| Code |
Dates |
Owner |
Notes |
| ABP |
|
Associated British Ports Ltd |
|
| AI |
|
Aggregate Industries |
|
| ALCN |
|
Alcan Lynemouth Ltd |
|
| ALG |
|
Algeco UK Ltd |
|
| AMOC |
|
Amoco UK Ltd |
Later to Elf Oil Ltd |
| AO |
|
The Associated Octel Co Ltd |
Tank wagons |
| APCM |
|
Associated Portland Cement Manufacturing |
Later to Blue Circle |
| AR |
|
Amey Roadstone Corporation |
|
| ARC |
|
ARC Southern Ltd |
Later to Hanson Aggregates |
| AVON |
1985- |
Avon County Countil |
|
| AW |
-by1984 |
Albright & Wilson |
|
| BACO |
|
British Alcan |
Replaced by BAHS |
| BAHS |
|
British Alcan, Highland Smelters |
|
| BAK |
|
Baker, Carnforth |
|
| BB |
|
Balfour Beatty Rail Ltd |
|
| BBC |
1988-1992 |
Boothferry Borough Council |
|
| BBES |
-by1984 |
British Bitumen Emulsions (Scotland) Ltd |
|
| BCC |
|
Blue Circle Cement |
|
| BCH |
-by1984 |
Bass Charrington |
|
| BFL |
|
British Fuels Ltd |
|
| BGL |
-2006 |
British Gypsum Ltd |
|
| BHQ |
1985- |
Bardon Hill Quarries |
|
| BIS |
|
British Industrial Sands Ltd |
Later Hepworths Industrial Minerals Ltd |
| BLI |
|
Buxton Lime Industries |
|
| BLM |
-by1984 |
Bulmers Cider, Hereford |
|
| BLS |
|
Britannia Locomotive Society |
|
| BM |
|
Brunner Mond |
|
| BMA |
|
Brett Marine Aggregates |
Code change (from ELC) cancelled |
| BNF |
-by1984 |
British Nuclear Fuels, Springfield |
|
| BNFL |
|
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd |
|
| BOA |
-by1984 |
Bank of America |
|
| BOC |
|
British Oxygen Co Ltd |
|
| BOTE |
-by1984 |
Burmah Oil Trading (Elesmere Port) |
|
| BPBB |
-by1984 |
BP Chemicals, Baglan Bay |
|
| BPCM |
-by1984 |
BP Chemicals, Murgatroyd |
|
| BPCS |
-by1984 |
BP Chemicals, Saltend |
|
| BPIG |
-by1984 |
BP Chemicals, Grangemouth |
|
| BPLS |
|
Blue Peter Locomotive Society |
|
| BPO |
|
BP Oil Ltd |
|
| BRCH |
-by1984 |
Bromine & Chemicals Ltd |
|
| BREL |
1987 |
British Rail Engineering Ltd |
Used on 'International Train' coaches |
| BRET |
-by1984 |
Brett Marine Aggregates |
|
| BRIG |
-by1984 |
William Briggs & Sons |
|
| BRT |
|
British Rail Traffic & Electric Company |
|
| BSCO |
-1986 |
British Steel, Corby Works |
|
| BSGL |
|
British Steel, Flemington Works (Glasgow) |
|
| BSOR |
-by1984 |
British Steel, Orgreave Works |
|
| BSRO |
-by1984 |
British Steel, Rotherham Works |
|
| BSRV |
|
British Steel, Ravenscraig Works |
|
| BSSC |
|
British Steel, Scunthorpe Works |
|
| BSSH |
-by1984 |
British Steel, Shotton Works |
|
| BSSP |
1996-c.2003 |
British Steel, Strip Products |
|
| BSSW |
|
British Steel, Llanwern Works |
|
| BSTE |
|
British Steel, Teesside Works |
|
| BTDH |
-by1984 |
British Transport Docks, Hull |
|
| BTP |
|
British Titan Products |
Later Ti-Oxide UK Ltd |
| CAIB |
|
CAIB UK Ltd |
|
| CARP |
-by1984 |
Carpet Products Ltd |
|
| CAWD |
1986- |
