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Axle Diagrams DMU Stock	British Rail Showing the different axles used on different types, mainly for Ultrasonic Testing purposes.	January 1984 PDF Download (size 4.7mb)

Bogie for Birmingham Built Diesel Railcars	British Railways A booklet compiled by British Railways listing all the parts of a bogie along with part and drawing numbers.	1961 PDF Download (size 10Mb)

Bogie For Park Royal Built Diesel Railcars	British Railways A booklet compiled by British Railways listing all the parts of a bogie along with part and drawing numbers.	PDF Download (size 5Mb)

Bogie for Wickham Built Diesel Railcars	British Railways Arrangement diagrams and a list of drawings relating to the bogie	PDF Download (size 23 Mb)

Bogies Springs	British Railways A compilation of documents relating to bogie springs.	circa 1960s PDF Download (size 10Mb)

Brake Percentages Diesel Railcars	British Railways Lists brake details for each lot number - the drawings for the bogie and underframe brake details, the type of cylinder used, the brake power an brake percentage (against weight).	Date unknown, probably late '50s. PDF Download (size 3.4Mb)

Glass Details for Contractor Built Diesel Railcars for Midland Region	British Railways A booklet compiled by British Railways listing all the glass sizes and catalogue numbers.	PDF Download (size 6Mb)

Glass Details for Derby Built Diesel Railcars	British Railways A booklet compiled by British Railways listing all the glass sizes and catalogue numbers.	PDF Download (size 6Mb)

Heating Multiple Unit Diesel Trains	British Railways - Western Region A small (165 x 100mm) booklet issued to operating staff describing how to operate the heaters. Scan courtesy of Steve Carter. It has separate chapters for suburban vehicles (Class 116 an 122) with semi-automatic controls, Cross-Country (Class 120) with semi-automatic controls and Cross-Country (Class 119) with fully automatic controls.	August 1959 PDF Download (size 2mb)

B.U.T. Service Bulletins	British United Traction Not strictly a manual, but the Bulletins were issued as updates to the manuals, and were very technical.	1950s onwards PDF Download (size 31.1mb)

British Railways 460 B.H.P. 50000 Series Cars Traction Equipment	British United Traction The manual for vehicles supplied with the Leyland Albion 230 H.P. engines.	1950s

British Railways Diesel Train 'A' & 'L' Type Units (50,000 series) Overhaul Manual	British United Traction The standard manual for most Blue Square DMUs, also relevant to the 5xxxx series White Circle cars.	Mid - late 1950s PDF Download (size 72 Mb)

BUT Maintenance Manual Lightweights	British United Traction A maintenance manual for Yellow Diamond vehicles.	1950s PDF Download (size 36mb)

BUT Maintenance Manual Swindon 79xxx	British United Traction A maintenance manual for Swindon 79xxx vehicles.	1950s PDF Download (size 30mb)

BUT Overhaul Manual Lightweights	British United Traction An overhaul manual for Yellow Diamond vehicles. It is the material in the maintenance manual duplicated with extra pages in each section.	1950s PDF Download (size 61mb)

BUT Overhaul Manual Swindon 79xxx	British United Traction An overhaul manual for Swindon 79xxx vehicles. It is the material in the maintenance manual duplicated with extra pages in each section.	1950s PDF Download (size 59mb)

BUT Spare Parts Catalogue AEC Section	British United Traction Lots of catalogue numbers and exploded diagrams.	1950s

BUT Spare Parts Catalogue Leyland Section	British United Traction Lots of catalogue numbers and exploded diagrams.	1950s

BUT Spare Parts Catalogue Self Changing Gears Ltd Section	British United Traction Every single nut and bolt that went into the S.G. gearboxes described in detail, plus some great exploded diagrams.	1950s PDF Download (size 11mb)

Service Manual BUT Traction Equipment British Railways Diesel Railbus	British United Traction Detailed service manual for the BUT parts (engine / gearbox / controls etc.) on a diesel railbus.	1958 PDF Download (size 23mb)

A.C. Generator Equipment Maintenance Instructions	C.A.V. Limited Maintenance for CAV AC8 Alternators.	Undated. PDF Download (size 6.2Mb)

Generators Type AC8 Spare Parts List	C.A.V. Limited The Spare Parts list for AC8 Generators with exploded diagrams.	Undated PDF Download (size 2.2Mb)

Rectifiers Spare Parts List	C.A.V. Limited A spare parts list with exploded diagrams for the CAV rectifier.	Undated. PDF Download (size 2.8Mb)

