British Rail Class 87
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The British Rail Class 87 is a type of electric locomotive designed and built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1973 and 1975. A total of thirty-six locomotives were constructed, to work pas
A Class 87 at Kenton in 1979
87024 Lord of the Isles at Coventry in 1986
The unique Class 87/1, no. 87101 Stephenson, in blue livery at Birmingham International in 1988
The Class 90s were a modernised derivative of the Class 87s, built in the late 1980s. They were originally designated as the Class 87/2
British Rail Class 89
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The British Rail Class 89 is a one-off prototype electric locomotive, which was built in 1986 by British Rail Engineering Limited's Crewe Works. It was used on test trains on both the West Coast and E
British Rail Class 87
…efforts were launched during this era to alleviate this shortage, including an electrified version of the InterCity 125 (known as the HST-E), the Class 89 mixed-traffic locomotive and what would become the InterCity 225. It was clear that additional electric locomotives were necessary no matter what, as…
89001 in GNER livery at Doncaster Works in 2003
89001 in InterCity Executive livery at Eaton Crossing
89001 at Barrow Hill in 2011