page_title: British Rail
section_title: New diesel trains
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail / The 1955 Modernisation Plan / New diesel trains
caption_attribution_description: English: 47100 in the distinctive Silver Roofed version of British Rail Blue livery
context_page_description: British Rail was the national railway company of Great Britain, from 1948 to 1997. It was created by nationalization under the Transport Act 1947. Britain's railways were returned to private ownership by privatization in 1997.
context_section_description: Some of the early models were of poor quality and design, but many later kinds proved their worth in time.
  British Rail Class 127 diesel trains were chosen to operate on the services from Marylebone usually to places such as High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Banbury which are on the Chiltern Main Line and Great Central Main Line (now the London to Aylesbury Line). Strangely, the 115 were under Table 115 in the British Rail timetable. They were similar to British Rail Class 127,  but were superior as the class had larger windows, better seats, lights and wall surfaces. Both classes were made in the early 1960s.
  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. Their reliable and trusted service lasted well in to the 2000s. Some are still working in 2018.
  British Rail gave Class 52 to the class of 74 large 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 so the type was nicknamed Westerns.
  The British Rail Class 207 (or 3D) versatile diesel-electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh in 1962.
caption: Diesel Class 47 loco No.47100 with the trademark Stratford T.M.D. silver roof
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