List of articles in "Mean Of Transportation" category - Page 1365

Class 80 was the TOPS classification allocated by British Rail to the prototype 25 kV AC electric locomotive. This locomotive was built by Metropolitan-Vickers initially as a prototype Gas turbine-electric […]

British Rail 18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown Boveri & Cie. It had however been ordered by the Great Western […]

The Yorkshire Engine Company Janus was a line of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement diesel-electric locomotives that weighed 48 long tons (49 tonnes) and had a maximum speed of 23 mph (37 […]

GT3 meaning Gas Turbine number 3 (following 18000 and 18100 as gas turbines 1 and 2) was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at […]

DP2 meaning Diesel Prototype number 2 was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares […]

D0260 named Lion was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in association with Sulzer and Associated Electrical Industries […]

D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. They originally […]

The NASA M2-F1 was a lightweight unpowered prototype aircraft developed to flight test the wingless lifting body concept. It looked like a flying bathtub and was designated the M2-F1 the […]

The Pennsylvania Railroad’s class B6 was its most successful class of switcher or as the PRR termed them shifter. The PRR preferred the 0-6-0 wheel arrangement for larger switchers whereas […]

In 1919 the Midland Railway built a single 0-10-0 steam locomotive No 2290 (later LMS (1947) 22290 and BR 58100). It was designed by James Anderson for banking duties on […]