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Section sizes

Section size for British Rail (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	7,941	7,941	651	651
History	78	54,738	0	2,634
Before 1948: The Big Four and nationalisation	6,419	6,419	359	359
1948–1954: Early years	2,715	2,715	134	134
1955–1960: The Modernisation Plan	6,888	6,888	654	654
1961–1965: The Beeching era	11,236	11,236	332	332
1966–1982: Effects of the Beeching Cuts	9,129	9,129	460	460
1982–1991: Sectorisation	10,826	10,826	447	447
1992–1997: Privatisation	7,447	7,447	248	248
Branding and media	67	12,021	0	883
1948–1959	2,765	2,765	241	241
1960–1981	6,713	6,713	466	466
1982–1997	2,476	2,476	176	176
British Rail Engineering Limited	2,200	24,160	146	1,923
Advanced Passenger Train	4,845	4,845	429	429
InterCity 125	6,155	6,155	387	387
Sprinters	3,442	3,442	319	319
InterCity 225	5,373	7,518	443	642
InterCity 250	2,145	2,145	199	199
Other services	22	15,398	0	1,127
Hospitality	2,414	2,414	180	180
Marine services	4,223	4,223	215	215
Night trains	1,979	1,979	172	172
Security	1,861	1,861	114	114
Ticketing	19	4,899	0	446
Edmondson ticket	1,339	1,339	151	151
APTIS ticket	2,315	2,315	210	210
Concessions	1,226	1,226	85	85
Accidents and incidents	4,238	4,238	183	183
Legacy	14	9,003	0	578
Public image	1,368	1,368	155	155
Financial viability	4,172	4,172	200	200
Preserved lines	3,449	3,449	223	223
Aftermath	17	13,263	0	432
Successor companies	4,092	4,092	228	228
Future	9,154	9,154	204	204
See also	47	1,462	0	0
History	269	269	0	0
Divisions, brands and liveries	286	286	0	0
Classification and numbering schemes	266	266	0	0
Rolling stock	237	237	0	0
Other	357	357	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	18	1,690	0	12
Primary sources	123	123	12	12
Citations	36	36	0	0
Bibliography	1,513	1,513	0	0
Further reading	1,016	1,016	0	0
External links	1,265	1,265	0	0
Total	146,221	146,221	8,423	8,423

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Rolling Stock

Latest comment: 3 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

The box at the top of the article states "Four generations of British Rail rolling stock". Rolling stock is any wagon or carriage hauled by a powered vehicle. The box has four photos of locomotives. Maybe the statement could be changed to read "Four generations of British Rail locomotives".

Additionally, the first photo shows an LMS locomotive. Maybe it would be better to replace this with a photo of one of the BR Standard classes. Enzo the Magnificent (talk) 20:11, 17 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

The first photo is from '64, and the class of steam locos were finalised from building in '48 (I think), so should be okay. I have boldly changed the wording as you suggested. Cheerio, Mattdaviesfsic. Talk to me. 20:51, 17 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Perhaps a Class 37 or 47 would be a better image than a Deltic which was very much a niche class. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 07:16, 18 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Outline of British Rail article

Moved to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of British Rail

– FaviFake (talk) 22:06, 1 September 2026 (UTC)