British Rail produced a variety of railbuses, both as a means of acquiring new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide economical services on lightly used...
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Pacer was the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses built between 1980 and 1987. They were...
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Railcar (redirect from Rail Motors)
unit Railbus Railmotor Rail motor coach Air brake (rail) Autorail Bilevel rail car British Rail BEMU British Rail Railbuses Budd Rail Diesel Car Budd SPV-2000...
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of the Pacer family of railbuses. The last set was withdrawn from service in 2020. By the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail (BR) operated a large fleet...
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Unit Locomotive Autorail British Rail Railbuses Ellis 2006, p. 222. Jackson 2006, p. 216. Ellis, Ian (2006). Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia...
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its first generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its lightly used branch lines. It was decided to develop such...
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ASR class BREL also produced some railbuses. Mark 2 Mark 3 Mark 4 (bodyshells) "British Rail Workshops". RailwayBritain.co.uk. Archived from the original...
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multiple unit trains in use on the British railway system. They were built in the 1980s and early-1990s by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), Metro-Cammell...
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Wickham trolley (category Use British English from March 2018)
then and 1990. Railcars built for British Rail included: British Rail Railbuses Departmental trolleys British Rail Class 109 Some versions did away with...
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Belgian diesel locomotive. British Rail Class 55 (Deltic), a class of British diesel locomotive. List of DRG locomotives and railbuses (Class 55), a class of...
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of British Rail diesel multiple-unit train classes. For a historical overview of diesel multiple unit train development in Great Britain, see British railcars...
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Class 92 may refer to: British Rail Class 92, a British electric locomotive List of DRG locomotives and railbuses (Class 92), a class of German steam locomotives...
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the 1980s, British Rail (BR) was interested in replacing its first-generation diesel multiple units, particularly in the use of railbuses to service its...
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The British Rail Class 230 D-Train is a diesel-electric multiple unit, diesel-battery electric multiple unit or battery electric multiple unit built by...
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Passenger train (redirect from Passenger rail)
original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020. "Light Railcars and Railbuses – Feature article". Parry People Movers. Archived from the original on...
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Henry Meadows (category Use British English from February 2018)
buses and trucks. A small number of diesel engines was supplied for British Rail Railbuses in 1958. They also powered the Fowler Challenger crawler tractors...
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The British Rail Class 155 is a diesel multiple unit passenger train. These DMUs were built by Leyland Bus at Workington (incorporating some Leyland National...
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The British Rail Class 144 Pacer are diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger trains built at Derby between 1986 and 1987. British Rail, seeking to procure...
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Stanmore branch line (category Rail trails in England)
the United Kingdom. Located to the north of London, it provided commuter rail services between Harrow and the village of Stanmore. Beginning at Harrow...
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The British Columbia Railway Company (reporting mark BCOL, BCIT), commonly known as BC Rail, is a railway in the Canadian province of British Columbia...
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Park Royal Vehicles (category Use British English from March 2017)
London Taxi, a number of railcars and railbuses (e.g. the British Rail Class 103 and one of the British Rail Railbuses) and World War II vehicles. During...
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The British Rail Class 210 was a type of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) passenger train designed and constructed by British Rail Engineering Limited's...
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stops, using Argentine-built TecnoTren railbuses. Once fully opened in 2015, this will be the first commuter rail service in the city since railway privatisation...
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Waggon- und Maschinenbau GmbH Donauwörth railbus (category British Rail diesel multiple units)
too late - A survey of British Railways diesel railbuses Railway Magazine July 1958 pp. 499-501 German Railbuses for British Railways Bank of England...
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Class (locomotive) (category Rail transport-related lists)
of British Railways Steam locomotives of Ireland Diesel locomotives of Ireland Multiple units of Ireland List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses German...
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Rail transport in Lebanon began in the 1890s as French projects under the Ottoman Empire but largely ceased in the 1970s owing to the country's civil war...
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Schienenzeppelin (redirect from Rail zeppelin)
The Schienenzeppelin (German: [ˈʃiːnənˌtsɛpəliːn]) or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was...
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Multiple unit (category Electric rail transport)
carriages, single self-propelled carriages – also called railcars, rail motor coaches or railbuses – are in fact multiple units when two or more of them are working...
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Keretapi Tanah Melayu (category 1885 establishments in British Malaya)
referred to simply as KTM, is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built...
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