Engineer's Line References

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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 those codes remaining unchanged from pre grouping, right through nationalisation to the present day.

Those ELRs relevant to the present SVRSevern Valley Railway are;

  • SVB (Severn Valley Branch)
  • SOS (Stourport on Severn Branch)
  • TBY (Tenbury Branch)
  • OWWOxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton)
  • BYK (Bewdley to Kidderminster Curve (Kidderminster Loop))

The name "Severn Valley Branch" can be seen on the 1905 map of the railway[1].

The name "Loop Line" can be seen on the 1905 map of the railway[2].

The name "Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton" can be seen on the 1905 map of the railway[3].

References

  1. Map on National Library of Scotland web site
  2. Map on National Library of Scotland web site
  3. Map on National Library of Scotland web site

Links

Engineer's Line References on www.railwaycodes.org.uk