BL is shorthand for Bassett-Lowke, the brand of the model. The railway is the LMS or London Midland & Scottish Railway. One of the big lines after the "grouping" that created the GWR, LNER, LMS and SR out of a bunch of smaller railways in the UK. My gauge one railway outdoors is modeled after the GWR. My indoor and future portable set up will be LMS based. Just like her in the USA, stations, signal boxes(interlocking towers) and such had an individual style unique to each line. Same for motive power, their designs named after the chief mechanical officer of each line. Names such as Churchwood, Stainer, Hughs ect.
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