#3813· Class 86
British Rail Class 86
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1965· class of 100 Bo′Bo′ 3600–5000hp AC 25kV electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 86613 and 86610 at Ipswich: Phil Scott ( Our Phellap )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 86244 at Wolverhampton: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Class 86s at Preston: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Class 86 passes Willesden Junction heading north on 26 March 1980: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Class 86 passes Willesden Junction on 26 March 1980: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 86 Electric Locomotive - 54762873499: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Class 86s on the M1: HJ Mitchell· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Class 86s on the M2: HJ Mitchell· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Class 86s on the M3: HJ Mitchell· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Railfreight Distribution liveried Class 86 on a freightliner near Chitts Hill: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 86 is a type of electric locomotives built during the mid-1960s. Developed as a standard electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred were built during 1965–66 to haul trains on the then newly-electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester, and later Preston and Glasgow. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail (BR) in 1968.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1966
- in service from
- 1965
- number built
- 100
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Doncaster Works, English Electric, Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Freightliner, Virgin Trains, Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- Dutch name
- Class 86
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849827, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 86 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.