Engineer's Line References
Engineer's Line References
Engineer's Line References are three letter codes for identifying individual routes on the UK rail network. Any bridge, or other structure, can be identified and located by its unique ELREngineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway and distance from the main terminus. Many of the codes remained unchanged from pre grouping, right through nationalisation to the present day.
ELRs relevant to the Severn Valley Railway, including the Loop and the Tenbury Branch are:
ELREngineer's Line Reference, East Lancashire Railway | Original Severn Valley Railway | Present day SVRSevern Valley Railway | Mileages on www.railwaycodes.org.uk |
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OWWOxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton) | Worcester/Hartlebury - Hartlebury Junction Kidderminster Junction - Kidderminster |
Kidderminster Junction – Kidderminster | Mileages |
SVB (Severn Valley Branch) | Hartlebury Junction - Sutton Bridge Junction | Bewdley South Junction – Bridgnorth Stourport Branch (not used) |
Mileages |
BYK (Bewdley & Kidderminster) | Kidderminster Junction - Bewdley South Junction | Kidderminster Junction - Bewdley South Junction | Mileages |
TBY (Tenbury & Bewdley) | Bewdley North Junction – Tenbury junction with WTW | Tenbury Branch siding | Mileages |
WTW Wooferton and Tenbury Wells Branch | Tenbury Junction with TBY – Woofferton Junction | N/A | Mileages |
SHL (Shrewsbury and Hereford Line) | Sutton Bridge Junction – Shrewsbury Wooferton Junction - Woofferton |
N/A | Mileages |
Burlish Branch (Uncoded) | Burlish Branch Junction - Burlish | N/A | Mileages |
References to "Severn Valley Branch"[1], "Tenbury & Bewdley Branch"[2] and "Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton"[3] can all be seen on the 1905 Ordnance Survey maps. BYK was referred to as the "Loop Line"[4]
Gallery
Depot Codes (Incomplete article)
GWRGreat Western Railway Shed Codes
The Severn Valley and Tenbury branches were mainly served by the following sheds:
Shed | GWRGreat Western Railway Division | GWRGreat Western Railway Shed No | Code | Notes |
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Shrewsbury | Wolverhampton Division | 134 | SALOP / SLP | |
Worcester | Worcester Division | 215 | WOS | |
Kidderminster | Worcester Division | 125 | KDR | |
Stourbridge | Wolverhampton Division | 154 | STB |
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Shed Codes
Shortly after nationalisation, the newly formed British Railways devised a system of identifying all locomotive depots by a unique code.
Kidderminster
- 85D From February 1 1950 to September 9 1960[5]
- 84G From September 10 1960 to August 31 1963[5]
- 2PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. From September 1 1963 to July 31 1964[5]
Cleobury Mortimer (Sub-shed of Kidderminster)
BRBritish Rail or British Railways Carriage & Wagon Repair Depot Codes
Kidderminster
- 2631 From late 1960s[7]
BRBritish Rail or British Railways train maintenance depots
Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway)
- KR From 1973[8]
TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. Location Codes
- 65941 Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway[9]
- 65942 Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway Diesel depot
See also
References
- ↑ SVB on OS map on National Library of Scotland web site
- ↑ TBY on OS map on National Library of Scotland web site
- ↑ OWW on OS map on National Library of Scotland web site
- ↑ Loop Line on OS map on National Library of Scotland web site
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 BR Shed Codes Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BR Shed Codes Codes on Wikipedia
- ↑ BR four digit Pre-TOPS depot codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ BR two character TOPS Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk
- ↑ Location Codes on www.railwaycodes.org.uk