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70 relations: AC Locomotive Group, Alstom, Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, Automatic Warning System, Barrow Hill Engine Shed, Beattock Summit, Birmingham International railway station, BR Standard Class 7, Brecknell Willis high speed pantograph, British Rail Class 142, British Rail Class 325, British Rail Class 390, British Rail Class 86, British Rail Class 90, British Rail Engineering Limited, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Railway Company A.D., Bushey railway station, Caledonian Sleeper, Carlisle railway station, Cheshire County Council, Cotswold Rail, Crewe Heritage Centre, Crewe railway station, Crewe Works, DB Cargo UK, Direct Rail Services, Driving Van Trailer, Dynamic braking, Electric locomotive, European Union, Euston railway station, GB Railfreight, General Electric Company, George Stephenson, Glasgow Central station, Harry Needle Railroad Company, Head-end power, InterCity (British Rail), InterCity West Coast, Manchester Piccadilly station, Multiple working, National Railway Museum, Northampton railway station, Overhead line, Porterbrook, Preston railway station, Privatisation of British Rail, Rail (magazine), Rail accidents in Winsford, ..., Railfreight Distribution, Railway air brake, Rectifier, Route availability, Ruse, Bulgaria, Serco, Shap, Steam locomotive, Tap changer, Thyristor, Time-division multiplexing, Train reporting number, UK Rail Leasing, Virgin Trains, West Coast Main Line, Willesden TMD, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton railway station, York, 25 kV AC railway electrification. Expand index (20 more) »
AC Locomotive Group
The AC Locomotive Group is the UK's only dedicated AC electric locomotive preservation society.
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Alstom
Alstom is a French multinational company operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, and Pendolino high-speed trains, in addition to suburban, regional and metro trains, and Citadis trams.
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Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, (2 January 1920 – 3 May 2004), styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative and later Social Democratic Party politician.
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Automatic Warning System
The Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a form of limited cab signalling introduced in 1956 in the United Kingdom.
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Barrow Hill Engine Shed
Barrow Hill Roundhouse & Railway Centre, until 1948 known as Staveley Roundhouse & Train Centre, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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Beattock Summit
Beattock Summit is a high point of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) railway and of the A74(M) motorway as they cross between Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire in south west Scotland.
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Birmingham International railway station
Birmingham International is a railway station located in Solihull in the West Midlands, to the east of the city of Birmingham, England.
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BR Standard Class 7
The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties.
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Brecknell Willis high speed pantograph
The Brecknell Willis High Speed Pantograph is one of the four standard pantographs in use on British railway locomotives and multiple units.
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British Rail Class 142
The British Rail Class 142 is a class of Pacer diesel multiple-unit passenger trains used in the United Kingdom.
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British Rail Class 325
The British Rail Class 325 is a 4-car dual-voltage 25 kV alternating current (AC) or 750 V direct current (DC) electric multiple unit (EMU) train used for postal train services.
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British Rail Class 390
The Class 390 Pendolino is a type of electric high-speed train operated by Virgin Trains in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains.
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British Rail Class 86
The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s.
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British Rail Class 90
The British Rail Class 90 electric locomotives were built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Crewe Works in 1987-1990, weighing 84.5 tonnes and with a top speed of.
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British Rail Engineering Limited
British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), incorporated on 31 October 1969, was the railway systems engineering subsidiary of British Rail until the design and building of trains in the UK was privatised in 1989.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.
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Bulgarian Railway Company A.D.
Българска железопътна компания АД (transliterated: Bulgarska zhelezoputna kompaniya AD), in English, The Bulgarian Railway Company (BRC) is the first privately held railfreight company to obtain a license in Bulgaria.
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Bushey railway station
Bushey is a railway station in Hertfordshire which serves the towns of Bushey and Oxhey.
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Caledonian Sleeper
Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
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Carlisle railway station
Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying south east of, and north north west of.
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Cheshire County Council
Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire.
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Cotswold Rail
Cotswold Rail was an English spot-hire company of shunting and mainline locomotives, based in Gloucester.
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Crewe Heritage Centre
Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum located in Crewe, England.
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Crewe railway station
Crewe railway station is a railway station in Crewe, Cheshire, England.
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Crewe Works
Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway.
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DB Cargo UK
DB Cargo UK, formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.
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Direct Rail Services
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a rail freight company in Great Britain.
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Driving Van Trailer
A Driving Van Trailer (DVT) is a purpose-built control car railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train.
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Dynamic braking
Dynamic braking is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a vehicle such as an electric or diesel-electric locomotive.
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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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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Euston railway station
Euston railway station (also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail.
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GB Railfreight
GB Railfreight is a rail freight company in the United Kingdom.
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General Electric Company
The General Electric Company, or GEC, was a major UK-based industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.
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George Stephenson
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.
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Glasgow Central station
Glasgow Central (Glaschu Mheadhain, Glesga Central) (also known simply as Central) is the major mainline rail terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Harry Needle Railroad Company
The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire.
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Head-end power
In rail transport, head-end power (HEP) or electric train supply (ETS) is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train.
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InterCity (British Rail)
InterCity (or, in the earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was introduced by British Rail in 1966 as a brand-name for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history).
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InterCity West Coast
InterCity West Coast is a railway franchise in the United Kingdom for passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line (and branches thereof), between London Euston, the West Midlands, North Wales, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other major destinations between.
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Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England.
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Multiple working
On the UK rail network, multiple working is where two or more traction units (locomotives, diesel multiple-units or electric multiple-units) are coupled together in such a way that they are all under the control of one driver (multiple-unit train control).
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National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.
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Northampton railway station
Northampton railway station serves the large town of Northampton in England.
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Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.
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Porterbrook
Porterbrook is one of the three major rolling stock operating companies (ROSCO) in the United Kingdom (the other two being Angel Trains and Eversholt Rail Group).
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Preston railway station
Preston railway station in Preston, Lancashire, England, is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, roughly half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central (206 miles from London Euston, 194 miles from Glasgow Central).
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Privatisation of British Rail
The Privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands.
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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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Rail accidents in Winsford
There have been three major rail accidents and one notable incident near in Cheshire.
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Railfreight Distribution
Railfreight Distribution was a sub-sector of British Rail created by the division in 1987 of British Rail's previous Railfreight sector.
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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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Rectifier
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), which flows in only one direction.
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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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Ruse, Bulgaria
Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe or Rusçuk; Русе) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria.
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Serco
Serco Group plc is a provider of public services with headquarters based in Hook, Hampshire.
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Shap
Shap is a linear village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Tap changer
A tap changer is a mechanism in transformers which allows for variable turn ratios to be selected in discrete steps.
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Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials.
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Time-division multiplexing
Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is a method of transmitting and receiving independent signals over a common signal path by means of synchronized switches at each end of the transmission line so that each signal appears on the line only a fraction of time in an alternating pattern.
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Train reporting number
A train reporting number in Great Britain identifies a particular train service.
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UK Rail Leasing
UK Rail Leasing (UKRL) is an organisation based at Leicester Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD) offering locomotive leasing and rail vehicle engineering services.
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Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group that has operated the InterCity West Coast franchise since 9 March 1997.
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West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow.
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Willesden TMD
Willesden TMD is a railway locomotive Traction Maintenance Depot situated in Harlesden, north London.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.
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Wolverhampton railway station
Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England is on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line.
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York
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
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25 kV AC railway electrification
25 kV alternating current electrification is commonly used in railway electrification systems worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_87
