British Railways Standardisation team

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design team engineering group

The British Railways Standardisation team was a post-war design group responsible for creating a unified range of standard steam locomotive classes for British Railways.

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British Railways Standardisation Team	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	design team ⓘ engineering group ⓘ
activeDuring	post-war period ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Railways network NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	steam traction ⓘ
employer	E. S. Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ H. G. Ivatt NERFINISHED ⓘ L. G. Ivatt NERFINISHED ⓘ O. V. S. Bulleid NERFINISHED ⓘ R. A. Riddles NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland C. Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	locomotive design ⓘ railway engineering ⓘ standardisation ⓘ
goal	reduce variety of inherited steam locomotive types ⓘ simplify maintenance and operation ⓘ standardise components across locomotive classes ⓘ
inception	late 1940s ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
mainTask	creation of unified range of locomotive classes ⓘ design of standard steam locomotives ⓘ
notableWork	BR Standard steam locomotive programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Railways Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
product	BR Standard steam locomotive classes NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 6 Clan NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 7 Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Railways Standard Class 9F NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayCompany	British Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	diverse pre‑nationalisation steam locomotive fleets ⓘ
significantEvent	completion of BR Standard locomotive range in 1950s ⓘ
timePeriod	transition from pre‑nationalisation to nationalised railways ⓘ
uses	best practice from former Big Four railway companies ⓘ

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BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → designer → British Railways Standardisation team ⓘ

BR Standard Class 5 → designer → British Railways Standardisation team ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Standardisation Team