Cawoods Coal Products Ltd |
|
| CC |
|
Chipmans Chemicals |
|
| CCC |
-by1984 |
C C Crumps Ltd |
|
| CEGB |
|
Central Electricity Generating Board |
|
| CG |
|
Croxton & Garry Ltd |
|
| CGL |
|
Charrington Fuel Oils Ltd |
|
| CGW |
|
Cargo Wagon GMBH |
Not carried - all wagons in RIV series |
| CHEL |
|
Chell Instruments, North Walsham |
|
| CHL |
-by1984 |
Croda Hydrocarbons |
|
| CHR |
1990-1993 |
Christie and Sons, Camlachie |
|
| CL |
-by1984 |
City Leasings Co Ltd |
|
| CLMI |
-2006 |
Compagnie Pour La Location De Materiel Industriel |
|
| CLWD |
-by1984 |
Clwyd Wagon Co Ltd |
|
| CN |
|
Carillion Rail |
|
| CONO |
|
Conoco Ltd |
|
| COWS |
|
?, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
|
| CPL |
|
Cleveland Potash Ltd |
|
| CR |
|
Cranmore Railway Co Ltd |
East Somerset Railway |
| CRL |
|
Charterail Ltd |
|
| CSL |
|
Carless Solvents Ltd |
|
| DANZ |
|
Danzas Ltd |
Not carried - all wagons in RIV series |
| DAVS |
|
W H Davis & Sons |
Wagon builders & hirers. See also WHD |
| DBA |
|
? |
|
| DOW |
-by1984 |
Dow Chemicals Ltd |
|
| DRC |
|
Dinting Rail Centre |
|
| DRSL |
|
Direct Rail Services Ltd |
|
| DSRM |
-by1984 |
Darlington Simpson Rolling Mills, Darlington |
|
| DVR |
|
Dart Valley Railway |
|
| EAB |
|
Mrs E Beet, Hest Bank |
|
| ECCQ |
|
English China Clay Quarries Ltd |
|
| EDC |
|
Edinburgh District Council |
|
| ELC |
|
Equipment Leasing Company Ltd |
Later to Hambros Leasing Co Ltd |
| ELF |
-by1984 |
Elf Oil |
|
| ERG |
2012- |
Europorte Group |
|
| ERMW |
|
Ermewa-Sati, Paris |
|
| ESSO |
|
Esso Petroleum Co Ltd |
|
| ETHL |
|
Ethyl SA, Brussels |
|
| EURL |
|
Eurolease UK Ltd |
|
| EWS |
2006- |
English Welsh and Scottish Railway |
Only appears on TEA tanks numbered in railway-owned series. |
| F |
|
Freightliners Ltd |
|
| FA |
|
Fisons Agrochemicals |
Later FBC Ltd. Later Schering Chemicals Ltd |
| FAS |
-by1984 |
Farthington Silos |
|
| FF |
|
Fisons Fertilisers |
Later Norsk Hydro Fertilisers Ltd |
| FINA |
|
Petrofina UK Ltd |
|
| FLHH |
2005- |
Freightliner Heavy Haul |
|
| FR |
|
Francis Parker Ltd |
Later to Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd |
| FS |
2006- |
First Engineering |
From 2006 |
| FSS |
|
Flying Scotsman Railways |
|
| FY |
|
Foster Yeoman Ltd |
|
| GERS |
2000- |
GE Railcar Services |
|
| GLE |
-by1984 |
Grant Lyon & Eagre |
|
| GMC |
|
Greater Manchester Council |
|
| GR |
|
Grant Rail |
|
| GRA |
|
William Grant & Son |
|
| GRAM |
|
Grampian Railtours |
|
| GSWR |
|
Great Scottish & Western Railway Co |
|
| GULF |
|
Gulf Oil GB Ltd |
|
| GWS |
|
Great Western Society |
|
| HALL |
|
Hall Aggregates Ltd |
|
| HAUS |
-by1984 |
P Hausar Ltd |
|
| HD |
-by1984 |
H Diaper Ltd |
|
| HFO |
|
Hargreaves Fuel Oil |
|
| HLPG |
|
Humberside Locomotive Preservation Group |
|
| ICIA |
|
ICI PLC, Agricultural Division |
