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147002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Burke | Alexandra Burke | Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewan Burke (born 25 August 1988 in Islington, London, England) is a British soul singer. She is known for winning the 2008 UK series of The X Factor. She had the 2008 Christmas number one single in the United Kingdom with a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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1988 births
Living pe... |
147003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique | Opéra-Comique | The Opéra-Comique is an opera house and opera company in Paris. Its full name is théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique (National Opéra Comic Theatre).
The Opéra-Comique company was started in 1714 to give somewhere to perform French operas. At the time operas throughout Europe were nearly always in Italian. Opéra-comiq... |
147013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Scott | Walter Scott | Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, widely popular in the first half of the 19th century.
Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime. As adventures, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy... |
147016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2009 | British Rail Class 09 | The British Rail Class 09 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel locomotive designed primarily for shunting but also short distance freight trips along branch lines. For this reason, though similar to the existing Class 08 shunting locomotives, Class 09s were re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27.5 mph (44 km/h) at the expen... |
147020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2010 | British Rail Class 10 | The British Rail Class 10 diesel locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. A Blackstone diesel engine was fitted instead of one made by the English Electric company. Traction motors were by either the General Electric Company plc (GEC) or British Thomson-Houston (BTH).
The locomotives were ... |
147026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2011 | British Rail Class 11 | The British Rail Class 11 is a diesel shunting locomotive built from April 1945 to December 1952. They are based on a similar earlier batch built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between 1934 and 1936.
11 |
147027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2012 | British Rail Class 12 | The British Rail Class 12 is a diesel locomotive built mainly for shunting duties.
This was the second batch of standard Southern Railway shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. These locomotives (BR numbers 15201-15203) were built by the SR in 1937 and were later classified D3/12. ... |
147028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2013 | British Rail Class 13 | The British Rail Class 13 was formed in 1965. The Tinsley Marshalling Yard needed more powerful shunters to move vehicles around. This was provided by permanently coupling together two Class 08 shunters as a ‘master and slave’ (or ‘cow and calf’) unit. The second of the two units had its cab taken off. Both units wer... |
147029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2014 | British Rail Class 14 | The British Rail Class 14 is a type of small diesel-hydraulic locomotive built in the mid-1960s. Twenty-six of these 0-6-0 locomotives were ordered in January 1963, to be built at British Railways Swindon railway works. The anticipated work for this class was yard shunting, trip work (between local yards) and short di... |
147030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2015 | British Rail Class 15 | The British Rail Class 15 diesel locomotives, also known as the BTH Type 1, were designed by British Thomson-Houston, and built by the Yorkshire Engine Company and the Clayton Equipment Company, between 1957 and 1961.
15
YEC locomotives |
147031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2016 | British Rail Class 16 | The British Rail Class 16, originally known as the North British Type 1 was a type of diesel locomotive ordered under British Railways' 1955 Modernisation Plan. Like other Type 1 designs, they were relatively small locomotives intended primarily for local freight traffic.
16 |
147032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2017 | British Rail Class 17 | The British Rail Class 17, originally known as the Clayton Type 1, was a class of diesel locomotive operated by British Railways.
17 |
147033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2020 | British Rail Class 20 | The British Rail Class 20, originally known as an English Electric Type 1, is a class of diesel electric locomotive. 228 locomotives in the class were built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968. The large number was partly to do with the failure of other early designs in the same power range, and reliable locomot... |
147037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn%20%28chess%29 | Pawn (chess) | The pawn (♙♟) is the weakest piece in the game of chess. They represent infantry. Each player starts the game with eight pawns, one on each square of the second row (or rank) from the view of the player. In the white pawns start on a2, b2, c2, ..., h2, while the black pawns start on a7, b7, c7, ..., h7.
Moving
Pawns m... |
147038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2021 | British Rail Class 21 | ''This is article is about diesel locomotives built 1958-1960. For 2007-era locomotives, see Vossloh G1206.
