2007-07-31 04:49:46 · 10 answers · asked by josh f 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
you can buy train spotters handbooks for all rolling stock in the UK from coaching stock to freight waggons and specialist waggons,ie breakdown and tamping machines,these pamphlets will list all the current classes of rolling stock, their numbers and prefixes...
Believe me they run into the tens of thousands,
source
did 14 years with BR from 1979
2007-08-02 07:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends how you class a train. Do you mean any form of transport that runs on rails of any sort, then you cover, light rail, trams, private railways, frieght and loco haul, excursions, engineer locos, etc. In which case you are talking nearer to a million units.
If you are just classing Main and Branchline class 1 and 2 services (local and express passenger services) and excluding London Underground, you could be talking in the region of 10,000 units+ over the whole of the UK.
2007-08-01 03:35:33 · answer #2 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you mean how many locomotives are there, or how many multiple units? Do you want to include freight trains? Or do you mean how many trains run on an average day in the UK ?
2007-07-31 13:52:57 · answer #3 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You should have a look to this site http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=416 for a complete guide with tips and tricks to get started with your model railroad
Have a nice day
2014-08-08 00:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rather a lot - hey maybe there might be some trainspotters on this site who can give you an aswer!!
2007-07-31 11:57:37 · answer #5 · answered by Nicky 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wait there!iam just going to count them now!
Ok i'm back.
12,744 exactly.
2007-08-02 20:33:18 · answer #6 · answered by terry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a guess... about 1356. But only 4 of these ever run on time, or have enough carriages for commuters to sit down in.
2007-07-31 12:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sam G 5 · 0⤊ 7⤋
Lots more than some people think.
2007-08-01 07:35:58 · answer #8 · answered by jay jay 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
millions
2007-07-31 11:52:52 · answer #9 · answered by sxygrad 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What time of day is it? Please use US CST (daylight savings) units.
2007-08-01 15:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by two11ll 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