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British United Traction
British United Traction (BUT) was a manufacturer of railway equipment and trolleybuses. It was established in 1946 as a joint venture between Associated Equipment Company, AEC and Leyland Motors, Leyland. History British United Traction was established in 1946 when Associated Equipment Company, AEC and Leyland Motors, Leyland amalgamated their trolleybus interests. Neither had produced trolleybuses since the early years of World War II. With both forecasting that demand would return to pre-war levels as networks began to close, a joint venture was formed. The new company was organised so that AEC would design and produce vehicles for the UK market while Leyland looked after export markets, although there were some exceptions to this. The only noticeable difference between the manufacturers' output was the wheels. Initially vehicles were produced at Leyland's Ham, London factory, with the first vehicles completed in 1947 for Trolleybuses in Johannesburg, Johannesburg. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Manufacturing
Bus manufacturing, a sector of the automotive industry, manufactures buses and coaches. History Bus manufacturing had its earliest origins in carriage building. Other bus manufacturers had their origins in truck manufacturing. Historically, chassis designs were shared between trucks and buses, but in later years specific bus chassis have been developed, and the midibus introduced a lighter weight bus chassis than normal trucks. Bus manufacture historically developed as chassis and body builds. Often, large bus operators or authorities would maintain separate stocks of bus bodies, and would routinely refurbish buses in a central works, and refurbished chassis might receive a different body. One of the first integral type bus designs combining the body and chassis was the AEC Routemaster. In the 1980s, many minibuses were built by applying bus bodies to van chassis, so called ''van-derived'' buses. Many of these have been replaced by purpose-built designs, although for small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BUT 9612T
The BUT 9612T was a two-axle double deck trolleybus chassis manufactured by British United Traction in 1955/56. A total of 70 were manufactured by Crossley Motors' Stockport factory; 62 for Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ... and eight for Ashton. References British United Traction Trolleybuses Vehicles introduced in 1955 {{bus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watford Junction Motive Power Depot
Watford Junction Motive Power Depot was a traction maintenance depot located in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The depot was situated on the Watford DC line and was near Watford Junction station Watford Junction is a railway station serving the town of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), from and the Abbey Line, a branch line to St Albans. It is also the northern terminus of the Liones .... The depot code was WJ. History From 1960 to 1965, when the depot closed, Class 08 shunters, Class 11 and 24 locomotives could be seen at the depot. References {{Reflist Railway depots in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Rail Diesel Multiple Unit Classes
This is a list of British Rail diesel multiple-unit train classes. For a historical overview of diesel multiple unit train development in Great Britain, see British railcars and diesel multiple units. Pre-nationalisation designs * GWR railcars * LMS railcars First generation Early BR DMUs (79xxx series) TOPS classes Second generation Lightweight railcars Pacers Sprinters Turbos Networker Turbostar Coradias Desiro Civity Diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs) Southern Region DEMUs Second Generation Voyager-style express DEMUs High-speed trains See also * List of British Rail classes * List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes * List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes * British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification * British Rail coach type codes References External links * {{British Rail DMU British Rail diesel multiple units, List British railway-related lists, British Rail diesel multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Royal Vehicles
Park Royal Vehicles was one of Britain's leading coachbuilders and Bus manufacturing, bus manufacturers, based at Park Royal, Abbey Road, in west London. With origins dating back to 1889, the company also had a Leeds-based subsidiary, Charles H. Roe. Labour problems and slowness of production led to its closure in 1980.Ron Phillips. ''A History of the Leyland Bus'', Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2015. History Park Royal Coach Works Limited was registered as a private company on 12 April 1930 for the purposes of building and dealing in carriages, vehicles and conveyances of all kinds. It was a leading manufacturer of single and double-deck bus, omnibuses and trolley buses. During World War II, Park Royal produced large quantities of vehicle bodies for the Ministry of Supply, the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Aircraft Production. It also was involved in aircraft construction. After the war, it returned to producing composite and metal frame public service bodies for customers such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Commercial Vehicles
Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) was a holding company formed on 1 October 1948 when Associated Equipment Company purchased Crossley Motors and Maudslay Motor Company. In 1949 ACV took control of coachbuilding firm Park Royal Vehicles, along with its subsidiary Charles H. Roe, followed in 1961 by Thornycroft. In 1962, ACV was purchased by Leyland Motors Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was an English vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 a ... References {{Reflist Associated Equipment Company Holding companies of the United Kingdom Holding companies established in 1948 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1962 1948 establishments in England 1962 disestablishments in England British companies disestablished in 1962 British companies established in 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTA MPD
