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BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star
BR Standard Class 9F number 92220 ''Evening Star'' is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960. It was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. It was the only British main line steam locomotive earmarked for preservation from the date of construction. It was the 999th locomotive of the whole British Railways Standard range. Construction ''Evening Star'' was built at Swindon Works in 1960. Though the last to be built, it was not the last 9F numerically as Crewe Works had already completed engines with higher numbers. It was equipped with a BR1G-type tender and given BR Locomotive Green livery, normally reserved for passenger locomotives, and was completed with a copper-capped double chimney. All other members of the class of heavy freight locomotives were painted unlined black. Naming 92220 was the only Class 9F to be named when running with BR, although other 9Fs have subsequently been named in preservation. The name ''Evening Star'' was chos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Riddles
Robert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, CBE, MIMechE, MinstLE (23 May 1892 – 18 June 1983) was a British locomotive engineer. Biography LNWR and LMS Riddles was born in 1892 and entered the Crewe Works of the London and North Western Railway as a premium apprentice in 1909, completing his apprenticeship in 1913. While attending the Mechanics Institute classes he took a course in electrical engineering, feeling there would be a future for electric traction. During the 1914–18 Great War he served with the Royal Engineers mainly in France, during which time he was badly wounded. He returned to the LNWR at Crewe, and, in 1920, became the "bricks and mortar assistant", with responsibility for the new erecting shop. When work on this was stopped, Riddles was placed in charge of a small production progress department and was sent to Horwich to study the methods used by the L&Y. From this, Riddles gained some backing and had significant influence in the re-organisation of Crewe, which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff Canton TMD
Cardiff Canton TMD ( cy, Depo Cynnal a Chadw Treganna Caerdydd) is a diesel locomotive traction maintenance depot in Cardiff, Wales. Its depot code is CF. It is operated by Transport for Wales. The depot is used by Transport for Wales fleet and some Cross Country Class 170s. In steam days the depot was called Cardiff Canton and its shed code was 86C. It was built in 1882 as the main maintenance base for the South Wales Railway and the major Welsh engineering base for the Great Western Railway (GWR). After nationalisation in 1948 it was a heavy overhaul base for British Railways. After privatisation in the mid-1990s the depot became a joint Arriva Trains Wales and English Welsh & Scottish facility. The EWS depot closed as a maintenance centre from 10 December 2005, but EWS' successor DB Cargo UK still uses the depot for long-term storage and occasional stabling. History Steam Cardiff Canton was opened in June 1882 as a six road, -long shed, built to replace Long Dyke, ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collection
The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rolling stock, rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin). The majority of the collection is kept at four national museums: * National Railway Museum, York * National Railway Museum Shildon, Locomotion, Shildon * Science Museum, London, Science Museum, Kensington, London * Science and Industry Museum, Manchester Other items are on short or long-term loans to museums and heritage railways such as the Museum of the Great Western Railway at Swindon and the Head of Steam museum at Darlington. __TOC__ Steam locomotives Standard gauge designs up to 1869 These locomotives are all gauge unless noted otherwise. Standard gauge designs 1870 to 1899 These locomotives are all gauge. Standard gauge designs 1900 to 1922 These locomotives are all gauge unless noted otherwise. Standard gauge designs 1923 to 1947 These locomotives are all gauge unless noted otherwise. Standard gauge designs from 1948 onwards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff Docks
Cardiff Docks ( cy, Dociau Caerdydd) is a port in southern Cardiff, Wales. At its peak, the port was one of the largest dock systems in the world with a total quayage of almost . Once the main port for the export of South Wales coal, the Port of Cardiff remains active in the import and export of containers, steel, forest products and dry and liquid bulks. History Following the development of the coal found in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Valley, and Merthyr areas of South Wales, the export of both coal and iron products required a sea connection to the Bristol Channel if economic volumes of product were to be extracted. In 1794, the Glamorganshire Canal was completed, linking the then small town of Cardiff with Merthyr, and in 1798 a basin was built, connecting the canal to the sea. By the 1830s, Cardiff became the pre-eminent iron-exporting port, shipping almost half of British overseas iron exports; between 1840 and 1870, the volume of coal exports increased from 44,350 to 2.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severn Tunnel Junction Marshalling Yard
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Severn Tunnel Junction station (geograph 6214183).jpg , caption = Severn Tunnel Junction station in July 2019 , borough = Rogiet, Monmouthshire , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = Transport for Wales , platforms = 4 , code = STJ , classification = DfT category E , original = Great Western Railway , pregroup = Great Western Railway , postgroup = Great Western Railway , years = 1 December 1886 , events = Station opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Severn Tunnel Junction railway station ( cy, Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren) is a minor station on the western side of the Severn Tunnel in the village of Rogie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pines Express
