List of British Rail classes

This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948.

British Rail used several numbering schemes for classifying its steam locomotive types and other rolling stock, before settling on the TOPS computer system in the late 1960s. TOPS has remained in use ever since.

For details of motive power types, listed by TOPS classification, see:

• List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes
  • Diesel locomotives: Classes 01–69
  • DC electric and electro-diesel locomotives: Classes 70–79
  • AC electric locomotives: Classes 80–96
  • Departmental locos (those not in revenue-earning use): Class 97
  • Steam locomotives in use after 1968: Class 98
  • Miscellaneous locomotives, including builders' demonstrators.
• British Rail's shipping fleet: Class 99
• List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes
  • Units with mechanical or hydraulic transmission: Classes 100–199
  • Units with electric transmission: Classes 200–299
• List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes
  • Overhead AC units: Classes 300–399
  • Southern Region DC third rail EMUs: Classes 400–499
  • Other DC EMUs: Classes 500–599
• List of British Rail departmental multiple unit classes: Classes 900-999

See also

• British Rail coach designations
• Steam locomotives of British Railways
• List of British Railways shed codes