#3408· Class 71
British Rail Class 71
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1958· class of 24 Bo′Bo′ 2300 hp DC electric locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southern Region E5001, Ashford 150: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
- 2. E5001 at Doncaster Works: No machine-readable author provided. Our Phellap~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ... at Locomotion Shildon ... (3068061452): BazzaDaRambler· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 159007 passes Class 71 E5001 which was going onto Pathfinder Tours, The Southern Coasterman at Basingstoke on 20 April 1996 (2): Terry Fougler· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Class 71 E5001 + 73132 on Hertfordshire Rail Tours, E5001 Returns to the Mainline working 1Z71 London Waterloo to Bournemouth West Depot passes Basingstoke on 13 Sep 1992: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 71 E5001 going onto Pathfinder Tours, The Southern Coasterman at Basingstoke on 20 April 1996: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Class 71 E5001 on Pathfinder Tours, The Southern Coasterman working 1Z33 to Eastbourne departs Basingstoke on 20 April 1996: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Barrow Hill (9331322179): Jim· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 71 is an electric locomotive that was used on the Southern Region of British Railways. Unlike Southern Region electro-diesel locomotives (such as classes 73 and 74) they could not operate away from the electrified (750 V DC) system.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Served for 19 years (1958–1977).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1960
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1977
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Doncaster Works
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 660–750 Volt, V Direct current, DC Third rail (Main line (railway), mainline), 650 V DC Overhead Line (Siding (rail), sidings)
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- Dutch name
- Class 71
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970845, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 71 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.