The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham , Crewe ...

The British Rail Class 86 – a name that evokes the golden era of electric rail travel in the UK. In this full-feature video, we take a deep dive into the lif...

The British Rail Class 86 is a modern electric locomotive built during the 1960s, developed as a result of testing to replace the British rail Classes 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965-1966 by either English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works.

Jul 11, 2024 · The Class 86 situation in early May 2020 was as follows: 86/1: 1 in traffic with Locomotive Services Ltd (86101) 86/2: 1 in traffic with Les Ross (86259) 86/4: 1 in traffic with West Coast Railways (86401) 86/6: 14 in traffic and 2 stored with Freightliner

The Class 86 AL6 was the production class of AC electrics built for the West Coast Main Line following on from the pilot-scheme AL1-5 (Classes 81 to 85). The AL6 took advantage of experience gained from the earlier locomotives including the fitting of only one pantograph and with changes to equipment.

The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 by either English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works.

Jul 22, 2024 · Bringing the Class 86 home: pictured is a single coloured red, and multicolour red & white vinyl Class 86 tag. It has taken us a little while, but we are proud to introduce Class 86 251 “The Birmingham Post” to the Rail Tags fleet.

The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s. One hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966, either by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works.

The British Rail Class 86 is an electric locomotive built during the 1960s. One hundred of these locomotives were built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, or British Rail (BR) at their Doncaster works.

The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models...