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Several CMEs added for locos that have attended galas
;74xx:A GWR 7400 Class 0-6-0PT engine
;ARPS:Association of Railway Preservation Societies
;Atlantic:Locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration
;B&MR:Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
;Barry:Woodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation.
;chains:As a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile
;Churchward:George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922
;Clark:T. F. Clark, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Metropolitan Railway
;CME:Chief Mechanical Engineer
;Collett:Charles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
;GWSR:Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (Commonly known as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway)
;Hawksworth:Frederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948
;Hill:Alfred John Hill, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1912-1922;HLF :Heritage Lottery Fund ;Holden;Stephen Dewar Holden, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1908-1912
;Hot box:A situation that occurs when an axle bearing overheats, causing damage to the axle box and the axle itself.
;Internal User:Rolling stock used for the railway’s internal purposes (stores etc.) at one fixed location.
;Up:In reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR)
;VSOE:Venice Simplon Orient Express
;Wainwright: Harry Smith Wainwright, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1899-1913
;Warwell:Telegraphic code signifying an ex War Department Well Trolley
;WCR:West Coast Railways
;Weltrol:Telegraphic code signifying a Well Trolley
;Whale: George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1903-1909
;Worsdell: Thomas William Worsdell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1881-1885 and North Eastern Railway 1885-1890
;WLA: Western Locomotive Association Ltd.
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