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Records created and inherited by British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL)
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Division within AN
The records of British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL), set up in 1970 to develop and oversee the engineering of railway locomotives and to meet the needs of the British Railways Board. Board minutes ancd papers are in AN 180. Records of Temple Mills...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within AN
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records created and inherited by British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records of British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL), set up in 1970 to develop and oversee the engineering of railway locomotives and to meet the needs of the British Railways Board.
Board minutes ancd papers are in AN 180. Records of Temple Mills workshop are in AN 112
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL), 1970-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1985 British Railways Board
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
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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 Engineering Ltd (BREL) was established in 1970. It was a company subsidiary to the British Railways Board. The company inherited the Board's responsibilities for engineering workshops and for the repair and maintenance of existing locomotives, but it was charged at the same time with the development of commercial opportunities.
A commercial department was set up to obtain orders for railway rolling stock, freight containers and general engineering. A joint company, BRE-Metro Cammell Ltd, was formed with Metro-Cammell Ltd to promote export sales. BREL also became a member of the Railway Industry Association.
In 1989, British Railways Engineering Ltd (BREL) became an independent company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1098/
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