The ''Pines Express'' was a named passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth in England between 1910 and 1967. It ran for the first time under the name ''Pines Express'' on 26 September 1927; and is believed to have been named after the pine trees growing in the Chines in the Bournemouth area.Gilks, John; Mensing, Michael; Edgington, John (1993). "The Pines Express". In: ''BackTrack'', Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 25-27. When the service first ran, unnamed, on 1 October 1910, it was run jointly by the Midland Railway and LNWR; and was introduced in response to a LSWR/ GWR service between Birkenhead and Bournemouth., (3rd Edition), pp 164-166. InterCity (British Rail) revived the ''Pines Express'' name for several years as part of the CrossCountry network. Route The two termini used were nominally Manchester Piccadilly (then 'London Road') and Bournemouth West stations. However, for many years before the demise of the service, the northbound ''Pines'' terminate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the border with Wales. Including suburban areas, Gloucester has a population of around 132,000. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary. Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and '' colony'' in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as '' Colonia Glevum Nervensis''. It was granted its first charter in 1155 by Henry II. In 1216, Henry III, aged only nine years, was crowned with a gilded iron ring in the Chapter House of Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester's significance in the Middle Ages is underlined by the fact that it had a number of monastic establishments, including: St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 (later Gloucester Cathedral), the nearby St Oswald's Priory, Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 55 were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design employed results from the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further locomotive classes being constructed. Three batches were constructed at Crewe Works, before the publication of the 1955 Modernisation Plan. The ''Britannia'' Class design was based on best practice from the pre-nationalisation railway companies in terms of operating efficiency and lower maintenance costs;Loco Profile 12, BR Britannias. Brian Haresnape. Profile Publications. 1971 various weight-saving measures also increased the route availability of a ''Pacific''-type locomotive on the British Railways network. The ''Britannias'' received a positive reception from their crews, with those regularly operating the locomotives giving them f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitals United Express
Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used for further production *Economic capital * Financial capital, an economic resource measured in terms of money *Capital (Marxism), a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy *Capital good *Natural capital *Public capital *Human capital *Instructional capital *Social capital Architecture and buildings * Capital (architecture), the topmost member of a column or pilaster * Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion * The Capital (building), a commercial building in Mumbai, India Arts, entertainment and media Literature Books * ''Das Kapital'' ('Capital: Critique of Political Economy'), a foundational theoretical text by Karl Marx * '' Capital: The Eruption of Delhi'', a 2014 book by Rana Dasgupta * ''Capital'' (novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Dragon (train)
''The Red Dragon'' is a named passenger train service operated by Great Western Railway (train operating company), Great Western Railway in England from Carmarthen railway station, Carmarthen to Paddington railway station, London Paddington. History ''The Red Dragon'' was introduced by the Western Region of British Railways on 5 June 1950, departing Carmarthen railway station, Carmarthen at 07:30 for Paddington railway station, London Paddington, returning at 17:55. However in practice the main train started and terminated at Swansea railway station, Swansea with only a through portion working west of there to Carmarthen. Haulage was by GWR 4073 Class, Castle class locomotives at first, then by BR Standard Class 7 ''Britannias''. Both were supplied by Cardiff Canton MPD. It was withdrawn on 12 June 1965. It was resurrected in 1983/84 as ''The Red Dragon Executive with InterCity 125s, becoming ''The Red Dragon Pullman'' in 1988.The Encyclopedia of Titled Trains ''The Railway Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishguard Harbour Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Arrival from Swansea (geograph 5512896).jpg , caption = Station in 2017 , borough = Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , owned = Stena Line , manager = Transport for Wales , platforms = 1 , code = FGH , classification = DfT category E , original = Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours , pregroup = Great Western Railway , postgroup = Great Western Railway , years = 30 August 1906 , events = Station opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Fishguard Harbour railway station serves the port of Fishguard Harbour, Wales. It is the terminus of one of the bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neyland Railway Station
Neyland railway station was on the north bank of the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. History The Great Western Railway (GWR) was established under the vision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to link London to North America on the quickest possible route, with steamships landing passengers and goods in West Wales as opposed to steaming to an English port. Further, such a port link could also provide quicker access to Ireland. To achieve this, the GWR supported the South Wales Railway (SWR), which would run from to a port in west Wales. Brunel, the GWR's Chief Engineer, originally proposed to situate the Welsh port at Fishguard, which was intended to be the terminus when the line was authorised in 1845. But in 1852, under extensive shareholder pressure to deliver revenue, Brunel changed his mind in favour of Neyland, because it was sheltered and had deep water to allow large ships to dock. The SWR was opened in stages, and reached on 2 January 1854; the last section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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