Abbreviations used in references.

( October 27th, 2001)


The following abbreviations are used in the references to denote the company, operator or builder of the referenced material. Also shown is the sub-category under which they will be found.

Abbreviations for operators and builders:

Abbr.Full NameFind under:
ADR Alexandra Docks & Railway GWR
AR Anglia Railways PBR
BARRY Barry Railway GWR
BCC Blue Circle Cement OTH
BCD Belfast & County Down IRE
BER Bristol & Exeter Railway GWR
BGR Bristol & Gloucester Railway GWR
BMR Brecon & Merthyr Railway GWR
BN Belfast & Northern IRE
BPGVR Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway GWR
BR British Railways and Brit-Rail BR
BSC British Steel Corporation OTH
BWHAR Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore SR
BWR Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway GWR
CAMB Cambrian Railways GWR
CaR Cardiff Railway GWR
CBSCR Cork Bandon & South Coast Railway IRE
CCR Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway GWR
CDR County Donegal Railways IRE
ChR Chiltern Railways PBR
CIE Corais Iompair Eireann IRE
CKPR Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway LMS
CL Cavin & Leitrim IRE
CLC Cheshire Lines Committee LNER
CM Campbeltown & Machrihanish OTH
CR Caledonian Railway LMS
CRC Cardiff Railway Company PBR
CSC Connex South Central PBR
CSE Connex South Eastern PBR
CT Central Trains PBR
CVR Clogher Valley Railway IRE
CWR Cantebury & Whitstable Railway SR
DLR Dornoch Light Railway OTH
DNG Dundalk, Newry & Greenore IRE
DR Donegal Railway IRE
DRS Direct Rail Services PBR
DVLR Derwent Valley Light Railway OTH
DWW Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford IRE
ECJS East Coast Joint Stock LNER
EUK Eurostar (UK) PBR
EWOLD Easingwold Railway OTH
EWS English, Welsh and Scottish PBR
FFR Ffestiniog Railway OTH
FL Freightliner PBR
FR Furness Railway LMS
GE Gatwick Express PBR
GCR Great Central Railway LNER
GER Great Eastern Railway LNER
GKE Garstang & Knott End Railway LMS
GNER Great North Eastern Railway PBR
GNR Great Northern Railway LNER
GNRI Great Northern Railway of Ireland IRE
GNSR Great North of Scotland Railway LNER
GrER Great Eastern Railway PBR
GSR Great Southern Railway IRE
GSWR Glasgow & South Western Railway LMS
GS&WR Great Southern & Western Railway IRE
GVT Glynn Valley Tramway OTH
GWR Great Western Railway GWR
GWT Great West Trains PBR
HBR Hull & Barnsley Railway LNER
HE Heathrow Express PBR
HR Highland Railway LMS
IL Island Line PBR
IND Industrial/Independent OTH
IOMR Isle of Man Railway OTH
IOWR Isle of Wight Railway SR
KESR Kent & East Sussex Railway OTH
KS Kerr Stuart OTH
LB London & Birmingham Railway LMS
LBalR Listowel & Ballybunion Railway IRE
LBR Lynton & Barnstaple Railway SR
LBSCR London Brighton & South Coast Railway SR
LBu Letterkenny & Burtonport IRE
LCDR London Chatham & Dover Railway SR
LDECR Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast RailwayLNER
LF Limerick & Fownes IRE
LLSR Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway IRE
LMMR Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway GWR
LMS London Midland & Scottish Railway LMS
LMVR Leek & Manifold Valley Railway LMS
LNER London & North Eastern Railway LNER
LNWR London & North Western Railway LMS
LOR Liverpool Overhead Railway OTH
LST Lagos Steam Tramway FOR
LSWR London & South Western Railway SR
LT London Transport OTH
LTSR London, Tilbury & Southend Railway LMS
LTSRa London, Tilbury & Southend Rail PBR
LYR Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway LMS
MCR Maryport & Carlisle Railway LMS
ME Merseyrail Electrics PBR
MER Manx Electric Railway OTH
MeR Mersey Railway OTH
MET Metropolitan Railway OTH
MGNJR Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway LNER
MGWR Midland & Great Western Railway IRE
MML Midland Main Line PBR
MNEJR Midland & North Eastern Joint Railway LNER
MNR Manx Northern Railway OTH
MR Midland Railway LMS
MSLR Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway LNER
MSWJR Midland & South Western Junction Railway GWR
NBL North British Locomotive Company OTH
NBR North British Railway LNER
NCB National Coal Board OTH
NCC Northern Counties Committee IRE
NER North Eastern Railway LNER
NLR North London Railway LMS
NSE Network Southeast PBR
NSLR North Sunderland Railway LNER
NSp Northern Spirit PBR
NSR North Staffordshire Railway LMS
NWNGR North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway OTH
NWT North West Trains PBR
OWWR Oxford, Worcestershire & Wolverhampton RailwaGWR
PDSWJR Plymouth, Devonport & South West Junction RaiSR
Pent Pentewan Railway OTH
PGC Portreath & Giants Causeway IRE
PO Private Owner OTH
PR Portpatrick Railway IRE
PT Port Talbot Railway & Docks Co. GWR
RCH Railway Clearing House OTH
RER Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway OTH
RHDR Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway OTH
RR Rhymney Railway GWR
RT RailTrack PBR
RVR Rother Valley Railway OTH
SAMJR Stratford on Avon & Midland Joint Railway LMS
ScR Scotrail PBR
SDevon South Devon Railway GWR
SDJR Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway LMS
SDR Stockton & Darlington Railway LNER
SECR South Eastern & Chatham Railway SR
SHT Swansea Harbour Trust GWR
SLR Sheppey Light Railway OTH
SM Shropshire & Montgomery OTH
SR Southern Railway SR
SSR Schull & Skibbereen Railway IRE
ST Silverlink Trains PBR
SWOLD Southwold Railway OTH
SWR Scarborough & Whitby Railway LNER
SWT South West Trains PBR
S&WR Severn & Wye Railway GWR
TCLR Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway IRE
TDR Tralee & Dingle Railway IRE
TL Thameslink PBR
TR Talyllyn Railway OTH
TT Thames Trains PBR
TVR Taff Vale Railway GWR
USA U.S. Army (Transportation Corps) OTH
VCC Virgin Cross Country PBR
VOR Veil of Rheidol Railway GWR
VWC Virgin West Coast PBR
WAGN West Anglia Great Northern PBR
WC West Clare Railway IRE
WCPR West Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway OTH
WCJS West Coast Joint Stock LMS
WD War Department (inc. ROD, MOS and RAE) OTH
WeHR Welsh Highland Railway OTH
WHR West Highland Railway LNER
Wisbech Wisbech & Upwell Tramway LNER
WL Welshpool & Llanfair Railway OTH
WPR Wemyss Private Railway OTH
WW Wales and West PBR
W&PR Watlington & Princes Riseboro GWR
WVLR Wrington Vale Light Railway OTH
YNM York & North Midlands LNER