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;Internal User:Rolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location.
;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
;LBSCR
;LB&SCR:London Brighton & South Coast Railway
;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)
;Raven:Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the North Eastern Railway 1910-1922
;Rexine:an early form of vinyl used by the LNER for wall coverings in teak coaches
;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&T:Signals & Telegraph
;S.W. JohnsonSambron:Samuel Waite JohnsonSambron SA, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) a French manufacturer of telehandler-type forklifts used by the Midland Railway 1873-1903SVR for coaling
;SE&CR:South Eastern & Chatham Railway
;Siphon:GWR telegraphic code signifying a milk van
;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 from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.
;TPO:Travelling Post Office
;TSL:Trailer Second with lavatory
;Up:In 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
;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