Compressors (Service Data)	Clayton Dewandre Possibly not for any specific railcar compressor but as useful guide as to how they work.	Circa 1954 PDF Download (size 4.8Mb)

Rotary Exhauster For Railcars - REGA 242-1	Clayton Dewandre This type of exhauster was fairly standard throughout DMUs and here is the official literature on it from the manufacturer. There are two versions of page 2 in the pdf, one is from a later version with alternate diagrams.	October 1955 PDF Download (size 2.1Mb)

Heaters Service & Instruction Manual	Dragonair Dragonair heaters were fitted to some DMUs (such as Class 110s) from new, but were less numerous than the Smiths brand, and were less successful and were soon replaced. This volume cover the DVLA/80 type, rated at 80,000 btu.	undated PDF Download (size 11.4 Mb)

Instruction Book for Gresham's Quick Release Vacuum Brake Equipment On British Railways Railcars	Gresham and Craven Basically a compilation of drawings and details of parts used, and schematics of the braking systems. This, and other G&C documents, can be found in the Gresham & Craven section.	1950s

"Liliput" Dual Regulator Type L/T2	J. Stone & Co. A detailed look at the Regulator.	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 2.3Mb)

"Tonum" Control Panel Type S>80/T2 or S.300/T2 Enclosure: Open	J. Stone & Co. A look at the Tonum Control panel with open enclosure. Only the first page available in pdf.	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.2Mb)

"Tonum" Generator Control Panel Type S.80/T2 and S.300/T2 Enclosure: Totally Enclosed	J. Stone & Co. A description of the totally enclosed control panel.	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.8Mb)

"Tonum" Generator Control Panel Type S.80/T2 and S.300/T2	J. Stone & Co. A look at the Tonum Control Panel	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.5Mb)

Train Lighting Introduction	J. Stone & Co. Introduction to how the train lighting equipment works.	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 1.6Mb)

Train Lighting Control Panel Type S.300/T2 or S.80/T2	J. Stone & Co. A Description of the workings of the control panel.	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.8Mb)

Train Lighting System The Lamp Resistance	J. Stone & Co. Describes the lamp resistance. Only the first page available.	Undated, thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.3Mb)

"Tonum" Control Panel Wiring Diagram	J. Stones & Co. The wiring diagram for the Tonum Control Panel	Undated - thought to be circa 1950s PDF Download (size 0.6Mb)

Laycock-Sprague Wipers Installation and Service Instructions	Laycock Courtesy of Dennis Raymond Hoy, for North British Locos but only the sweep angles will be different for DMUs. These were fitted to Derby Lightweights, Class 100s, 104s, 105s and some 108s (and maybe others?).	1950a PDF Download (size 1mb)

Service Manual Railcar Units	Leyland A service manual for the West Riding / hydro-mechanical / Red Triangle Derby Lightweight DMUs.	October 1955 PDF Download (size 44mb)

Maintenance TSD866 Railway Diesel Power Equipment	Rolls Royce A manual covering the equipment supplied by the company for types such as the Class 112/113/125s.	1958 PDF Download (size 48mb)

Smiths Combustion Heating Equipment Spare Parts List	S. Smith & Sons This document has many useful exploded diagrams showing the construction of the heaters which were re-used in many other heater documents. It's an early issue and so covers the early heater designs.	March 1960 PDF Download (size 14.8 Mb)

18" and 20" Fluid Clutch	Self-Changing Gears Ltd Nowadays more commonly known as a fluid flywheel this is for the type fitted to AEC and Leyland 150hp engines. In general the 18" was fitted to 79xxx series vehicles and the 20" to later builds.	PDF Download (size 8Mb)

Air Operated Railcar Gearbox Type R14	Self-Changing Gears Ltd A promotional brochure.	1955 PDF Download (size 3mb)

Assembly of the Type R14 Gearbox	Self-Changing Gears Ltd An illustrated step-by-step guide to assembly.	1950s PDF Download (size 2.4mb)

Type R14 Gearbox Service Manual	Self-Changing Gears Ltd This is straight out the BUT 50,000 series overhaul manual.	1950s PDF Download (size 10mb)

Type RF28 Final Drive Unit Service Manual	Self-Changing Gears Ltd Description, servicing, overhaul & spare parts.	1950s PDF Download (size 4.1mb)

Type SE4 Gearbox Service Manual	Self-Changing Gears Ltd Description, servicing, overhaul & spare parts.	1950s PDF Download (size 7.5mb)

Air Pressure Wipe Motors Fitting Instructions	Trico Instructions for connecting wiper motors with the control valves and assembling the wiper arms and blades. A PDF of this manual can be found on the Silver Moor Consulting website.	November 1962