The British Rail Class 21, originally known as the North British Type 2 diesel-electric, was a type of diesel locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for British Railways in 1958-196... |
147039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2022 | British Rail Class 22 | The British Rail Class 22, originally called the North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic, was a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives designed for the Western Region of British Railways and built by North British Locomotive Company. They were very similar in appearance to the Class 21 diesel-electrics. The Class 22 was ... |
147040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2023 | British Rail Class 23 | British Rail Class 23, originally called English Electric Type 2, was a class of ten diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. They were numbered from D5900 to D5909. The power unit was a Napier Deltic T9-29 9 cylinder engine of 1,100 bhp. This drove an EE generator, which powered the ... |
147041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2024 | British Rail Class 24 | The British Rail Class 24 diesel locomotives, originally known as the British Railways Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. One hundred and fifty-one of these locomotives were built at Derby, Crewe and Darlington. The first twenty locomotives were part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. This class was used a... |
147042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2025 | British Rail Class 25 | The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives were originally known as British Railways Type 2. They were nicknamed Rats. 327 locomotives of this type were built between 1961 and 1967.
25 |
147043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2026 | British Rail Class 26 | The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, originally known as BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) at Smethwick in 1958-59. Forty seven examples were built, and the last were withdrawn from service in 1993.
26 |
147044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2027 | British Rail Class 27 | The British Rail Class 27 was a diesel locomotive built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26. Both were originally classified as BRCW Type 2. There were 69 locomotives in the class.
27 |
147045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2028 | British Rail Class 28 | The British Rail Class 28, originally known as Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2, diesel locomotives were built as part of the British Railways Modernisation Plan. The locomotives had a Co-Bo wheel arrangement. There was a 6-wheel bogie at one end a 4-wheel bogie at the other end. This wheel arrangement was unique in Britis... |
147046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2029 | British Rail Class 29 | The British Rail Class 29 consisted of 20 diesel locomotives which were rebuilt from the North British Class 21. The original licence-built MAN engines of the Class 21s had proved unreliable, so in 1963 locomotive D6123 was sent to Paxman's Colchester works to receive a new Paxman Ventura V12 engine. A further 19 were... |
147047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess%20piece | Chess piece | In the board game chess, each player starts with 16 Chess pieces. The moves of the pieces are defined by tradition, and by the international chess federation, FIDE.
1 king
1 queen
2 rooks
2 bishops
2 knights
8 pawns
The bottom-right square of the board for each player must be white.
Summary
Pawn - A pawn ca... |
147050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanales | Solanales | The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order.
References |
147054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2031 | British Rail Class 31 | The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and originally as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957–62.
31
A1A-A1A locomotives |
147055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2033 | British Rail Class 33 | The British Rail Class 33 also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton is a class of Bo-Bo diesel locomotives ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1959 and 1963.
A total of 98 class 33s were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, and they were called "Crompton... |
147056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2035 | British Rail Class 35 | The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. On account of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the design became known as the Hymeks.
The type was developed for the Western Region of British Railways, which had opted for lightweight locomotive... |
147057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2037 | British Rail Class 37 | The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. It is also known as the English Electric Type 3. The Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan.
The Class 37 became a familiar sight on many parts of the British Rail network. They were on Inter-City services in East Anglia and within S... |
147058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2040 | British Rail Class 40 | The British Rail Class 40 is a type of British railway diesel locomotive. Built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962, and eventually numbering 200, they were for a time the pride of the British Rail early diesel fleet. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were al... |
147059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterids | Asterids | In the APG II system, for the classification of flowering plants, asterids are a clade of eudicots. That means they are a monophyletic group.
The clade includes 17 orders in the traditional Linnaean system.
Common examples include the forget-me-nots, nightshades, potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petu... |
147060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudicots | Eudicots | Eudicots or eudicotyledons are a group of flowering plants. They are one of two major clades, the non-magnoliid dicots. Their sister group is the Magnoliids, a much smaller group.
The dicots and monocots are the flowering plants which took over in the long Cretaceous period. They largely replaced the earlier types of ... |
147061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryophyllales | Caryophyllales | Caryophyllales is a flowering plant order that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and most carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.
Classification
Order Caryophyllales
Family Achatocarpaceae
Family Aizoaceae
Family Amaranthaceae
Family Ancistrocladaceae
Family... |
147062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2041 | British Rail Class 41 | There have been two distinct types of British Rail locomotive that are referred to as Class 41.
The Prototype 'Warship Class' locomotives
The Prototype High Speed Train power cars |
147063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2042 | British Rail Class 42 | British Railways' (BR) Type 4 "Warship" class diesel-hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. It was apparent at that time that the largest centre of expertise on diesel-hydraulic locomotives was in Germany. The Western Region of British Railways (in view of post-World War II sensibilities) negotiated a licence ... |
147064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2043 | British Rail Class 43 | There have been two types of British Rail locomotive that have been allocated Class 43.
