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Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning ...
TOPS was developed by Southern Pacific Railroad (with IBM and Stanford U.) in the USA during the 1960s, later also installed in Canada and British Rail in the UK during the 1970s.
The sandwiches may have been soggy but British Rail’s branding was sharp. ... In the 1970s, BR’s InterCity launched a TV campaign with the slogan “Travel Inter-City Like the Men Do”, ...
The four volumes from the 1960s and 1970s will be bound in a gorgeous cloth-bound tome. ... Now the British Rail identity is getting a similar treatment. In the 1940s, ...
High speed trains (HST) were the future of British Rail in the 1970s, with advertisements promising unheard of speeds and shorter journey times. Better known as the InterCity 125, ...
A train enthusiast has bought a 1970s train that once carried Queen Elizabeth II to Kirkby for £1 to save it from the scrapyard. Robert Hampton, 41, now hopes to raise £10,000 to move the ...
Charles Osmond Frederick's 'Space Vehicle' design. The patent application was filed on December 11, 1970, on behalf of British Rail and on March 21, 1973, patent number 1,310,990 was issued.
The 507001 was restored to British Rail blue and grey colour to commemorate its long service A rail enthusiast has bought a 1970s train for £1 in a bid to save it from the scrapheap. Robert ...