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Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/158_hull_crop.jpg Class 158 at Hull Paragon Station - photo by JThomas] Built by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works, the British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/185_front.jpg TransPennine Express 185 No.185133 York Railway Station] Class 185 Pennine is a class of Diesel Multiple Units (DMU's) that were built in Germany by Siemens for the train operating company First ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/156_front.jpg Class 156 No. 156413 Market Rasen Railway Station] The British Rail Class 156 Sprinter is a class of diesel multiple-unit trains. Each consisting of two carriages, a total of 114 sets were built ...

Events On This Day In History Introduction Every day there are anniversaries of events that have taken place throughout Britain and Ireland over the years. Sometimes Geograph has displayed a picture marking a particular anniversary as ‘Picture of The Day’. This article is intended to use Geograph ...

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Almost from the beginning of our railways, attempts have been made to preserve examples of the most significant locomotive designs. By the end of mainline steam in 1968, there was a reasonable mix of public and private preservation (mainly on static display in museums) together with a selection of ...

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Manufacturers in the United States and mainland Europe had started building diesel locomotives from the late 19th century and in large numbers from the 1930s onwards. In the UK, most of the pre-grouping companies experimented with them. The LMS produced a successful series of diesel shunting ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/Class_195_No._195001_Bradford_Interchange.jpg Class 195, No. 195001 Bradford Interchange] Class 195 is a class of Diesel Multiple Units (DMU's) that were built by CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles) ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/153_front2.jpg FGW 153380 Looe Railway Station] The Class 153 Super Sprinter is a single car diesel multiple unit (D.M.U.) converted from British Rail Class 155 units. These units were originally built as two- ...

Introduction [img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/144_front.jpg Northern Class 144, No. 144008 Carnforth Station] British Rail Class 144 "Pacer" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL Derby between 1986 and 1987. Twenty-three Class 144 units were ...

Introduction Drill halls were built from 1860 for the local Rifle Volunteer Corps funded by public subscription or local benefactors. This became more formalised with the 1863 Volunteer Act. The units required a secure armoury and place to train. Initially this may have been found in the town hall, ...

Introduction As a collaborative project Geograph contributors have many diverse interests and over the last decade have taken photographs of the Great War sites, memorials and centenary commemorations throughout the British Isles. This article will try to bring together for a larger audience the ...

INTRODUCTION This article takes a little look back at the history of postal addressing, especially the period in the 1970s when the postcodes became national. We look at post towns, postal counties and postcodes and the way these have developed. Following this, an album displays a photograph from ...

A gallery of daily tweets is a way (a) for contributors who subscribe to email notifications to learn that one of their pics has been posted on Geograph's Twitter account ('tweeted'); (b) to show any viewer the quality and range of the photos tweeted without going to Twitter; (c) to ...

Thankful VillagesWith war memorials in almost every parish there are very few civil parishes which didn’t lose lives in the First World War. In England and Wales there are a number of parishes known as ‘Thankful Villages’ fortunate in not losing anyone in the Great War (First World War), all those ...