| British Rail Class 87 |
 | | Builder: | BREL. | | Years built: | 1975- | | Number built: | 36 | | Replaced by: | Still In Use. | | Height: | 3 | | Maximum speed: | Unknown | | Operators: | Unknown |
No.87028 Lord President in InterCity livery at Crewe station in 1988. The British Rail Class 87 is a type of electric locomotive built from 1973-75 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL). 36 of these locomotives were built to work passenger services over the West Coast Main Line (WCML). They were the flagships of British Rail's electric locomotive fleet until the late 1980s, when the Class 90s started to come onstream. The privatisation of British Rail saw all but one of the fleet transferred to Virgin Trains; they continued their duties until the advent of the new Pendolino trains, when they were transferred to other operators or withdrawn. Currently only two Class 87s remain operational on the British mainline. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 685 KB) BR Class 87, no. ...
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Crewe station is one of the most historic railway stations in the world. ...
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Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ...
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The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
The first Class 90, No. ...
The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Majors Conservative government. ...
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History A requirement for more electric locomotives came about after the electrification of the WCML spread north from Crewe to Preston, Carlisle and Glasgow. Initially, three Class 86 locomotives were used as test-beds to trial equipment (mainly electrical equipment and suspension) that would be used in the new locomotives; effectively, these locomotives were class 87s in everything but appearance. Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ...
This article is about Preston, Lancashire. ...
For other uses, see Carlisle (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
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The external design of the Class 87 was clearly derived from that of the Class 86; the only major detail differences were two front cab windows on the 87 instead of the three of the 86, and also the lack of headcode indicator boxes; by 1973, visual recognition of train reporting numbers by signallers was no longer necessary. The 87s were also fitted with multiple working equipment which enabled locomotives to work with other members of the class (and some Class 86s) while controlled by one driver. A headcode or train reporting number is used by railway staff in Great Britain to identify a particular train service. ...
On the UK rail network not all locomotives and multiple units have the ability to work together. ...
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56 036 at the launch of Large Logo livery at Toton works on 9th June 1979 Rail Blue was one of British Rails corporate colours. ...
Birmingham International railway station is located in the borough of Solihull, just east of the city of Birmingham in England. ...
87101 Whilst the first 35 locomotives (numbered from 87001 to 87035, and known as Class 87/0) were identical, the 36th was numbered 87101 and had major equipment differences from the rest of the class. While the 87/0s were fitted with a traditional tap-changer transformer and rectifiers, 87101 had a new thyristor power control system, and spent over a year on test before entering service in 1976[1]. The locomotive, named Stephenson, worked the same services as the standard locomotives for many years, until British Rail was sectorised in the 1980s. A transformer tap is a connection point along a transformer winding that allows the number of turns to be selected. ...
A rectifier is one or more diodes arranged for converting alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). ...
Circuit symbol for a thyristor The thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. ...
George Stephenson George Stephenson For the British politician, see George Stevenson. ...
British Rail service The great majority of the Class 87's workload came on express passenger services between London Euston and Birmingham, and on the WCML. They did, however, see some use on freight, especially on heavy services that required two locomotives. In the late 1970s, British Rail named its entire Class 87 fleet, many receiving names previously carried by the "Britannia" steam locomotives. The rest were named after towns, cities or counties along the WCML. In the 1980s British Rail locomotives were allocated to separate sectors, and the 87/0s were transferred to InterCity (which meant their freight work largely came to an end), whilst 87101 went to work for Railfreight Distribution. Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ...
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British Railways standard class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class was a class of steam locomotive, one British Railways standard classes of the 1950s. ...
One of the last mainline steam locomotives built in the UK: British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 no. ...
A High Speed Train power car in Intercity livery InterCity was the sector of British Rail responsible for long-distance express trains. ...
Railfreight Distribution was a sector of British Rail responsible for non-trainload freight operations. ...
