British Rail Class 86

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The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the 1960s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the West Coast Main Line and other electrified routes in the UK.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric locomotive class
brakeType air brakes
builder British Railways Crewe Works NERFINISHED
British Railways Doncaster Works NERFINISHED
English Electric NERFINISHED
configuration dual-purpose
country United Kingdom
designedFor West Coast Main Line NERFINISHED
electricSystem 25 kV AC overhead
family AC electric locomotives
gauge standard gauge
introduced 1960s
1965
laterNumbering 86001–86260
lengthOverBuffers 17.8 m
nickname AL6 NERFINISHED
numbering E3101–E3200
operator Abellio Greater Anglia NERFINISHED
Anglia Railways NERFINISHED
British Rail NERFINISHED
Bulgarian State Railways NERFINISHED
CFR Marfa NERFINISHED
DB Schenker NERFINISHED
EWS NERFINISHED
Freightliner NERFINISHED
GB Railfreight NERFINISHED
Rail Operations Group NERFINISHED
Virgin Trains NERFINISHED
powerOutput 2700 kW
3600 hp
primaryVoltage 25 kV AC
productionEnd 1966
productionStart 1965
railwayAdministration British Railways NERFINISHED
route Great Eastern Main Line NERFINISHED
West Coast Main Line NERFINISHED
serviceEntry 1965
successor British Rail Class 87 NERFINISHED
British Rail Class 90 NERFINISHED
topSpeed 100 mph
160 km/h
totalProduced 100
tractionType electric
trainHeating electric train heating
UICClassification Bo-Bo
usedFor freight services
passenger services
usedOn container freight services
inter-city services
weight 81 t

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Anglia Railways (former) operatedRollingStock British Rail Class 86
subject surface form: Anglia Railways
Rail Express Systems usedRollingStock British Rail Class 86