The British Rail Class 85 (also known by the designation AL5) is an electric locomotive that was designed and produced at British Rail’s (BR) Doncaster Works during the early 1960s. While …

The British Rail Class 85 is an electric locomotive built during the early 1960s, as part of BR's policy to develop a standard electric locomotive. Five prototype classes (81, 82, 83, 84 and 85) …

By 1965, electrification had spread south to London Euston. Under the earlier BR classification, the type was given the designation AL5 (meaning the 5th design of 25 kV AC Locomotive), …

The first AL5 to enter traffic from British Railways' Doncaster works was E3057 in the first week of June 1961. E3056 (numerically the first) did not appear for another two and a half months. …

2023年4月21日 · As E3061, 85101 entered traffic on 23 December 1961, allocated to AC Lines, the tenth AL5 to enter service. Originally painted "electric blue" with two pantographs, it was …

Our locomotive fleet currently comprises surviving examples of the first-generation AC electric locomotive classes built for the West Coast Main Line electrification scheme. With an example …

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locomotive concerned was one of the forty of the AL5 Class, one of which is shown in Figure 1, and which were equipped with rheostatic braking in addition to the standard vacuum controlled …

Bachmann 31-677 Type AL5 Electric E3056 BR Blue. 00 gauge. Preowned, in great condition. Now quite rare, an icon of the West Coast mainline. Running well with all lights functioning. …

This Class 85 (TYPE AL5) Electric in BR Electric Blue with an early adapted emblem has a running number E3095 model reference 31-679. This locomotive is in faultless condition and …