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<p><span class="autocomment">See also: </span> Add link to train class component of train reporting number, a related type of BR classes.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British locomotive classification system}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=January 2017}}<br /> [[File:Heritage traction at Dereham.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|A range of diesel locomotives (Classes 37, 47, 31, 20 and 56) at [[Mid-Norfolk Railway|Dereham]]]]<br /> This article lists the wide variety of [[locomotive]]s and [[multiple unit]]s that have operated on [[Great Britain]]&#039;s railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948.<br /> <br /> [[British Rail]] used [[British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification|several numbering schemes]] for classifying its [[Steam locomotives of British Railways|steam locomotive types]] and other rolling stock, before settling on the [[TOPS]] computer system in the late 1960s. TOPS has remained in use ever since.<br /> <br /> ==Steam locomotives==<br /> {{main|Steam locomotives of British Railways}}<br /> * Steam locomotives in use after 1968: [[British Rail Class 98|Class 98]]<br /> <br /> ==Diesel and electric locomotives==<br /> {{main|List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes}}<br /> * Diesel locomotives: Classes 01–70<br /> * DC electric and electro-diesel locomotives: Classes 70–79<br /> * AC electric locomotives: Classes 80–96<br /> * Departmental locos (those not in revenue-earning use): Class 97<br /> * Miscellaneous locomotives, including builders&#039; demonstrators.<br /> <br /> ==Shipping fleet==<br /> British Rail&#039;s shipping fleet: <br /> {{main|British Rail Class 99 (ships)}}<br /> <br /> ==Diesel multiple units==<br /> {{main|List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes}}<br /> <br /> * Units with mechanical or hydraulic transmission: Classes 100-199<br /> * Units with electric transmission: Classes 200–299<br /> <br /> ==Electric multiple units==<br /> {{main|List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes}}<br /> * Overhead AC and Dual-voltage EMUs: Classes 300–399 and 700-799<br /> * Southern Region DC third rail EMUs: Classes 400–499<br /> * Other DC EMUs: Classes 500–599<br /> * High-speed EMUs: Classes 800-899<br /> <br /> == Alternative Fuel multiple units ==<br /> <br /> * [[British Rail Class 600]]<br /> * [[British Rail Class 314|British Rail Class 614]]<br /> <br /> ==Departmental multiple units==<br /> {{main|List of British Rail departmental multiple unit classes}}<br /> * Classes 900-999<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[British Rail coach type codes]]<br /> * [[List of British Railways steam locomotives as of 31 December 1967]]<br /> * [[List of British Railways shed codes]]<br /> * [[Train_reporting_number#Train_classes|British Rail train classes]]<br /> <br /> {{British Rail Locomotives}}<br /> {{British Rail DMU}}<br /> {{British Rail EMU}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:British Rail]]<br /> [[Category:British railway-related lists|British Rail classes]]<br /> [[Category:British Rail rolling stock]]</div>

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