British Rail Class 90

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The British Rail Class 90 is a class of electric locomotives introduced in the late 1980s for high-speed passenger and freight services on the UK’s electrified main lines.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail locomotive class ⓘ
electric locomotive class ⓘ
axleLoadClass heavy axle load ⓘ
brakingSystem air brakes ⓘ
buildDateRange 1987–1990 ⓘ
builder BREL Crewe Works ⓘ
linked to: Crewe Works

British Rail Engineering Limited ⓘ
canWorkWith Driving Van Trailer ⓘ
Mark 3 coaching stock ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentCollectionMethod pantograph ⓘ
designedBy British Rail Engineering Limited ⓘ
designedFor West Coast Main Line ⓘ
freight services ⓘ
high-speed passenger services ⓘ
electricSystem 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ
family BR second-generation AC electric locomotives ⓘ
firstBuilt 1987 ⓘ
fleetNumbers 90001–90050 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasMultipleWorkingSystem Time-division multiplex (TDM) ⓘ
hasNickName Electric 90 ⓘ
Skoda ⓘ
linked to: Škoda Electric
introduced late 1980s ⓘ
lengthOverBuffers approximately 18.9 m ⓘ
manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited ⓘ
numberBuilt 50 ⓘ
operator British Rail ⓘ
originalLivery InterCity Swallow ⓘ
linked to: InterCity

Railfreight ⓘ
powerOutput 5000 hp ⓘ
approximately 3730 kW ⓘ
powerType electric ⓘ
predecessor British Rail Class 86 ⓘ
British Rail Class 87 ⓘ
primaryRoute West Coast Main Line ⓘ
primaryUseAfterPrivatisation Anglia passenger services ⓘ
intermodal freight ⓘ
productionTotal 50 ⓘ
routeAvailability RA 7 ⓘ
successor British Rail Class 91 ⓘ
topSpeed 110 mph ⓘ
177 km/h ⓘ
tractiveEffort approximately 258 kN ⓘ
trainHeating Electric Train Supply ⓘ
UICClassification Bo′Bo′ ⓘ
usedBy Abellio Greater Anglia ⓘ
linked to: Greater Anglia

Anglia Railways ⓘ
DB Cargo UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Cargo

DB Schenker Rail UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Schenker

EWS ⓘ
Freightliner ⓘ
Greater Anglia ⓘ
InterCity ⓘ
Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
linked to: Railfreight

Virgin Trains ⓘ
usedOn Anglia routes ⓘ
Great Eastern Main Line ⓘ
intermodal freight services ⓘ
mail and parcel trains ⓘ
weight approximately 84 t ⓘ
wheelArrangement Bo-Bo ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rail Express Systems → usedRollingStock → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ
Anglia Railways → operatedRollingStock → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ
subject linked to: Anglia Railways (former)
British Rail Class 745 → replaced → British Rail Class 90 locomotives ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 745 EMU
linked to: British Rail Class 90
British Rail Class 86 → successor → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ
British Rail Class 745 → replaces → British Rail Class 90 locomotive-hauled sets ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Class 90
Crown Point TMD, Norwich → maintainedClass → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ
EWS → operatedClass → British Rail Class 90 ⓘ