|
| ICIM |
|
ICI PLC, Mond Division |
|
| ICIO |
-by1984 |
ICI PLC, Petrochemicals Division |
|
| ICIP |
-by1984 |
ICI PLC, Plastics Division |
|
| ISCO |
-by1984 |
ISC Chemicals Ltd |
|
| JARV |
|
Jarvis Rail |
|
| JBC |
|
J B Cameron, Fife |
|
| JW |
-by1984 |
John Walker & Sons |
|
| KILF |
-by1984 |
Kilfrost Ltd |
|
| KWVR |
|
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway |
|
| LION |
-by1984 |
Lion Emulsions |
|
| LNE |
|
? |
|
| LOW |
-by1984 |
Lowe Oils Ltd |
|
| LP |
-by1984 |
Lubricant Producers Ltd |
|
| LS |
|
Lloyds & Scottish Leasings Ltd |
|
| LT |
|
London Transport |
|
| LTD |
|
Lancashire Tar Distillers |
Later Lanfina Bitumen Ltd |
| LW |
-by1984 |
Stewarts & Lloyd |
Later Central Wagon (Engineering) Ltd |
| MANC |
|
Manchester Executive Travel |
|
| MAR |
|
Marcon (RMC) Ltd |
|
| MAT |
|
MAT Transauto Ltd |
|
| MCA |
|
McAlpine, Carnforth |
|
| MDB |
|
McDonnell Douglas Bank Group |
|
| MHL |
|
Mineral Haul Ltd |
Issued but not used |
| ML |
-by1984 |
Mercantile Leasing |
|
| MMB |
|
Milk Marketing Board |
|
| MNLP |
|
Merchant Navy Loco Preservation Society |
|
| MODA |
|
Ministry of Defence, Army |
|
| MPHY |
-by1984 |
Murphy Aggregates |
Later to MAR Marcon |
| MRC |
|
Midland Railway Centre |
|
| MURC |
|
Murco Petroleum |
|
| MYTK |
-by1984 |
Midland Yorkshire Tar Distillers |
|
| NACO |
|
NACCO Ltd, France |
|
| NCB |
-by1984 |
National Coal Board |
|
| NECP |
|
Dawson & Partners, York |
|
| NELP |
|
North Eastern Loco Preservation Group |
|
| NESW |
-by1984 |
National Coal Board (Thomas Ness), Wingerworth |
|
| NLU |
|
National Logistics Unit |
|
| NP |
1993- |
National Power |
|
| NR |
2004- |
Network Rail |
|
| NRMY |
|
National Railway Museum, York |
|
| NTL |
-1986 |
Nuclear Transport Ltd |
|
| OK |
|
Orenstein & Koppel AG |
|
| PB |
|
Polybulk Ltd |
|
| PDS |
1990-? |
Powell Duffryn Standard |
Only carried by PDS28100? |
| PDUF |
|
Powell Duffryn Wagon Company Ltd |
|
| PES |
|
? |
|
| PEST |
|
Princess Elizabeth Loco Society |
|
| PIGY |
|
Piggyback |
|
| PLAS |
|
Plasmoor Ltd |
|
| PP |
-by1984 |
Phillips Petroleum Co Ltd |
|
| PR |
|
Procor (UK) Ltd |
Later to CAIB UK Ltd |
| PULR |
|
Pullman Rail |
|
| PWDS |
|
5407 Loco Group, Carnforth |
|
| RBL |
|
Ribblesdale Cement Ltd |
Later Castle Cement Ltd |
| RC |
|
Rugby Portland Cement Ltd |
|
| REDA |
|
Redland Aggregates Ltd |
|
| RFM |
|
Railfilms Ltd |
|
| RGL |
|
Rover Group Ltd |
|
| RHE |
|
Richard H Edmondson, Carnforth |
|
| RHR |
1987-2005 |
RH Roadstone Ltd |
|
| RLS |
|
Railease Ltd |
Later to Tiphook Rail Ltd |
| RMC |
1986- |
Ready Mix Concrete Ltd |
|
| RP |
-by1984 |
Redland Purle (Southern) Ltd |
|
| RPR |
|
RPR Railway Coach Association |
|
| RRL |
-by1984 |
Retread Roads Ltd |
|
| RRT |
|
Ridings Railtours |
|
| RSCO |
|
Resco, Carnforth |
|
| RTL |
