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Engineer's Line References

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Depot Codes. A start.
__TOC__Engineer__TOC__==Engineer's Line References==Engineer's Line References are three letter codes for identifying individual routes on the UK rail network. Any bridge, or other structure, can be identified and located by its unique ELR and distance from the main terminus. Many of the codes remained unchanged from pre grouping, right through nationalisation to the present day.<br>
ELRs relevant to the Severn Valley Railway, including the Loop and the Tenbury Branch are:
File:TBY2.JPG|TBY2 on Dowles Bridge
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==Depot Codes (Incomplete article)==
 
===BR Shed Codes===
Shortly after nationalisation, the newly formed British Railways devised a system of identifying all locomotive depots by a unique code.
 
====Kidderminster====
*85D From February 1 1950 to September 9 1960<ref name=RCBR>[http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/depots/depots3.shtm BR Shed Codes Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk]</ref>
*84G From September 10 1960 to August 31 1963<ref name=RCBR/>
*2P From September 1 1963 to July 31 1964<ref name=RCBR/>
 
====Cleobury Mortimer (Sub-shed of Kidderminster)====
*85D From February 1 1950 to September 9 1960<ref name=WBR>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Railways_shed_codes BR Shed Codes Codes on Wikipedia]</ref>
*84G From September 10 1960 to 1962<ref name=WBR/>
 
==See also==
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