What is Steam locomotives of British Railways?
[[Image:6833 Calcot Grange at Bristol Temple Meads station.jpg|thumb|right|ex-[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR 6800 Class|Grange class]] [[steam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station]] [[File:WD Austerity 90733 Haworth Loco Yard.jpg|thumb|Preserved War Department steam locomotive]] The '''steam locomotives of British Railways''' were used by [[British Railways]] over the period 1948-1968. The majority of these were inherited from the [[Big Four British railway companies]]. In the 1950s, new British Railways Standard [[steam locomotive]]s were introduced. ==Numbering== BR locomotives were numbered in the following series: * 1 series, former [[Great Western Railway]] steam locomotives * 10,000 series, [[diesel locomotive]]s and [[electric locomotive]]s * 30,000 series, former [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] steam locomotives * 40,000 and 50,000 series, former [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] steam locomotives * 60,000 series, former [[London and North Eastern Railway]] steam locomotives * 70,000 series, British Railways Standard steam locomotives * 90,000 series, former [[War Office|War Department]] steam locomotives (originally in 70,000 series) * 92,000 series, [[BR Standard Class 9F]] {{BRstds}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:British Rail locomotives|Steam locomotives]]