Private operator service
 No.87005 City of London at London Euston in 2003. The locomotive is painted in Virgin Trains' red and black livery. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 685 KB) BR Class 87, no. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 685 KB) BR Class 87, no. ...
Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ...
Virgin Trains In 1997 Virgin Trains took over the WCML franchise from British Rail. All 35 Class 87/0 locomotives passed to the Porterbrook rolling stock company and were leased to Virgin as part of the deal. The locomotives continued to work the same services as before, the only outward indication of the change of ownership being the repainting of the locomotives in the red Virgin Trains livery. However, the Virgin policy of introducing their new fleet of trains inevitably meant that the writing was on the wall for their electric locomotives. In 2003, No.87005 City Of London was the first locomotive taken out of service, and although withdrawals were slower than expected due to the unreliability of the Pendolinos, the final day in service was set for 10 June 2005, by which time many locomotives had been withdrawn, and others transferred to other operators. On this day, four locomotives hauled special trains to Wolverhampton, Northampton and Manchester. However, this turned out not to be the final workings for Virgin, as further problems with the new trains meant sporadic appearances by Class 87s hired from other operators. The final working, between London and Birmingham, eventually occurred on 22 December 2006. Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line. ...
Porterbrook Leasing Company is one of the three major lessors of railway locomotives, multiple units and coaching stock in the UK. It was formed in 1994 by Abbey National on the privatisation of British Rail. ...
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EWS EWS inherited the unique No.87101 from Railfreight Distribution, The locomotive was used infrequently on freight and charter trains but suffered a major failure in 1999 and was withdrawn due to its non-standard nature. It was eventually sold to Alstom for spare parts, and finally scrapped at Barrow Hill by HNRC in 2002. English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) is the largest British rail freight company Created as a subsidiary of Wisconsin Central Ltd in 1996, it was acquired by Canadian National Railway when it bought Wisconsin Central in 2001. ...
Railfreight Distribution was a sector of British Rail responsible for non-trainload freight operations. ...
Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e. ...
The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ...
The Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) is a railway spot-hire company, based at Barrow Hill Engine Shed in Derbyshire. ...
FirstGBRf In November 2004, FirstGBRf acquired two locomotives which had recently been retired from Virgin passenger service. They were used as standby locomotives to rescue failed Class 325 units working FirstGBRf parcels trains. The fleet increased to four at one point, but at the present time consists of two locomotives, No.87022 Cock O' The North, and No.87028 Lord President. These are the only two Class 87s currently working on mainline British railways. They have also expanded their work, including some passenger trains such as the Blue Pullman tour train. Class 66 66713 Forest City on display at Crewe Works open day on 1 June 2003. ...
Similar in end-on appearance to a Class 365 or Class 465 Networker unit, the Class 325 was British Rails wonderful new unit in the early 1990s to take over parcels working on electrified lines. ...
Cotswold Rail In April 2005, Cotswold Rail acquired three locomotives, all of which had been out of service for a number of months. The fleet later grew to eight, and were intended to work charter trains, for spot-hire contracts and a new possible intermodal traffic flow. They were based at Oxley depot in Wolverhampton. However the fleet saw very little use, and in July 2006 the locomotives went off-lease. Cotswold Rail no longer operates AC electric locomotives. Class 47, no. ...
Oxley is a suburb of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. ...
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Direct Rail Services In November 2004, Direct Rail Services (DRS) acquired four locomotives. They were used on Anglo-Scottish intermodal services, but never on a regular basis. In June 2005, the four locomotives were stored. The main reason for their lack of use was the need for a diesel to shunt the train in non-electrified sidings. Class 37/0 no. ...
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A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ...
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Export In 2006, Nos.87012 and 87019 were sold to an operator in Bulgaria, although the transfer did not take place until after Bulgaria's accession to the European Union, in order to minimise customs formalities. They are currently under test for their new owners.