|
The Riviera Ltd, Solihull |
|
| RWN |
-by1984 |
Rowntrees Ltd (York) |
|
| SA |
|
Scherings Agricultural Ltd |
|
| SCC |
-by1984 |
Shell Chemicals (UK) Ltd |
|
| SCR |
|
Scottish Railway Preservation Society |
|
| SGD |
-by1984 |
Scottish Grain Distillers |
|
| SGM |
|
S G McColl, Midland Railway Centre |
|
| SGST |
|
Standard Gauge Steam Trust |
|
| SHL |
|
Steam in Hereford Ltd |
|
| SHRC |
|
Scottish Highland Railway Co |
|
| SILC |
|
Silcock & Colling Ltd |
|
| SLOA |
|
SLOA Pullmans Ltd |
|
| SLT |
2005- |
? |
|
| SMBP |
-by1984 |
Shell Mex & BP Ltd |
|
| SNG |
|
A4 Loco Society |
|
| SOC |
-by1984 |
Shell Chemicals (UK) Ltd |
Or see SCC |
| SOL |
-by1984 |
Scottish Oils Ltd |
|
| SPEY |
|
Strathspey Railway |
|
| SPG |
|
44871 Sovereign Preservation Group |
|
| SRL |
|
Sussex Rail Ltd |
|
| SRW |
|
The Standard Railway Wagon Company Ltd |
Later to Tiphook Rail Ltd |
| SSTR |
|
Shellstar |
Later UKF Fertilisers Ltd. Later Kemira Fertilisers Ltd |
| STD |
|
Scottish Tar Distillers Ltd |
|
| STE |
-by1984 |
Streetley Co Ltd |
|
| STET |
|
Steetley Refractories Ltd |
|
| STL |
|
E G Steele & Co Ltd |
|
| STOR |
|
44767 George Stephenson |
|
| STRM |
|
Steamtown Railway Museum, Carnforth |
|
| STS |
-2006 |
Storage & Transportation Systems Ltd |
|
| STVA |
|
STVA UK |
|
| SU |
|
? |
|
| SUG |
-by1984 |
British Sugar Corporation |
|
| SUKO |
-2006 |
Shell (UK) Oil Ltd |
|
| SVR |
|
Severn Valley Railway |
|
| TAMC |
-2006 |
Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd |
|
| TBR |
|
Tilbury Roadstone Ltd |
|
| TC |
|
Tunnel Cement Ltd |
|
| TCL |
|
The Travelling College |
|
| TCMC |
2000-c.2005 |
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company |
|
| TCS |
|
Tilcon Ltd |
|
| TEF |
|
Trans Equipment Finance Ag, Switzwerland |
|
| TEX |
|
Texaco Ltd |
|
| TFP |
|
Trains for Pleasure |
|
| THOM |
1985- |
Thompson Quarries Ltd |
|
| THR |
|
Thomas Hill & Co |
|
| TIPH |
1987- |
Tiphook Rail Ltd |
|
| TLG |
-by1984 |
Tiger Leasing Group |
|
| TN |
|
Trailer Train Ltd |
|
| TOLD |
|
Toleman's Delivery Service Ltd |
|
| TOTL |
|
Total GB Oil Ltd |
|
| TPD |
1985- |
T P Dibden |
|
| TRAN |
-2006 |
Transfesa UK Ltd |
|
| TRL |
|
Tiger Rail Ltd |
|
| TRTS |
|
Train Tours Ltd |
|
| TSL |
-by1984 |
Traffic Services Ltd |
|
| TW |
-by1984 |
T W Ward |
|
| TWT |
|
Tyne & Wear Transport |
|
| UM |
-by1984 |
United Molasses |
|
| VDBJ |
1985- |
Van Den Bergh & Jurgens Ltd |
|
| VIP |
-by1984 |
VIP Petroleum |
Later to Elf Oil (GB) Ltd |
| VSOE |
|
Sea Containers (Venice Simplon Orient Express) |
|
| VTG |
|
Vereinigte Tanklager und Transportmittel Gmbh |
|
| WBB |
1993- |
Watts Black and Bearne Co Plc |
|
| WDS |
|
David Smith, Midland Railway Centre |
|
| WHD |
2001- |
W H Davis & Sons |
|
| WHYT |
|
Whyte Chemicals Ltd |
|
| WR |
|
Waterman Railways |
|