The NBL 'Warship Class' locomotives
The Production High Speed Train power cars |
147065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2044 | British Rail Class 44 | The British Rail Class 44 or Sulzer Type 4 diesel locomotives were built by British Railways' Derby Works between 1959 and 1960. They were named after British mountains, and were then nicknamed Peaks.
44 |
147066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2045 | British Rail Class 45 | The British Rail Class 45 also known as the Sulzer Type 4 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail at their Derby and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962. They were the successors to the Class 44 locomotives. When initially put into service the locomotives were fitted with multi-unit working and steam heating boiler... |
147067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2046 | British Rail Class 46 | The British Rail Class 46 is a class of diesel locomotive. They were built from 1961–1963 at British Railways' Derby Works and were initially numbered D138-D193. With the arrival of TOPS computer system they were renumbered to Class 46. Fifty-six locomotives were built. The first was withdrawn in 1977 and all of the... |
147068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2047 | British Rail Class 47 | The British Rail Class 47 (Originally Brush Type 4) is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush's Falcon Works, Loughborough between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of Brit... |
147069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2048 | British Rail Class 48 | The British Rail Class 48 was a diesel locomotive class which consisted of five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. They were part of the British Rail Class 47 order, but differed from their classmates by being fitted with a Sulzer V12 12LVA24 power... |
147070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2050 | British Rail Class 50 | The British Rail (BR) Class 50 is a diesel locomotive built from 1967–68 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works in Newton-le-Willows. Fifty of these locomotives were built to haul express passenger trains on the, then non-electrified, section of the West Coast Main Line between Crewe, Carlisle and Scotland. ... |
147071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2052 | British Rail Class 52 | British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. All were given two-word names, with the first word being Western, and thus the type became known as Westerns.
52 |
147072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2053 | British Rail Class 53 | British Rail gave the name Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built example train Falcon. Although it worked, the idea of Class 53 was made old by new locomotive technology (like the power from single low-speed diesel engines) and was never made twice.
53 |
147073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2055 | British Rail Class 55 | The British Rail Class 55 is a class of diesel locomotive built between 1961 and 1962 by English Electric. They were designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh. They gained the name "Deltic" from the prototype locomotive, DP1 Deltic, whi... |
147074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2056 | British Rail Class 56 | The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250bhp (2,423kW), and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. The fleet was introduced between 1976 and 1983.
The first thirty locomotives (Nos.56001-56030) were bu... |
147075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2057 | British Rail Class 57 | The British Rail Class 57 diesel locomotives is a diesel locomotive that was built by Brush Traction between 1997 and 2004. They are rebuilds, with new engines, of older Class 47 locomotives, originally introduced in 1964–1965. They are known as "bodysnatchers", or "Zombies" to enthusiasts, because the shell (body) of ... |
147076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2058 | British Rail Class 58 | The British Rail Class 58 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight. Introduced in 1982, they followed American practice of modularisation. From new they were painted in grey Railfreight Sector livery, instead of BR blue. EWS withdrew them in 2002 after 20 years in service, though 30 were subseq... |
147077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2059 | British Rail Class 59 | The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built and introduced between 1985 and 1995 by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman. They were designed for hauling heavy freight and designated JT26CW-SS.
59 |
147078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2060 | British Rail Class 60 | The British Rail Class 60 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. While they remain the most powerful diesel locomotives in the UK fleet they have suffered from poor reliability throughout their service life.
60 |
147082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2066 | British Rail Class 66 | The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networks—where it is marketed as EMD Series 66.
66 |
147083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2067 | British Rail Class 67 | The Class 67 locomotives are a type of diesel electric locomotives built from 1999 to 2000 by Alstom in Valencia, Spain under sub-contract from General Motors Diesel in Canada.
67 |
147085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2070 | British Rail Class 70 | The British Rail class 70 was a class of three 3rd rail Co-Co electric locomotives. The initial two were built by the Southern Railway at Ashford Works in 1941 and 1945 and were numbered CC1 and CC2. Electrical equipment was designed by Alfred Raworth and the body by Oliver Bulleid. CC2 was modified slightly from the... |
147086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freightliner%20Project%20Genesis | Freightliner Project Genesis | The Class 70 is a British designation for a type of diesel locomotive made by General Electric, which calls the type PowerHaul. The first were built for Freightliner (UK) by General Electric in a country in the USA.
