantry Medals (Abbott and Tamplin), p.138 is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry "not in the face of the enemy" where the services were not so outstanding as to merit the George Cross.
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Grade (slope)
The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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GWR No. 1334
GWR No.
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Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury
Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury (11 April 1842 – 10 March 1911), styled Lord Henry Brudenell-Bruce from 1878 to 1894, was a British soldier, businessman and Conservative politician.
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Invasion of Normandy
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944.
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Kenneth Biggs
Kenneth Alfred Biggs GC (26 February 1911 – 11 January 1998) of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the George Cross (GC) for gallantry in his actions in rescuing people from an ammunition train on 2 January 1946 in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and preventing a major explosion.
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List of crossings of the River Thames
This is a list of crossings of the River Thames comprising over 200 bridges, 27 tunnels, six public ferries, one cable car link, and one ford.
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Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent.
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London and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.
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Ludgershall, Wiltshire
Ludgershall (with a hard g) is a town and civil parish north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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M4 motorway
The M4 is a motorway which runs between London and South Wales in the United Kingdom.
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Marlborough railway stations
Marlborough railway stations refers to the two railway stations which served Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; the town supported two railway routes and Savernake, the junction station at first, later had a second station.
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Midland and South Western Junction Railway
The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.
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Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Minimum railway curve radius
The minimum railway curve radius is the shortest allowable design radius for the centre line of railway tracks under a particular set of conditions.
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National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring.
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North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
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Passenger rail terminology
Various terms are used for passenger rail lines and equipment-the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.
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Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.
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Red Post Junction
Red Post Junction was a railway junction at Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, England between the former Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway and Midland and South Western Junction Railway.
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Sam Fay
Sir Sam Fay (30 December 1856 – 30 May 1953), born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England, was a career railwayman who joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk in 1872 and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway after a successful stint in charge of the almost bankrupt Midland and South Western Junction Railway.
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Savernake Low Level railway station
Savernake Low Level railway station was a station on the Berks and Hants Extension Railway, near the village of Burbage in Wiltshire, England.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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Sharp, Stewart and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England.
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Single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.
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Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, 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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Swindon and Cricklade Railway
The Swindon & Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade.
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Sydney Rogerson
Staff Sergeant Sydney George Rogerson,, (14 May 1915 – 23 September 1993), was a British Army soldier who was awarded the George Cross for the "most conspicuous gallantry" he showed on 2 January 1946 when a massive explosion wrecked 27 railway wagons and two lorries being loaded with munitions at Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.
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Tidworth Camp
Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire.
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Token (railway signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.
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Track gauge conversion
Gauge conversion is the change of one railway track gauge to another.
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Transport Act 1947
The Transport Act 1947 (c. 49) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Walschaerts valve gear
The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.
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Western Region of British Railways
The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_and_South_Western_Junction_Railway