Preservation Currently, two locomotives have been preserved: - The first locomotive to be preserved was No.87035 Robert Burns, which will be based at The Railway Age in Crewe. It was handed over for preservation by owners Porterbrook at Crewe Works Open Day on 10 September 2005.
- This was followed by No.87001, which was donated to the National Railway Museum in November 2005.
The Railway Age is a Railway Museum in Crewe, England. ...
Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ...
References - ^ Class 87 history AC Locomotive Group - Retrieved on 2007-07-28
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CLASS 14 An order for 26 0-6-0 650 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives was placed in January 1963, these to be built at British Railways Swindon Works. ...
| Diesel shunters
(pre-TOPS): | 11001 · 11104 · 15107 · 13000 · D1/1 · D1/2 · D1/3 · D1/4 · D2/1 · D2/2 · D2/3 · D2/4 · D2/5 · D2/6 · D2/7 · D2/8 · D2/9 · D2/10 · D2/11 · D2/12 · D3/1 · D3/2 · D3/3 · D3/4 · D3/5 · D3/6 · D3/7 · D3/8 · D3/9 · D3/10 · D3/11 · D3/12 · D3/13 · D3/14 The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ...
11001 was one of the first British Rail diesel locomotives, built in 1949 at British Rails Ashford Works. ...
British Railways Class 11104 locomotive was built by Hibberd and introduced by British Railways in 1959. ...
British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. ...
British Rail Class D1/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
British Rail Class D1/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. ...
British Rail Class D2/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
British Rail Class D2/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/7 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
British Rail Class D2/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...
British Rail Class D3/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over...
British Rail Class D3/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Class D3/6 were diesel shunters built in 1935 by English Electric for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...
Class D3/7 were diesel shunters built from May 1939 through to July 1942 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at their Derby Works. ...
British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...
British Rail Class D3/9 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/11 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ...
British Rail Class D3/14 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
| | Main-line diesels: | 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 20 · 21 (I) · 21 (II) · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 37 · 38 · 40 · 41 (I) · 41 (II) · 41 (III) · 42 · 43 (I) · 43 (II) · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 (I) · 48 (II) · 50 · 51 · 52 · 53 · 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 61 · 62 · 65 · 66 · 67 History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
Ordered as a successor to the pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, fitted with a centre cab. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
The Class 21 diesel locomotives built by Vossloh in 2004-2005 are the second class of locomotives to use the Class 21 designation. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ...
British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 29 diesel locomotive was part of British Rails modernization in the 80s. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
The British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives, also known as the English Electric Type 3, were commissioned as a part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 41 was the original classification for the power cars of the prototype High Speed Train. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
For the other locomotive given TOPS Class 43, see British Rail Class 43 (Warship Class). ...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
Departmental locomotive 97403 Ixion at a Coalville open day 1 September 1985. ...
Two Class 47s, Nos. ...
The British Rail Class 48 was a diesel locomotive class which consisted of five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
50050 Fearless at Reading, 1975. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. ...
Class 57, no. ...
58001, on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ...
The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built by General Motors Electro Motive Diesel for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman (59/0). ...
Class 60s at Peak Forest In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. ...
The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networks—where it is marketed as EMD Series 66. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networks—where it is marketed as EMD Series 66. ...
Two Class 67s lead a freight train through Bristol Parkway 67006 Royal Sovereign at Evesham on 26 March 2005. ...
| Main-line diesels
(pre-TOPS): | 10000-10001 · 10100 · 10201-10203 · 10800 · D8/1 · D8/2 · D10/1 · D10/2 · D10/3 · D11/1 · D11/2 · D11/3 · D11/4 · D11/5 · D12/1 · D12/2 · D12/3 · D13/1 · D14/1 · D14/2 · D15/1 · D15/2 · D16/1 · D16/2 · D17/1 · D17/2 · D20/1 · D20/2 · D22/1 · D22/2 · D23/1 · D25/1 · D27/1 · D33/1 · KA · KB 10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Rail 10100 was a steam powered locomotive built by BR Derby for British Rail in 1950. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
British Rails Class 10800 was a main-line diesel locomotive built by NBL Ltd for British Rail in 1950 and later rebuilt by Brush Traction in 1961. ...
