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BR STANDARD LOCOMOTIVES - DRAWINGS
Catalogue reference: GB 756 2001-8487
What’s it about?
This record is about the BR STANDARD LOCOMOTIVES - DRAWINGS dating from May 1946 - February 1967.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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GB 756 2001-8487
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Title (The name of the record)
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BR STANDARD LOCOMOTIVES - DRAWINGS
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Date (When the record was created)
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May 1946 - February 1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection contains drawings relating to the design and production of British Railways Standard locomotives at Brighton, Derby, Doncaster and Swindon railway works. There are additional drawings relating to other classes of steam locomotive - that is, those in service before nationalisation - and some diesel locomotives.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Search Engine (National Railway Museum)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>British Railways, 1948-1994</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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There are four Series of drawings, each listing the drawings from one of the Works - Brighton, Derby, Doncaster and Swindon.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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British Railways was established after the nationalisation of Britain's railways in January 1948. The new organisation inherited a bewildering array of diverse steam locomotive types, many doubtless suffering the ravages of working during the war years and were due for replacement. A complete series of 'Standard' steam types, with the exception of purely shunting engines, was introduced from 1951 onwards. The different types, ranging from tank engines for branch-line working to powerful express passenger and heavy freight engines, were designed with ease of maintenance in mind and used as many common components as possible to reduce manufacturing costs. The designs had a short life, since steam-hauled trains ceased to run on Britain's nationalised railway in 1967. Numerous examples of 'Standard' locomotives have survived, however, and are in use on preserved 'heritage' railways.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <span class="wrapper"><p>Refer to the following publications for further information:</p> <p>BRADLEY, R P: 'The Standard Steam Locomotives of British Railways'; Guild Publications, 1987.</p> <p>COX, E S: 'British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives'; Ian Allan, 1966.</p></span>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/03ceacb0-5c27-4362-a213-33f60303590b/
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