Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is a computer system for managing railway locomotives and rolling stock, known for many years of use in the United Kingdom.
An example of converted 1938 Tube Stock on the Island Line, Isle of Wight. Under TOPS, this train and other examples of the same type are designated as British Rail Class 483.
Brush Type 2 locomotives became Class 31 under TOPS. This is the data panel from a Class 31/4; the 31/4 subclass being used for locomotives with Electric Train Heating.
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in January 1963, when it was formally renamed the British Railways Board.
British Rail filmstrip showing how the railways were unified under BR.
BR steam locomotive 70013 Oliver Cromwell
Blue Pullman at Bristol Bath Road TMD
A Scammell Scarab truck in British Railways livery, London, 1962. British Railways was involved in numerous related businesses, including road haulage