British Rail Class 201 (6S) — narrow-profile diesel-electric multiple unit British Rail Class 201 Six-car narrow-profile DEMUs built 1957–58 for the London–Hastings line. Designed to pass restricted tunnels; later withdrawn as routes were modified or electrified. Some vehicles…
British Rail Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive British Rail Class 47 A widely used British mainline diesel-electric locomotive introduced in the 1960s. 512 were built; many worked passenger and freight services and a substantial number survive in pr…
British Rail Class 86: 1960s AC electric locomotive, service history and preservation British Rail Class 86 Overview of the British Rail Class 86, the mid-1960s AC electric locomotive used on the West Coast Main Line: development, decades of passenger and freight service, later exports a…
British Rail Derby Lightweight diesel multiple units British Rail Derby Lightweight Mid-1950s lightweight diesel multiple units built at Derby Works for British Railways to replace steam on secondary routes. Various formations, early large-scale DMU production; se…
