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RailWest Glossary
RailWest Glossary
of West Country Railway Companies etc
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This page will provide a Glossary for the railways of the West Country. It is NOT intended to try to list all railway terms and abbreviations, but to concentrate on abbreviations of West Country railway company titles and some relevant general railway terms. Further details on the wider aspects of general railway terminology can be found on other sites.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ACE Atlantic Coast Express (premier Southern Railway train to the West Country)
B&ER Bristol & Exeter Railway
B&WR Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway
BA&CLR Bere Alston & Calstock Light Railway
BR British Railways, also Bridgwater Railway or Bridport Railway
BWH&AR Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway
CR Cornwall Railway
CMR Cornwall Minerals Railway
D&CR Devon & Cornwall Railway
D&SR Devon & Somerset Railway
DCR Dorset Central Railway
DMU Diesel Multiple Unit
DT Double Twist (a type of signal-box lever-frame interlocking)
E&CHR Easton & Church Hope Railway
ECMR East Cornwall Mineral Railway
EKT Electric Key Token (a method of single-line block control)
ESR East Somerset Railway
ETS Electric Train Staff  (a method of single-line block control)
ETT Electric Train Tablet (a method of single-line block control)
FPL Facing Point Lock
GF Ground Frame
GWR Great Western Railway
HT Horizontal Tappet (a type of signal-box lever-frame interlocking)
L&BR Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
L&CR Liskeard & Caradon Railway
L&LR Liskeard & Looe Railway
L&SWR London & South Western Railway
LQ Lower Quadrant (type of signal)
M&SWJR Midland & South Western Junction Railway
METS Miniature Electric Train Staff (a method of single-line block control)
MR Midland Railway, also Minehead Railway
ND&CJLR North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway
NSKT No-Signalman Key Token (a method of single-line block control)
OES One Engine in Steam (a method of single-line block control)
OTW One Train Working (a method of single-line block control)
PD&SWJR Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway
R&CR Redruth & Chacewater Railway
RC&BR Ringwood, Christchurch & Bournemouth Railway
S&DR Somerset & Dorset Railway (predecessor of the S&DJR - q.v.), also Southampton & Dorchester Railway
S&DJR Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, also Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway
S&WR Severn & Wye Railway
S&YR Salisbury & Yeovil Railway
SB Signal Box
ST Single Twist (a type of signal-box lever-frame interlocking)
SCR Somerset Central Railway
SDR South Devon Railway
SR Southern Railway
TCB Track Circuit Block (a method of block signalling)
TST or TS&T Train Staff & Ticket (a method of single-line block control)
UQ Upper Quadrant (type of signal)
VT Vertical Tappet (a type of signal-box lever-frame interlocking)
W&PR Weymouth & Portland Railway
WC&PR Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway
WCR West Cornwall Railway
WSMR West Somerset Mineral Railway
WSR West Somerset Railway
WS&WR Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z