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;56xx:A GWR 0-6-2T engine
;57xx:A GWR 0-6-0PT engine
;ARPS:Association of Railway Preservation Societies
;B&MR:Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
;Barry:Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation.
;BR:British Rail or British Railways
;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.
;Bulleid:Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948
;C&W:Carriage & Wagon
;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
;CME:Chief Mechanical Engineer
;Collett:Charles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
;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
;DCMS :Department for Culture, Media and Sport
;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)
;Drummond:Dugald Drummond, Locomotive Engineer, later Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & South Western Railway 1895-1905
;Dukedog:A GWR 3200 Class 4-4-0 engine, rebuilt using earlier 'Bulldog' frame and 'Duke' boiler.
;ConflatECS:Empty Coaching Stock;ELR:Engineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway;ETT:Electric Train Token;F.P.L;FPL:Facing Point Lock, equipment that physically locks points so that they cannot move.;Fairburn:Charles Edward Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944-1945;FE:Footplate Experience;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 of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941;GUV:General Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels;GWR telegraphic code signifying :Great Western Railway;GWS:Great Western Society;GWSR:Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (Commonly known as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway);Hawksworth:Frederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948;HLF :Heritage Lottery Fund ;Hot box:A situation that occurs when an axle bearing overheats, causing damage to the axle box and the axle itself.;Ivatt:Henry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951;LB&SCR:London Brighton & South Coast Railway;lever lead;lever leads:The (usually brass) information panel on a flat wagon for containerspoint or signal lever informing the signalman which other levers need to be pulled to release that lever;LMS:London Midland & Scottish Railway;LNER:London & North Eastern Railway;LNWR:London & North Western Railway
;Loriot:GWR telegraphic code signifying a machine truck
;LRO:Light Railway Order
;LSWR:London & South Western Railway
;Macaw:GWR telegraphic code signifying a timber truck
;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
;MOSI:Museum Of Science & Industry
;MPD:Motive Power Depot
;MR:Midland Railway
;NCB:National Coal Board
;NER:North Eastern Railway
;NHMF :Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund – see HLF
;NR:Network Rail
;NRM:National Railway Museum
;OW&W:Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
;P.W.
;P.Way
;PW:Permanent Way
;PTR:Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company
;Rexine:an early form of vinyl used by the LNER for wall coverings in teak coaches
;Richard Deeley:Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1904-1909
;Riddles:Robert Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives
;S&DJR:Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
;S&T:Signals & Telegraph
;S.W. Johnson:Samuel Waite Johnson, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1873-1903
;SE&CR:South Eastern & Chatham Railway
;Siphon:GWR telegraphic code signifying a milk van
;Snake:GWR telegraphic code signifying a passenger brake van
;SR:Southern Railway
;Stanier:William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
;super D:An LNWR 0-8-0 goods engine
;SVR:Severn Valley Railway
;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 in the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.
;TPO:Travelling Post Office
;TMDType 1:Traction Maintenance Depot, also referred The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of up to as Diesel Depot1000 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)
;ECSUp:Empty Coaching StockIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR)
;VSOE:Venice Simplon Orient Express
;LROWarwell:Light Railway Order;NCB:National Coal Board;Hot box:A situation that occurs when Telegraphic code signifying an axle bearing overheats, causing damage to the axle box and the axle itself.ex War Department Well Trolley;ELRWCR:Engineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway;chainWest Coast Railways;chainsWeltrol:As a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of Telegraphic code signifying a mile;ARPS:Association of Railway Preservation SocietiesWell Trolley