On 10 January 2011, while being unloaded by a crane from a boat after delivery, locomotive number 7001... |
147100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaenoptera%20omurai | Balaenoptera omurai | Balaenoptera omurai is a species of whale. Little is known about it. It is called the dwarf fin whale, the little fin whale, or Omura's whale. It gets up to 11. 5 meters (about 38 feet) long. It lives in the Indo-Pacific.
Balaenoptera omurai is one of the Bryde's whales, a group of closely related and similar whales.
... |
147102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook%20%28chess%29 | Rook (chess) | A rook (from Persian رخ rokh) is a piece in the board game of chess. It gets its name from its name in the old Indo-Arabic game (see History of chess). Each player starts the game with two rooks. When recording games, it is shortened to R, and when printed a figurine is used.
Starting place and moving
In chess notat... |
147105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels%20%26%20Airwaves | Angels & Airwaves | Angels and Airwaves (AvA) is an American alternative rock band. It was formed by former Blink-182 singer and guitarist, Thomas DeLonge. The members of the band were Atom Willard, former Offspring drummer; Matt Wachter, former bassist of 30 Seconds to Mars; and David Kennedy, former guitarist of Hazen Street and Boxcar ... |
147117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolathur | Kolathur | Kolathur () is a town in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of the 2001 India census, Kolathur had a population of 10,319. Males make up 53% of the population and females 47%. A total of 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Settlements in Tamil Nadu
Salem district |
147127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Jones%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | Martha Jones (Doctor Who) | Dr. Martha Jones is a fictional character who is played by Freema Agyeman in the television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, replacing Rose Tyler in the role of the main companion. She made her first appearance in Series 3's "Smith and Jones", ... |
147128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Antoine%20Jullien | Louis Antoine Jullien | Louis Antoine Jullien (23 April 1812 – 14 March 1860) was a French conductor who was famous for his showmanship.
Life
Early years
Jullien was born in Sisteron, in the French Alps. At his baptism he had 36 godfathers and was given 36 Christian names. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He was a good musician, b... |
147141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachutes%20%28album%29 | Parachutes (album) | Parachutes is the debut studio album by Coldplay. The album was released on 10 July, 2000. Parachutes includes the hit singles "Don't Panic", "Trouble", "Yellow", and "Shiver".
Track listing
"Don't Panic"
"Shiver"
"Spies"
"Sparks"
"Yellow"
"Trouble"
"Parachutes"
"High Speed"
"We Never Change"
"Everything's ... |
147142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Rush%20of%20Blood%20to%20the%20Head | A Rush of Blood to the Head | A Rush of Blood to the Head is the second studio album by Coldplay, released on 26 August, 2002. The album includes the singles "In My Place", "The Scientist", "Clocks", and "God Put a Smile Up On Your Face".
Track listing
"Politik"
"In My Place"
"God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
"The Scientist"
"Clocks"
"Daylig... |
147143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%26Y%20%28album%29 | X&Y (album) | X&Y is the third studio album by Coldplay, and was released on 6 June, 2005.
Track listing
"Square One"
"What If"
"White Shadow"
"Fix You"
"Talk"
"X&Y"
"Speed of Sound"
"A Message"
"Low"
"The Hardest Part"
"Swallowed in the Sea"
"Twisted Logic"
"Til Kingdom Come [Hidden Track]"
Coldplay albums
2005 albu... |
147144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva%20la%20Vida%20or%20Death%20and%20All%20His%20Friends | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (or short for simply Viva la Vida) is the fourth studio album by the rock band Coldplay. Released on 12 June 2008, Coldplay recorded Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends from June 2007 - April 2008. In November Coldplay re-released Viva la Vida (album) and added more songs... |
147146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%21 | Lost! | Lost is a series of songs/singles recorded especially by Coldplay. The songs are a part of the full extended version of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends called Prospect's March Edition.
Songs
Lost! from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lost? from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (Bonus Tr... |
147154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2071 | British Rail Class 71 | The British Rail Class 71 was an electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. Unlike most other Southern Region electric locomotives (such as the class 73s & 74s) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC third rail) system.
71 |
147155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2073 | British Rail Class 73 | The British Rail Class 73 electro-diesel locomotives are very unusual in that they can operate from a 750 V DC third-rail supply but also have a diesel engine to allow them to operate on non-electrified routes. This makes them very versatile, although the diesel engine produces less power than is available from the thi... |
147156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2074 | British Rail Class 74 | British Rail class 74 was an electro-diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways, rebuilt from redundant Class 71 locomotives in the late 1960s. An electro-diesel locomotive is one that can operate either from an electrical supply, such as overhead lines or an energized third rail, or fr... |
147157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2076 | British Rail Class 76 | The British Rail Class 76, also known as Class EM1, is a class of 1.5kV DC, Bo-Bo electric locomotive designed for use on the now-closed Woodhead Line in Northern England.
