Class 87 - BR Design - Bo-Bo

• Built 1973 to 1975 by BREL at Crewe Works.
• Supply System 25 kV ac from overhead equipment..
• Traction Motors: GEC G412AZ frame mounted (87/0), G412BZ (87101).
• Maximum Tractive Effort of 258 kN (58000 lbf).
• Continuous Rating of 3730 kW (5000 hp) giving a tractive effort of 95 kN (21300 lbf) at 87 mph (Class 87/0), 3620 kW (4850 hp) giving a tractive effort of 96 kN (21600 lbf) at 84 mph (87101).
• Maximum Rail Power of 5860 kW (7860 hp) at 50.8 mph.
• 40 t Brake Force. Air train Brakes. Rheostatic Electric Brakes.
• Design Speed and Maximum Speed 110 (100 87101) mph.
• Driver-guard telephone.
• Time division multiplex (TDM) system.
• 17.83 m length over buffers. Wheel Diameter 1150 mm.
• Weight 83.5 t, Route Availability (RA) Index 6.
• Electric Train Heating (ETH) Index 95 (75 87009 and 87029).

Sub Class 87/0.

Standard Design. Tap changer control. Members are: 87001 to 87035.

Sub Class 87/1.

Details as for 87/0. Thyristor control and limited to 100 mph. One member 87101 "Stephenson."

Class 87 Photographs.

A pair of unidentified Class 87s await their duties at London Euston - taken on the 5th August 1993.	87010 stands at London Euston - sometime in 1993. This locomotive is now called "King Arthur", and is allocated to Willesden (WN) depot working for Virgin West Coast.
87015 at London Euston on the 5th August 1993. This locomotive is named "Howard of Effingham."	87016 and DVT 82126 and London Euston on the 4th April 1993. This locomotive is now in Virgin Rail Livery and is named "Willesden Intercity Depot."

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