Southern Railway (SR) GWR is still in use today and operated under the FirstGroup franchise. Through a gradual period of nationalisation, much of the network was transformed into diesel and lines upgraded to incorporate electrification. This process saw the steam train completely replaced (by 1968...
This period of nationalisation saw massive changes in the railway network: steam traction was eliminated in favour of diesel and electric power, passengers replaced freight as the main source of business, and the network was severely rationalised. Contents...
正在牵引石料的Class 66柴电机车,0受伤徽章 该车为引进美国Electro-Motive Diesel技术所制造的列车,为了适应英国铁路环境(实际上就是砍配重,因为英铁的轴重本身比老美真的差得远了,另外就是摒弃了美式货运机车非常喜欢的外走廊设计)进行改造而专供给英国铁路用的干线货运柴电机车。Class 66年事已高,噪音比较大,油耗...
QUICK SEARCH You can enter numbers, names, locations, classes etc. RAILWAY IMAGES UK from ANISTR.com- the online image archive of British trains and railways in the 20th century Featuring images of steam, diesel and electric motive power and railway infrastructure and people. We have a collec...
The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter is a class of diesel multiple-unit trains built by BREL York from 1984 to 1987. A total of 137 units were produced in three main subclasses, replacing many of the earlier, first-generation "Heritage" DMUs.Specifications...
it was too advanced and expensive for the real world. Traditional railway engineers in BR had been sceptical from the start, and in 1969 had successfully lobbied the board of British Rail (as it became in 1964) to start parallel development of a more c...
The diesel-electric HST is capable of maximum speeds of 200km/h and is therefore among the fastest and most popular passenger trains of its class. Voith Turbo, the specialist for hydrodynamic drive, coupling and braking systems for road, rail and industrial applications, as well as for ship...
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Although it is still possible to travel on the Trans-Siberian railway, and take the Orient Express from Paris to Vienna, steam trains such as the Mallard or Flying Scotsman, have not travelled regularly for almost 30 years in many countries. Diesel powered locomotives or trains running on elec...
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