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British Rail Departmental Wagons

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British Rail departmental wagons are wagons used by British Rail and their successors Railtrack and Network Rail for departmental purposes. Many vehicles are named after aquatic creatures (including fish, mammals, birds and mythical creatures), these names started life as telegraphic codes.[1]

List of Codes

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Name TOPS Code [2] Wagon Type Image Note
Barbel ZKV 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2] Converted from MSV Iron Ore Tippler[2]
Bass ZDA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Bream ZEA / ZEB / ZEX Runner Wagon
Brill YAA Bogie Flat Wagon[2]
Carp ZBA Open Wagon
Catfish ZEV 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper
Chubb ZCX 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Clam ZCV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon [2]
Coalfish MHA / MPA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Converted from redundant HAA wagons[1]
Cockle - Brake Van with Ballast Ploughs
Cod ZAV 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Conger YVQ / YXA
Crab ZBV / ZCV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Converted from Lamprey wagons[1]
Crayfish - A variant of a Mermaid Wagon Never built[1]
Dace ZCV 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Dogfish ZFV / ZFW 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper
Dolphin YAO Bogie Flat Wagon
Eel YMA Bogie Flat Wagon [2]
Egret ZCV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon Modified from Grampus wagons[1]
Falcon JNA Bogied Open Wagon
Hawk JNA-Y Bogied Open Wagon modified Falcon wagons (2023)
Gane YLO / YLP Bogied Flat Wagon
Gannet - 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper
Grampus ZBO / ZBP / ZBQ / ZBV / ZBW 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Gudgeon - Ballast Wagon
Haddock ZCO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Hake ZBA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Halibut YCA Bogie Open Wagon
Heron YCV Bogie Open Wagon [2] Based on a Turbot Wagon[1]
Herring ZLV 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper
Lamprey ZBO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Limpet MKA / ZKA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Ling ZCO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Lobster ZVV Engineer's Support Wagon
Minnow ZCO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Mackerel ZMV 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper with Centre chutes
Manta YKA Converted passenger carriage Used as part of a long welded rail train
Marlin YKA Converted passenger carriage Used as part of a long welded rail train [1]
Merdog ZFV Ballast Hopper [2]
Mermaid ZJV 4 Wheel Tipping open wagon
Mullet YLA Bogie Flat Wagon
Octopus YDA Bogie Ballast Hopper [2]
Osprey YKA Bogie Flat Wagon [2] A modified Salmon wagon [1]
Otter YXA Bogie Wagon [2] Used as part of a long welded rail train [1]
Oyster ZUP 4 Wheel Brake Van with Ballast Ploughs
Parr YMA / YQA Bogie Flat Wagon [2]
Perch YEA Bogie Flat Wagon
Used as part of a continuous welded rail train [1]
Pike ZAA 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2]
Pilchard YCO Bogie Open Wagon
Piranha PNA Open Wagon Unnofficial Name [1]
Plaice ZCV 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Pollock ZCA Open Wagon
Porpoise YEA Bogie Chute Wagon Used as part of a continuous welded rail train [1]
Prawn YNO Bogie Flat Wagon
Puffin ZCV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon Converted from a Catfish wagon [1]
Roach ZDA 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2]
Rudd ZBA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Salmon YFA / YMA / YMB / YMO / YSA / YWA / YXA Bogie Flat Wagon
Sea Urchin ZCA 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon
Seacow YGA / YGB Bogie Ballast Hopper
Seahare YCA 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2]
Seahorse ZCA 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Seal ZGA Open Wagon
Sealion YGH Bogie Ballast Hopper
Shark ZUA / ZUB / ZUP / ZUV / ZUW Brake Van with Ballast Ploughs
Shrimp YNP Bogie Flat Wagon [2]
Skate YDA Bogie Skip Wagon
Sole ZCA / ZCO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Squid ZDA 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2]
Starfish ZCO 4 Wheel Open Wagon
Stingray ZGA / YGB Bogie Ballast Hopper with Generator A Seacow wagon fitted with a generator
Sturgeon YBA / YBB / YBO / YBP / YBQ Bogie Open Wagon
Super Trench FJA Bogie Container Flat
Tope ZCV / ZDV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon
Trident - Side Rail Loader
Trout ZFO 4 Wheel Ballast Hopper
Tunny ZCO / ZCV 4 Wheel Dropside wagon
Turbot ZCV / ZCW Bogie Open Wagon
Urchin ZCA Bogie Open Wagon
Walrus YGV Bogie Ballast Hopper
Whale YBA / YHA Bogie Ballast Hopper
Whelk YNO Open Wagon
Whiting ZVV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Use for the transportation of signaling equipment[1]
Winkle ZVV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Use for the transportation of signaling equipment[1]
Zander zKV 4 Wheel Open Wagon

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ellis, Iain (2019). Ellis' British Railway Engineering Encyclopaedia (Fourth ed.). lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-244-81540-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "LTSV Wagons - Reference - Codes - Fishkinds". www.ltsv.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.