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0F
1F
2F
3F
4F
5F
6F
7F
8F
9F
0P
1P
2P
3P
4P
5P
6P
7P
8P
9P
0MT
1MT
2MT
3MT
4MT
5MT
6MT
7MT
8MT
9MT
The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
32xx
A GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 engine
36xx
A GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine
55xx
A GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T engine
56xx
A GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T engine
57xx
A GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine
74xx
A GWR 7400 Class 0-6-0PT engine
A.J.Hill
Alfred John Hill, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1912-1922
ANPR
Automatic Number Plate Recognition
Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Great Western Railway 1864-1877
ARPS
Association of Railway Preservation Societies
ATC
Automatic Train Control, a form of limited cab signalling developed by the GWR in 1906, superseded by BR's Automatic Warning System
Atlantic
Locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration
Austin
John Austin GRA, renowned Bridgnorth-based railway artist and Fellow of The Guild of Railway Artists
AWS
Automatic Warning System, a form of limited cab signalling introduced in 1956
B&MR
Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Barry
Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation.
Beames
Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1920-1922.
Billinton
Lawson Billinton, Locomotive Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912-1923
Blue Star
An electro-magnetic form of multiple working equipment widely used by BR in first generation diesel locomotives and multiple units whereby multiple like-coded vehicles are capable of running under the control of one driver. A blue star coupling code is normally indicated on the front of the vehicle.
BoT
Board of Trade
B.R.
BR
British Rail or British Railways
B.R.C.W
BRC&W
BRCW
Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
BRC
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
BRUTE
British Railways Utility Trolley Equipment, a wire caged trolley with a low floor developed by BR to replace existing luggage trucks and mail bag trolleys.
BSC
British Steel Corporation, or British Sugar Corporation
BTC
British Transport Commission, government body for integrated transport 1948-63
Bulleid
Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948
C&W
Carriage & Wagon
CBS
Community Benefit Society, a charitable body
CBILS
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, a government backed loan scheme
CFPS
Class 40 Preservation Society
Ch
Chain. 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile
chain
chains
As a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile
Churchward
George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922
Clark
T. F. Clark, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Metropolitan Railway
CME
Chief Mechanical Engineer
CNC
Computer Numerical Control. A computer converts the design produced by Computer Aided Design software into numbers which are used to control the movement of the cutter.
Collett
Charles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Commonwealth bogie
Commonwealth bogies
BR's standard carriage bogie from 1955 to 1963, originally designed by the Commonwealth Steel Company (US) and manufactured under licence in the UK. A heavyweight cast steel bogie incorporating sealed roller bearings and coiled suspension to give a superior ride quality and a speed rating of 100mph.
Composite
Carriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard.
Conflat
GWR telegraphic code signifying a flat wagon for containers
CWR
Continuous Welded Rail, where joints between lengths of rail are welded rather than connected by fishplates.
DCMS
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport until 2017)
Dean
William Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902
Departmental
Rolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic.
DMBS
Driving Motor Brake Second
DMCL
Driving Motor Composite with lavatory
DMU
Diesel Multiple Unit
Down
In reference to the direction of travel means away from the major terminus (i.e. towards Bridgnorth on the present day SVR)
Drott
Drott Manufacturing Company machine similar to a bulldozer used to level and compact soil
Drummond
Dugald Drummond, Locomotive Engineer, later Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & South Western Railway 1895-1905
DTCL
Driving Trailer Composite with lavatory
Dukedog
A GWR 9000 Class 4-4-0 engine, rebuilt using earlier 3300 Class 'Bulldog' frame and 3252 Class 'Duke' boiler.
ECS
Empty Coaching Stock
EE
E.E.
English Electric
ELR
Engineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway
E.M.D.
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives.
ESMP
Engineering Services, Motive Power.
ETH
Electric Train Heating
ETT
Electric Train Token
EWS
English, Welsh & Scottish Railway, a rail freight company
F.P.L
FPL
Facing Point Lock, equipment that physically locks points so that they cannot move.
Fairburn
Charles Edward Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944-1945
FE
Footplate Experience
Fowler
Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1909-1923, and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1923-1933
GBRf
GB Railfreight, a main line rail freight operating company.
GCR
Great Central Railway
GER
Great Eastern Railway
GNR
Great Northern Railway
GNS
GNSR
Great North of Scotland Railway
GPO
General Post Office
GRC&W
GRCW
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Gresley
Sir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941
GTRM
GT Rail Maintenance Holdings, a former railtrack and infrastructure maintenance company
GUV
General Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels
GWR
Great Western Railway
GWS
Great Western Society
GWSR
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (Commonly known as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway)
GW(SVR)A
Great Western (SVR) Association
Hawksworth
Frederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948
headstock
headstocks
The underframe member across each end of a wagon carrying the buffers and coupling. Known as the Bufferbeam on a locomotive.
HLF
Heritage Lottery Fund (National Lottery Heritage Fund from 2019)
Holden
Stephen Dewar Holden, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1908-1912
Hot box
A situation that occurs when an axle bearing overheats, causing damage to the axle box and the axle itself.
HRA
Heritage Railway Association
Hudd
Alfred Ernest Hudd (c. 1883 – 1958), patenter of an Automatic Train Control system, who later worked as a consultant engineer to the signal department of the LMS.
Instanter
A type of three link chain coupling with a special triangular-shaped middle link which provides sufficient slack for coupling, but when rotated through 90 degrees shortens the length of the chain, reducing the slack without the need to wind a screw.
Internal User
Rolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location.
IOMR
Isle of Man Railway
Ivatt
Henry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951
Johnson
Samuel Waite Johnson, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1873-1903
Keruing
(Trade name) A type of medium hardwood timber obtained from trees of the genus Dipterocarpus
LBSCR
LB&SCR
London Brighton & South Coast Railway
LCGB
Locomotive Club of Great Britain
lever lead
lever leads
The (usually brass) information panel on a point or signal lever informing the signalman which other levers need to be pulled to release that lever
LIP
L.I.P.
Locomotive Inspection Point
LMS
London Midland & Scottish Railway
LNER
London & North Eastern Railway
LNWR
London & North Western Railway
Loriot
GWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck
L.P.O.
Lost Property Office
LRO
Light Railway Order
LSWR
London & South Western Railway
Macaw
GWR telegraphic code signifying a timber truck
Maunsell
Richard Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913-1923, and of the Southern Railway 1923-1937.
McIntosh
John Farquharson McIntosh, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Caledonian Railway 1895-1914
MEWP
MEWPs
Mobile elevating work platform
Mica
GWR telegraphic code signifying a meat van
Mink
GWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van
Mogo
GWR telegraphic code signifying a covered motor car wagon
Mogul
Locomotive with a 2-6-0 wheel configuration
Morton
A type of brakes used on GWR wagons after Grouping in 1923, replacing the earlier DC (Dean Churchward) types.
MOSI
Museum Of Science & Industry
MPD
Motive Power Depot
MR
Midland Railway
MSC
Manchester Ship Canal
M.S.C.
Manpower Services Commission
M&SWJR
Midland & South West Junction Railway
NBI
Notice Board Issue. The SVR's on-line method of circulating information to working members.
NCB
National Coal Board
NER
North Eastern Railway
NHMF
Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund – see HLF
NR
Network Rail
NRM
The Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum
Olver
Major Peter M. Olver of the Royal Engineers served with the DoT's Railway Inspectorate between 1965 and 1989. He regularly carried out the annual inspections and approved new works on the SVR.
ORR
Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation, the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways which includes HM Railway Inspectorate
OS
