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Gaugemaster |
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GM4240304 |
The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966, either by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works. The class was built to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968. Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101-E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system. PROTOTYPE INFORMATION Power type Electric Builder British Rail Doncaster Works, English Electric at Vulcan Foundry Build date 1965-1966 Total produced 100 Length 58ft 6in Width 8ft 8in Height 12ft 9in Maximum speed 100-110mph Operators British Rail, Anglia Railways, Europhoenix, Freightliner, EWS, Network Rail, One, Virgin Trains, Bulmarket (Bulgaria), Floyd (Hungary) Numbers E3101-E3200 Withdrawn 1986–present |
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