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British Rail Engineering Limited

Nationality:  British

Brief Bio:  1969-1989, engineering division, United Kingdom

Notes:  British Rail Engineering Ltd. was the engineering division of British Rail. Although it had only been incorporated as a limited company on 31st October 1969, by 1988 it had been separated in two: British Rail Maintenance Limited (BRML) - whose ownership was retained by British Rail - and British Rail Engineering Limited - in preparation for privatisation. The following year it was purchased by the Swiss-Swedish conglomerate ABB.


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4 foot straight edge
straight edge


Automatic train control shoe gauge
gauge


BR Engineering boiler stay gauge
boiler stay gauge


BR tyre gauge
tyre gauge


Brass notices from doors of ladies lavatories
notice


BREL safety goggles
goggles


BREL shaper
shaper


pic_2005-7698_(0001).JPG
British Rail Bo-Bo Class 87 electric locomotive, No 87001, 1974
electric locomotive
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1974
British Rail Engineering Limited details of wagons (supplied title)
Folder of trade literature
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
c. 1979
British Rail Engineering Limited General Engineering Facilities
brochure
British Rail Engineering Ltd.

British Rail Engineering Limited Railway Rolling Stock
brochure
British Rail Engineering Ltd.

British Rail Transport Technology
leaflet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1977-03
BTC experimental container
container wagon
British Rail Engineering Ltd.

Centre lathe, by Lang
lathe
Lang

Class 322 EMU, for British Railways Network South East.
publicity leaflet
British Rail Engineering Limited

Class 40 locomotive no 40155
record
British Rail Engineering Ltd

Collection of brass pay checks, recovered from British Rail
pay check


Craven Railway wheel lathe
lathe


Derby Locomotive Works
leaflet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1970s
Doncaster Works
booklet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1955-1965
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ECJS passenger brake van
railway carriage
Great Northern Railway
1908
Edgwick optical measuring device
optical measuring device
F. Gill and Sons

Folded publicity leaflet with yellow trim and many black and
Publicity Leaflet, Shildon Works
British Rail Engineering Ltd
c. 1980
Folder of drawings and statistical information
folder
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1962-1972
free pass ticket tray
ticket tray


Glasgow Works
leaflet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1980s?
GWR board gauge top
gauge


GWR depth vernier
depth vernier


GWR male taper gauge
taper gauge


GWR nut gauge
gauge


GWR oil dispenser
oil dispenser


GWR string tin
string tin


GWR tool box
tool box


GWR trammel
trammel


Hounsfield tensometer
tensometer


Linear dividing engine
linear dividing engine
Fairburn & Co
1863
Magneta master clock with two slave dials and base, recovere

Magneta Clock Co. (maker)

Manufacture of Class 56 Freight Locomotives
press releases
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1977
Metric taper gauge (male), British Rail Engineering
taper gauge


Metric thread gauge
thread gauge


Micrometer caliper, Great Western Railway
micrometer
Humpage, Jaques & Pedersen Ltd.

Model DMU carriage and track, 1983
model - representation; railway carriage; tracks
BREL Ltd
1983
Model EMU carriage and track, 1980
model - representation; railway carriage; tracks
British Rail Engineering Limited
1980
Model of sectioned DMU carriage, c 1975
model - representation; railway carriage
BREL Ltd
1970-1980
Notice, British Rail Engineering Ltd



Pattern for a smoothing tool, British Rail Engineering Ltd
pattern


pic_1976-7963_(0001).jpg
Plaque of Warship Class 2200 HP diesel hydraulic locomotive
plaque
British Rail Engineering Limited

Portable Rockwell hardness tester, British Rail Engineering Ltd
hardness tester


Rail Lift 78
folder of trade literature
British Rail; British Rail Engineering Ltd.; Ekco Instruments Ltd.; Plasser & Theurer; Cowans Sheldon
1978
rod and crankshaft from Mayback diesel engine
diesel engine
Maybach Mercedes-Benz

Safety cover from horn block grinding plant, recovered from
safety cover


Sectioned buffer, British Rail Engineering Ltd
buffer


Selection of threading taps and die
tap; die


Set of standard nut and spanner gauges
gauge


Small polished oil dipenser
oil dispenser


Souvenir brochure titled 'Shildon Works Open Day: Saturday 2
Brochure: Shildon Works Open Day
British Rail Engineering Ltd
1976
Steel first aid stretcher, probably made in-house c



Swindon Works
leaflet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1976
Swindon Works
brochure
British Rail Engineering Ltd.; Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd

Table used for the paying out of wages
table


Table used for the paying out of wages
table


Table used for the paying out of wages
table


Table used for the paying out of wages
table


Table used for the paying out of wages
table


Thales barrel calculating machine
barrel calculating machine
Thaleswerk G.m.b.H.
1930-1950
The Shildon Works of BREL
document
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1970-1979
Trammel gauge with level
trammel gauge


Vickers profile microscope/projector
microscope; projection microscope
Vickers Instruments Ltd

Visit of the Board of British Rail Engineering Ltd. to Derby Locomotive Works
booklet
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1974-06
pic_1993-7015_(0001).jpg
Worksplate - BREL LIMITED
worksplate
British Rail Engineering Limited
1992
York Works Open Day 15th September 1984 - Souvenir Programme
programme
British Rail Engineering Ltd.
1984
Zeiss surface plate/marking off table
surface plate
Zeiss Ikon A.G.

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