The Ulster Transport Authority Multi-Purpose Diesel (UTA MPD) was a diesel powered railcar, used in Northern Ireland. It was developed by the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) as a progression of the earlier Multi-engined Diesel (MED). The MED concept, while suitable for short commuter links, was not considered so for the Northern Counties Committee section, with its main line from Belfast to Derry where speeds of up to were required. A new railcar development was needed, and the MED was superseded by the MPD. History The new railcars were to operate on the former ‘broad gauge’ lines of the NCC which not only covered suburban services in and around Belfast, but also the long main line from that city to Derry. The "new" trains, just as with the earlier MEDs, were converted from existing locomotive-hauled stock. These became known as Multi-Purpose Diesel (MPD) railcars and were built between 1957 and 1962. The first ten power cars being intended for the Derry line trains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Transport Authority
The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland that operated from 1948 until 1967. Formation and consolidation The UTA was formed by the , which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB) and the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR). Added to this by the Ireland Act 1949 ( 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 41) was the Northern Counties Committee (NCC), owned by the British Transport Commission's Railway Executive since its previous owner, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), had been nationalised in 1948 by the Transport Act 1947 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49). Branch railway closures In January 1950 the UTA closed almost the entire BCDR network except the Bangor branch line. In the same year it closed the – section of the former NCC's Derry Central Railway and the freight-only branches to Draperstown and from Limavady to Dungiven. It also withdrew passenger services from the former NCC branch lines to Cookstown, Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albion Motors
Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer. Founded in 1899, Albion Motors was purchased by Leyland Motors in 1951. Vehicles continued to be manufactured under the Albion brand until 1972, after which they continued to be produced, but were sold under the British Leyland, Leyland brand. Vehicle production at the former Albion factory in the Scotstoun area of Glasgow, Scotland, continued until 1980. History Originally known as ''Albion Motor Car Company Ltd'', the company was founded in 1899 by Thomas Blackwood Murray and Norman Osborne Fulton (both of whom had previously been involved in Arrol-Johnston). Murray's father, John Lamb Murray mortgaged the Heavyside estate in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, to provide the initial capital. They were joined a couple of years later by John F Henderson who provided additional capital. The factory was originally on the first floor of a building in Finnieston Street, Glasgow and had only seven empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British United Traction DMUs
British United Traction (BUT) was a manufacturer of railway equipment and trolleybuses. It was established in 1946 as a joint venture between AEC and Leyland. History British United Traction was established in 1946 when AEC and Leyland amalgamated their trolleybus interests. Neither had produced trolleybuses since the early years of World War II. With both forecasting that demand would return to pre-war levels as networks began to close, a joint venture was formed. The new company was organised so that AEC would design and produce vehicles for the UK market while Leyland looked after export markets, although there were some exceptions to this. The only noticeable difference between the manufacturers' output was the wheels. Initially vehicles were produced at Leyland's Ham, London factory, with the first vehicles completed in 1947 for Johannesburg. After the factory closed 1948, production moved to AEC's Southall and Leyland's Leyland, Lancashire factories. Following AEC's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in January 1963, when it was formally renamed the British Railways Board. British Railways was formed on 1 January 1948 as a result of the Transport Act 1947, which nationalised the Big Four British railway companies along with some other (but not all) smaller railways. Profitability of the railways became a pressing concern during the 1950s, leading to multiple efforts to bolster performance, including some line closures. The 1955 Modernisation Plan formally directed a process of dieselisation and electrification to take place; accordingly, steam locomotives had been entirely replaced by diesel and electric traction (except for the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway tourist lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diesel Engine
The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compression (physics), compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine). This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the air-fuel mixture, such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or a gas engine (using a gaseous fuel like natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas). Introduction Diesel engines work by compressing only air, or air combined with residual combustion gases from the exhaust (known as exhaust gas recirculation, "EGR"). Air is inducted into the chamber during the intake stroke, and compressed during the compression stroke. This increases air temperature inside the Cylinder (engine), cylinder so that atomised diesel fuel injected into the combustion chamber ignites. The torque a dies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
