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Number built: | 36 |
Built: | 1973-75 |
Builder: | BREL Crewe / GEC Traction |
Engine: | 4 GEC G412AZ traction motors |
Power: | 5, 000 hp (3, 728 kW) |
Thirty five Class 87/0s were built with a 36th locomotive being the solo Class 87/1 which tested a thyristor control system. The later Class 90 was a development of the 87 and indeed was at one stage to have been the Class 87/2. A small number are still in operation on the main line and some have been preserved. Quite a few have been exported to the continent and serve in Eastern Europe [3].
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87 001 at the NRM |
87 035 at Crewe Heritage Centre |
Cab of 87 035 |
[1] Chris Heaps, BR Diary 1968-1977 (Ian Allan, 1988), p. 70
[2] Brian Haresnape, Electric Locomotives (Ian Allan, 1983), p. 69
[3] Colin J. Marsden, Traction Recognition (Ian Allan, 2008), p. 88