Ordnance Survey
OTMR
On-Train Monitoring Recorder, a device similar in principle to the flight data recorder found on aircraft
OW&W
OWW
Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
P.W.
P.Way
PW
Permanent Way
Pacific
Locomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel configuration
Prairie
Locomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration
PRISM
The Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) Fund, a source of funding from the Arts Council/The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
PTR
Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company
R&H
Ruston
Ruston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US)
Railtrack
private sector owner of the national railway system from 1994 until 2002, created as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Succeeded by Network Rail
Raven
Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the North Eastern Railway 1910-1922
RCE
Regional Civil Engineer(ing)
RCH
Railway Clearing House
RETB
Radio Electronic Token Block, a UK system of railway signalling by radio
Rexine
an early form of vinyl used by the LNER for wall coverings in teak coaches
RHDR
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Richard Deeley
Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1904-1909
Riddles
Robert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives
RNAD
Royal Naval Armaments Depot
S&DJR
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, jointly operated by the London and South Western and Midland Railways (later Southern and London Midland and Scottish Railways)
S&HR
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
S&T
Signals & Telegraph
Sambron
Sambron SA, a French manufacturer of telehandler-type forklifts used by the SVR for coaling
SE&CR
SECR
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Siphon
GWR telegraphic code signifying a milk van
SLOA
Steam Locomotive Operators Association, formed in 1975 to bring together and assist operators wishing to run steam on the main line
SMS:Safety Management System
Snake
GWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van
solebar
solebars
The outer member of a vehicle's underframe, running from end to end below the body
SR
Southern Railway
Stanier
William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
Stroudley
William Stroudley, locomotive superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1870-1889
Super D
An LNWR 0-8-0 goods engine
SURCC
Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Company
SVR
Severn Valley Railway
SVRA
Severn Valley Railway Association
SVRS
Severn Valley Railway Society
TBSL
Trailer Brake Second with lavatory
Telford Steam Railway
TSR
Telford Horsehay Steam Trust Limited, a Charitable heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford with proposals for running heritage trains into the Ironbridge Gorge and onto the former GWR Severn Valley branch.
TMD
Traction Maintenance Depot, also referred to as Diesel Depot
Toad
GWR telegraphic code signifying a goods brake van, which became the standard design's nickname
Toadfit
Telegraphic code signifying a vacuum brake fitted brake van
TOPS
Total Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.
TPO
Travelling Post Office
TSL
Trailer Second with lavatory
TUCC
Transport Users Consultative Committee
Type 1
The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of up to 1000 bhp
Type 2
The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 1001 bhp to 1499 bhp
Type 3
The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 1500 bhp to 1999 bhp
Type 4
The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 2000 bhp to 2999 bhp
Type 5
The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 3000 bhp or more
UIC
Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (International Union of Railways)
Up
In reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR)
Urie
Robert Urie, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and South Western Railway 1912-1922
USATC
United States Army Transportation Corps
VSOE
Venice Simplon Orient Express
Wainwright
Harry Smith Wainwright, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1899-1913
Warwell
Telegraphic code signifying an ex War Department Well Trolley
WCR
West Coast Railways
Webb
Francis Webb, Locomotive Superintendant/Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1871-1903
Weltrol
Telegraphic code signifying a Well Trolley
Whale
George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1903-1909
Worsdell
Thomas William Worsdell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1881-1885 and North Eastern Railway 1885-1890
WLA
Western Locomotive Association Ltd.
WMSP
West Midlands Safari Park
WTT
Working Timetable

