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Number built: | 40 |
Built: | 1961-64 |
Builder: | Associated Electrical Industries / BR Doncaster |
Motor: | 4 AEI 189 traction motors (25kV AC OHLE) |
Power: | 3, 200 hp (2, 400 kW) |
Wheel arrangement: | Bo-Bo |
The Class 85 (along with the 81) proved to be the best of the prototype AC electrics, their only real issue being ride quality at top speed. They were displaced from expresses by the Class 86 but remained in service on secondary passenger services and freight until the early 1990s when they were finally withdrawn. One has been preserved.
85 006 preserved at Barrow Hill |
[1] Brian Haresnape, Electric Locomotives (Ian Allan, 1983) p. 61