14-525: Cammell may refer to: British Rail Metro-Cammell Lightweight , lightweight Diesel multiple units introduced in 1955 Cammell Laird , British shipbuilders during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Cammell Laird 1907 F.C. , football club based at Kirklands Stadium in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England Cammell Laird Gibraltar , ship repair facility at Gibraltar Cammell Laird Social Club ,
28-485: Is still used for railway research is the moving-model aerodynamic test facility. The former RTC site is used by Loram to carry out repairs and maintenance on railway vehicles. It was also used by Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services (RC&WS) which went into liquidation in 2013. A large part of the site is used as storage and an operating base by Loram and Network Rail , whose rolling stock on site forms part of Network Rail testing trains. Usual traction on these trains
42-693: The Railway Technical Centre in Derby as Laboratory 21: Plasma Torch Research . When this extended life was complete, they too were scrapped, in 1981. Railway Technical Centre The Railway Technical Centre (RTC) in London Road, Derby , England, was the technical headquarters of the British Railways Board and was built in the early 1960s. British Rail described it as the largest railway research complex in
56-851: The Advanced Projects lab, then Stephenson House, Lathkill House and finally Brunel House. In addition to the research employees, the RTC became the headquarters of the DM&;EE. This brought together engineers from the regional departments, together with its Drawing Offices, the Testing & Performance Section and the Engineering Development Unit workshop (EDU) from Darlington , the Workshops Division (which later became British Rail Engineering Limited ) and it
70-991: The Mechanical Engineers Research Section, the Civil Engineering Research Unit (Track Lab), and the Chemical Research Unit, while the Scientific Services Division occupied the former LMS Scientific Research Laboratory building across the road known as Hartley House. The embryo RTC site (mainly Kelvin House and the Research Test Hall) was officially opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in May 1964. Later additional buildings were added: Trent House and Derwent House,
84-554: The New Zealand Railways Department People with the surname [ edit ] Donald Cammell (1934–1996), Scottish film director Reginald Archibald Cammell (1886–1911), first British military aviator to die on active service Thomas Cammell Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cammell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
98-635: The Research Division used the Old Dalby Test Track , and at Mickleover in Derby and The High Marnham Test Track, the former LD&ECR from Shirebrook to Tuxford where one of Network Rail's RIDC is located. At privatisation , most of the facilities were taken over by commercial railway engineering companies, and it was marketed as the " rtc Business Park " renting space to a range of small consultancy firms. The only facility which
112-636: The last passenger service on the Aldeburgh Branch Line in 1966. They proved to be very successful, but with line closures continuing through the 1960s, including many in East Anglia where the type was first used, their non-standard coupling arrangements left them prone to early withdrawal, which took place during 1967–1969. All were scrapped following withdrawal, except two (79047 + 79053), which were taken into departmental (non-revenue earning) service as 975018 + 975019. They were used at
126-529: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cammell&oldid=1100347202 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages British Rail Metro-Cammell Lightweight In 1955, Metropolitan Cammell produced its first lightweight diesel multiple units ,
140-526: The ninth album released by UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit in 2002 MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC) , electric multiple unit owned and operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Metro-Cammell , Birmingham, England based manufacturer of railway carriages and wagons Metro Cammell Weymann , formed in 1932 to produce bus bodies NZR RM class (Sentinel-Cammell) , steam-powered railcar operated by
154-760: The prototypes of what were to become British Rail 's most successful and longest-lived First Generation DMU type, the Class 101 . The seven London Midland Region sets (formed DMBS + DTCL) were used on the Bury-Bacup line services, while the other sets (formed DMBS + DTSL) were all allocated to the Eastern Region. These sets were used on a variety of lines in East Anglia as well as the (then) non-electrified lines in Essex (Romford-Upminster and Wickford-Southminster branches). A unit consisting of 79066 and 79282 worked
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#1732798594626168-564: The world. The RTC centralised most of the technical services provided by the regional Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineers (CM&EE) to form the Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (DM&EE). In addition, it housed the newly formed British Rail Research Division which reported directly to the Board. The latter is well known for its work on the experimental Advanced Passenger Train (APT-E). At that early stage this
182-588: Was a concept vehicle, and in time the DM&EE applied the new knowledge to existing practice in the design of the High Speed Train (HST), the later prototype APT-P and other high-speed vehicles. The Research Division was the first to move into the purpose-built accommodation on London Road. This was formed initially with personnel from other departments around the country, including the Electrical Research Division from Rugby ,
196-615: Was also home to the Board's Central Purchasing Department. Strange to relate but the layout of equipment within the new workshop was as near as possible the same as the original. Following this came the Plastics Development Unit from Eastleigh , which, among other innovations, was responsible for the design of the High Speed Train's streamlined cabs as well as the prototype Mark 3 coach doors. When research and testing required stretches of real railway line,
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