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

A GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 engine

Great Western Railway

A GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine

A GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T engine

A GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T engine

A GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT engine

A GWR 7400 Class 0-6-0PT engine

Alfred John Hill, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1912-1922

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Joseph Armstrong, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Great Western Railway 1864-1877

Association of Railway Preservation Societies

Automatic Train Control, a form of limited cab signalling developed by the GWR in 1906, superseded by BR's Automatic Warning System

British Rail or British Railways

Locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration

John Austin GRA, renowned Bridgnorth-based railway artist and Fellow of The Guild of Railway Artists

Automatic Warning System, a form of limited cab signalling introduced in 1956

Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway

Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation.

Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1920-1922.

Lawson Billinton, Locomotive Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1912-1923

An electro-magnetic form of multiple working equipment widely used by BR in first generation diesel locomotives and multiple units whereby multiple like-coded vehicles are capable of running under the control of one driver. A blue star coupling code is normally indicated on the front of the vehicle.

Board of Trade

British Rail or British Railways

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

British Railways Utility Trolley Equipment, a wire caged trolley with a low floor developed by BR to replace existing luggage trucks and mail bag trolleys.

British Steel Corporation, or British Sugar Corporation

British Transport Commission, government body for integrated transport 1948-63

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948

Carriage & Wagon

Community Benefit Society, a charitable body

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, a government backed loan scheme

Class 40 Preservation Society

Chain. 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile

As a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile

As a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile

George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922

T. F. Clark, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Metropolitan Railway

Computer Numerical Control. A computer converts the design produced by Computer Aided Design software into numbers which are used to control the movement of the cutter.

Charles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941

BR's standard carriage bogie from 1955 to 1963, originally designed by the Commonwealth Steel Company (US) and manufactured under licence in the UK. A heavyweight cast steel bogie incorporating sealed roller bearings and coiled suspension to give a superior ride quality and a speed rating of 100mph.

BR's standard carriage bogie from 1955 to 1963, originally designed by the Commonwealth Steel Company (US) and manufactured under licence in the UK. A heavyweight cast steel bogie incorporating sealed roller bearings and coiled suspension to give a superior ride quality and a speed rating of 100mph.

Carriage having more than one class of seating, ie First and Third or latterly First and Standard.

GWR telegraphic code signifying a flat wagon for containers

Continuous Welded Rail, where joints between lengths of rail are welded rather than connected by fishplates.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport until 2017)

William Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902

Rolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic.

Driving Motor Brake Second

Driving Motor Composite with lavatory

Diesel Multiple Unit

In reference to the direction of travel means away from the major terminus (i.e. towards Bridgnorth on the present day SVR)

Severn Valley Railway

Drott Manufacturing Company machine similar to a bulldozer used to level and compact soil

Dugald Drummond, Locomotive Engineer, later Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & South Western Railway 1895-1905

Driving Trailer Composite with lavatory

A GWR 9000 Class 4-4-0 engine, rebuilt using earlier 3300 Class 'Bulldog' frame and 3252 Class 'Duke' boiler.

Empty Coaching Stock

English Electric

English Electric

Engineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives.

Engineering Services, Motive Power.

Electric Train Heating

Electric Train Token

English, Welsh & Scottish Railway, a rail freight company

Facing Point Lock, equipment that physically locks points so that they cannot move.

Facing Point Lock, equipment that physically locks points so that they cannot move.

Charles Edward Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944-1945

Footplate Experience

Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1909-1923, and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1923-1933

GB Railfreight, a main line rail freight operating company.

Great Central Railway

Great Eastern Railway

Great Northern Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway

General Post Office

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

Sir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941

GT Rail Maintenance Holdings, a former railtrack and infrastructure maintenance company

General Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels

Great Western Society

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (Commonly known as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway)

Great Western (SVR) Association

Frederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948

The underframe member across each end of a wagon carrying the buffers and coupling. Known as the Bufferbeam on a locomotive.

The underframe member across each end of a wagon carrying the buffers and coupling. Known as the Bufferbeam on a locomotive.

Heritage Lottery Fund (National Lottery Heritage Fund from 2019)

Stephen Dewar Holden, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1908-1912

A situation that occurs when an axle bearing overheats, causing damage to the axle box and the axle itself.

Heritage Railway Association

Alfred Ernest Hudd (c. 1883 – 1958), patenter of an Automatic Train Control system, who later worked as a consultant engineer to the signal department of the LMS.

London Midland & Scottish Railway

A type of three link chain coupling with a special triangular-shaped middle link which provides sufficient slack for coupling, but when rotated through 90 degrees shortens the length of the chain, reducing the slack without the need to wind a screw.

Rolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location.

Isle of Man Railway

Henry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951

Samuel Waite Johnson, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1873-1903

(Trade name) A type of medium hardwood timber obtained from trees of the genus Dipterocarpus

London Brighton & South Coast Railway

London Brighton & South Coast Railway

Locomotive Club of Great Britain

The (usually brass) information panel on a point or signal lever informing the signalman which other levers need to be pulled to release that lever

The (usually brass) information panel on a point or signal lever informing the signalman which other levers need to be pulled to release that lever

Locomotive Inspection Point

Locomotive Inspection Point

London & North Eastern Railway

London & North Western Railway

GWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck

Lost Property Office

Light Railway Order

London & South Western Railway

GWR telegraphic code signifying a timber truck

Richard Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913-1923, and of the Southern Railway 1923-1937.