History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
The British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives, also known as the English Electric Type 3, were commissioned as a part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
| | Electrics: | 22 · 70 · 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 · 75 · 76 · 77 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 88 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 BB 22207 at Nantes on 31st August 2001. ...
20002 at East Croydon, 13 December 1967. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Class 73, no. ...
Class 73, no. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail allocated Class 80 to its prototype 25kV AC electric locomotive, numbered E1000 initially, and later E2001. ...
The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
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Class 83, no. ...
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Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
There have been a number of TOPS class numbers assigned to proposed locomotives that have not been built for one reason or another. ...
Class 89, no. ...
The first Class 90, No. ...
These locomotives are not to be confused with Driving Van Trailers, which look very similar. ...
92027 George Eliot at Stafford in August 2005 with an intermodal train. ...
Artists impression of a Class 93 locomotive Class 93 is the traction classification assigned to the electric locomotives that were to enter service as part of British Rails InterCity 250 project on the West Coast Main Line. ...
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(pre-TOPS): | AL1 · AL2 · AL3 · AL4 · AL5 · AL6 · EB1 · EE1 · EF1 · EM1 · EM2 · ES1 · HA · HB · JA · JB The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
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Class 83, no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
British Rail Class EB1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class EE1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class EF1 (Electric Freight 1) was a class of electrically powered locomotives used by British Rail in England. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail Class ES1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Class 73, no. ...
Class 73, no. ...
| | Departmental: | 97 · 97/6 · Eastern · Southern · Other Series British Rail reserved the TOPS Class 97 designation for departmental locomotives, which were used for special or engineering duties. ...
The British Rail Class 97/6 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). ...
In 1952, the Eastern Region of British Rail introduced its own series for departmental (non-revenue earning) vehicles, including locomotives. ...
The Southern Railway numbered its departmental (non-revenue earning) stock, both locomotives and carriages in a series commencing at 1S. The series was retained by the Southern Region of British Rail, but amended so that the numbers carried a DS prefix instead of an S suffix. ...
Before TOPS Class 97 was issued to self-propelled locomotives in departmental (non-revenue earning) use, British Rail had such locomotives numbered in a variety of series, together with locomotives that were no longer self_propelled. ...
| | Prototypes: | 15097-15099 · 18000 · 18100 · D0226/D0227 · D0260 · D0280 · D9998 · DHP1 · DP1 · DP2 · GT3 · HS4000 · Janus/Taurus LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Simplex and introduced in the years 1919-1925 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). ...
18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown Boveri. ...
British Rail allocated Class 80 to its prototype 25kV AC electric locomotive, numbered E1000 initially, and later E2001. ...
D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
D0260, named Lion, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, in association with Sulzer and Associated Electrical Industries, at their Smethwick works in Birmingham to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
DHP1, meaning Diesel Hydraulic Prototype number 1, was a protoype Type 3 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1965 by Clayton to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ...
DP1, or DELTIC as it is more popularly known, was a demonstrator locomotive built by the English Electric company in 1955. ...
DP2, meaning Diesel Prototype number 2, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
GT3, meaning Gas Turbine number 3 (following 18000 and 18100 as gas turbines 1 and 2), was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton_le_Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1968 by Brush Traction, Loughborough to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
Janus and Taurus were two prototype shunting locomotives built in 1956 and 1961 respectively by the Yorkshire Engine Company to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
| Diesel locomotives · Electric locomotives · Miscellaneous locomotives · Diesel multiple units · Electric multiple units · Departmental multiple units This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every diesel-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
This page lists every electric-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
The 900 series classes were reserved for multiple units in departmental stock, most of which were converted from old passenger units. ...
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