Railways On Line - Class 87/1 Profile

Class 87/1 Profile

British Rail Engineering Ltd

BUILT: 1975 by British Rail Engineering, Crewe Works.

ENGINE: 25kv AC Overhead Electric.

NUMBER SERIES: 87101.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: None.

TRANSMISSION: Four GEC Traction Motors.

MAX SPEED: 110mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 58,000lb.

WEIGHT: 83 tonnes.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: Bo-Bo - 3'9" Diameter.

FLEET STRENGTH: 1 (30 Septembar 1998)

PC TOPS Current Locomotive Motive Power Details - Class 87

Loco Name Details - Class 87/1

Data taken from the PC TOPS Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 



  NUMBER   NAME                              DATE NAMED 

  87101    Stephenson                        12/10/1977

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[87101 at Worksop] [JPEG Image of 87101 size 22K]

Class 87/1 87101 Stephenson in Old Railfreight Distribution Livery at Worksop Open Day

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Last revised: 30 September 1998