76 |
147158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2080 | British Rail Class 80 | Class 80 was the TOPS classification allocated by British Rail to the prototype 25 kV AC electric locomotive. This locomotive was built by Metropolitan-Vickers, initially as a prototype Gas turbine-electric locomotive, numbered 18100. British Rail allocated the number E1000 (and later E2001) to the locomotive follow... |
147159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2077 | British Rail Class 77 | The British Rail Class 77, also known as Class EM2, is a class of 1.5 kV DC, Co-Co electric locomotive. They were built by Metropolitan Vickers in 1953–1954 for use over the Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield.
77 |
147160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2081 | British Rail Class 81 | The British Rail Class 81 was an AC electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line on the London Midland Region of British Rail. Only one was preserved.
81 |
147161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2084 | British Rail Class 84 | The British Rail Class 84 was a 25 kV AC electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line on the London Midland Region.
84 |
147162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2086 | British Rail Class 86 | The British Rail Class 86 is a modern electric locomotive built during the 1960s, developed as a result of testing to replace the British rail Classes 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965-1966 by either English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, or British Rail (BR) ... |
147163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2087 | British Rail Class 87 | The British Rail Class 87 is a type of electric locomotive built from 1973-75 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL). 36 of these locomotives were built to work passenger services over the West Coast Main Line (WCML). They were the flagships of British Rail's electric locomotive fleet until the late 1980s, when the... |
147164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2082 | British Rail Class 82 | The British Rail Class 82 electric locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company between 1960 and 1962 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification.
82 |
147165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2083 | British Rail Class 83 | The British Rail Class 83 were electric locomotives built by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification.
83 |
147166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2085 | British Rail Class 85 | The British Rail Class 85 is an electric locomotive built during the early 1960s, as part of BR's policy to develop a standard electric locomotive. Five prototype classes (81-85) were built and evaluated, which eventually led to the development of the Class 86 locomotive. The locomotives of Class 85 were Originally fit... |
147168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2089 | British Rail Class 89 | The Class 89 is a prototype design for an electric locomotive. Only one unit was built, no. 89001, which was officially named Avocet by the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on January 16 1989 at Sandy, Bedfordshire - the home of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (whose logo is an avocet). It was buil... |
147169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2090 | British Rail Class 90 | The British Rail Class 90 electric locomotives are electric locomotives that were built by BREL at Crewe from 1987-1990. Each locomotive weighs 84.5 tonnes and has a top speed of . They operate from 25 kV AC overhead wires and produce . The class is employed on both express passenger services and heavy freight trains.
... |
147171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20Cup | Japan Cup | The Japan Cup is the most important horse race in Japan. It is held at the end of November in the Tokyo Racecourse. The race is 2400 metres long and the winner gets about ¥533 million (about US $4.6 million) as an award (the highest reward for horse racing in the world).
Winners
The 2002 race took place at Nakayama... |
147172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20British%20Rail%20unbuilt%20locomotive%20classes | List of British Rail unbuilt locomotive classes | There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another.
Diesel locomotives
Type 1 locomotives
Class 18 - A proposed new Type 1 locomotive proposed in the mid 1980s. No prototype model was ever produced.
Type 3 locomotives
Class 38 - Projecte... |
147173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2091 | British Rail Class 91 | The British Rail Class 91 is a class of 140 mph, 6,300 hp electric locomotives ordered specifically for the East Coast Main Line modernisation and electrification programme of the late 1980s. Built to replace the previous Class 43 (better known as the InterCity 125), the Class 91s were given the auxiliary name of Inter... |
147177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted | Enchanted | Enchanted is a 2007 American fantasy romantic comedy musical movie. It was produced and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures in association with Barry Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertainment. The story is about Giselle, a typical Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world into the live-action worl... |
147182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2092 | British Rail Class 92 | The Class 92 is a dual-voltage British railway locomotive which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead lines or 750 V DC from a third rail. It was designed specifically to operate services through the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. Eurotunnel indicates the Class 92 locomotive as the reference for other locomotiv... |
147183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2093 | British Rail Class 93 | Class 93 is the traction classification assigned to the electric locomotives that were to enter service as part of British Rail's InterCity 250 project on the West Coast Main Line. They would have been derived from the Class 91 locomotives that entered service on the East Coast Main Line in 1989. The locomotive would h... |
147184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Coast%20Main%20Line | East Coast Main Line | East Coast Main Line is an electrified main line between London and Edinburgh in United Kingdom. The trains on this line are operated by National Express East Coast.