John Farquharson McIntosh, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Caledonian Railway 1895-1914

Mobile elevating work platform

Mobile elevating work platform

GWR telegraphic code signifying a meat van

GWR telegraphic code signifying a covered goods van

GWR telegraphic code signifying a covered motor car wagon

Locomotive with a 2-6-0 wheel configuration

A type of brakes used on GWR wagons after Grouping in 1923, replacing the earlier DC (Dean Churchward) types.

Museum Of Science & Industry

Motive Power Depot

Midland Railway

Manchester Ship Canal

Manpower Services Commission

Midland & South West Junction Railway

Notice Board Issue. The SVR's on-line method of circulating information to working members.

National Coal Board

North Eastern Railway

Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund – see HLF

Network Rail

The Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum

Major Peter M. Olver of the Royal Engineers served with the DoT's Railway Inspectorate between 1965 and 1989. He regularly carried out the annual inspections and approved new works on the SVR.

Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation, the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways which includes HM Railway Inspectorate

Ordnance Survey

On-Train Monitoring Recorder, a device similar in principle to the flight data recorder found on aircraft

Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

Permanent Way

Permanent Way

Permanent Way

Locomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel configuration

Locomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration

The Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM) Fund, a source of funding from the Arts Council/The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company

Ruston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US)

Ruston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US)

private sector owner of the national railway system from 1994 until 2002, created as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Succeeded by Network Rail

Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the North Eastern Railway 1910-1922

Regional Civil Engineer(ing)

Railway Clearing House

Radio Electronic Token Block, a UK system of railway signalling by radio

an early form of vinyl used by the LNER for wall coverings in teak coaches

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1904-1909

Robert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives

Royal Naval Armaments Depot

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, jointly operated by the London and South Western and Midland Railways (later Southern and London Midland and Scottish Railways)

Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway

Signals & Telegraph

Sambron SA, a French manufacturer of telehandler-type forklifts used by the SVR for coaling

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

South Eastern and Chatham Railway

GWR telegraphic code signifying a milk van

Steam Locomotive Operators Association, formed in 1975 to bring together and assist operators wishing to run steam on the main line

GWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van

The outer member of a vehicle's underframe, running from end to end below the body

The outer member of a vehicle's underframe, running from end to end below the body

Southern Railway

William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944

William Stroudley, locomotive superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1870-1889

An LNWR 0-8-0 goods engine

Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Company

Severn Valley Railway Association

Severn Valley Railway Society

Trailer Brake Second with lavatory

Telford Horsehay Steam Trust Limited, a Charitable heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford with proposals for running heritage trains into the Ironbridge Gorge and onto the former GWR Severn Valley branch.

Telford Horsehay Steam Trust Limited, a Charitable heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford with proposals for running heritage trains into the Ironbridge Gorge and onto the former GWR Severn Valley branch.

Traction Maintenance Depot, also referred to as Diesel Depot

GWR telegraphic code signifying a goods brake van, which became the standard design's nickname

Telegraphic code signifying a vacuum brake fitted brake van

Total Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.

Travelling Post Office

Trailer Second with lavatory

Transport Users Consultative Committee

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of up to 1000 bhp

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 1001 bhp to 1499 bhp

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 1500 bhp to 1999 bhp

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 2000 bhp to 2999 bhp

The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 3000 bhp or more

Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (International Union of Railways)

In reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR)

Robert Urie, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and South Western Railway 1912-1922

United States Army Transportation Corps

Venice Simplon Orient Express

Harry Smith Wainwright, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1899-1913

Telegraphic code signifying an ex War Department Well Trolley

West Coast Railways

Francis Webb, Locomotive Superintendant/Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1871-1903

Telegraphic code signifying a Well Trolley

George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1903-1909

Thomas William Worsdell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1881-1885 and North Eastern Railway 1885-1890

Western Locomotive Association Ltd.

West Midlands Safari Park

Working Timetable

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