British Rail Engineering Limited

British Rail Engineering Limited, known as BREL, was the rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance subsidiary of British Rail. It was established on 1 January 1970 by the British Railways Board to operate its 14 rolling stock maintenance centres and to provide construction, maintenance and repair services to Britain's railways. A key activity was the manufacture of new rolling stock, such as the InterCity 125 trainset, the Mark 3 carriage and the British Rail Class 58 freight locomotive, as well as the Class 91. BREL was privatised and ceased to exist as BREL in September 1992.