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4 unusual facts about Railway Technical Centre


British Rail BEMU

It then spent a short time in storage at Inverurie Works, and at Hyndland Shed in Glasgow before being transferred to departmental use as test train "Gemini" (or Lab 16) for use at the Railway Technical Centre, at Derby.

British Rail Class 23

D5901 was transferred to the departmental fleet of the Railway Technical Centre in 1969.

Charles Osmond Frederick

Charles Osmond Frederick is a British engineer who worked on interaction of rails and wheels at the British Railway Technical Centre, Derby.

Old Dalby

On 7 June 2007, Metronet announced that the contract for operating and maintaining the test track had been awarded to Serco Assurance (formerly Serco Railtest), based at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby.



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