Stops
Starting point at London King's Cross railway station
Stevenage
Peterborough
Grantham
Newark North Gate
Retford
Doncaster
York
Northallerton
Darlin... |
147188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Coast%20Main%20Line | West Coast Main Line | West Coast Main Line is a main line between London and Glasgow in United Kingdom. Train services are operated by Virgin Trains and CrossCountry.
Stops
Starting point at London Euston
Watford Junction
Milton Keynes Central
Rugby
Nuneaton
Tamworth
Lichfield Trent Valley
Stafford
Crewe
Warrington Bank Quay
Wigan North We... |
147195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Michaelis | Georg Michaelis | Georg Michaelis (8 September 1857 – 24 July 24 1936) became the first Chancellor of Germany with a non-noble background.
Early life
Michaelis was born at Haynau in Silesia. He studied law in Breslau, Leipzig and Wurzburg. He graduated from Göttingen University in 1884.
Career
He was invited by the Japanese government... |
147204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1994 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1994 Atlantic hurricane season was the time from June 1 to November 30, 1994, when hurricanes officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Storms sometimes form before and after these dates but most storms form during the season. However, in this season no Tropical Cyclone formed after November 30, the end of the seaso... |
147217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20100 | British Rail Class 100 | The British Rail Class 100 diesel multiple units were built by Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited from 1956 to 1958, designed and built in collaboration with the Transport Sales Dept. of T.I. (Group Services) Ltd.
100
BREL locomotives |
147222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20101 | British Rail Class 101 | The British Rail Class 101 diesel multiple units were built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath in Birmingham from 1956 to 1959, following construction of a series of prototype units. This class proved to be the most successful and longest-lived of all BR's First Generation DMUs, with the final five units being withdraw... |
147224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20103 | British Rail Class 103 | The British Rail Class 103 diesel multiple units were built by Park Royal Vehicles with diesel engines by British United Traction (BUT). Ordered in the first half of 1955, 20 of these sets were built by Park Royal at the Crossley Motors works in Stockport of the ACV Group. They consisted of a power car and a driving t... |
147225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20104 | British Rail Class 104 | The British Rail Class 104 diesel multiple units were built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company from 1957 to 1959.
The first units ordered were for the London Midland Region, with the majority of the class for use in North West of England with sets also in Tyneside (being made redundant by the opening of ... |
147227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20105 | British Rail Class 105 | The British Rail Class 105 diesel multiple units were built by Cravens Ltd. of Sheffield from 1956 to 1959. The class were built with a side profile identical to British Railways Mark 1 carriage stock, using the same doors and windows. None were selected for refurbishment. The last passenger car was withdrawn from ser... |
147229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20107 | British Rail Class 107 | The British Rail Class 107 diesel multiple units were built by the Derby Works of British Railways and were introduced in 1960. The class looked similar to the later Class 108 units, but were heavier - having been built out of steel.
107 |
147232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20108 | British Rail Class 108 | The British Rail Class 108 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby from 1958 to 1961, with a final production quantity of 333 vehicles.
These units stayed in were used till the 1990s after which they were withdrawn from traffic.
References
108 |
147233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20109 | British Rail Class 109 | The British Rail Class 109 is a class of 2-car diesel multiple units built in 1957 by Wickham & Co. Five two-car units were built featuring an unusual body design.
109
The units soon became non-standard and two were sold back to the manufacturer who exported them to Trinidad and Tobago. Another unit was converted in... |
147234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeh%20Dil%20Aap%20Ka%20Huwa | Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa | Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa () is a 2002 Pakistani Urdu movie starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Javed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan. The movie's soundtrack composed by Amjad Bobby was a success prior to its release.
Pakistani movies
2002 movies
Urdu-langua... |
147235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20110 | British Rail Class 110 | The Class 110 DMUs were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in conjunction with the Drewry Car Co. to operate services on the former Lancashire and Yorkshire main line, and spent their entire careers based around this same area. This earned them the name of the 'Calder Valley' sets. They were an... |
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