British Rail Class 80

British Rail Class 80
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Metropolitan-Vickers Build date 1951; rebuilt 1958
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte A1A-A1A  • UIC (A1A)'(A1A)' Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 3 ft 8 in (1.12 m) Length 56 ft 6 in (17.22 m) Width 8 ft 8+1⁄4 in (2.65 m) Height 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) Loco weight 109 long tons (110.7 t) Electric system/s 25 kV AC Current pickup(s) Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph, 1 off Traction motors Metropolitan-Vickers, 4 off Train heating Electric Train Heating Train brakes Vacuum
Performance figures Top speed 90 mph (145 km/h) Tractive effort 40,000 lbf (178,000 N)
Career Railroad(s) British Rail Number E1000; E2001 from 1959 Axle load class Route availability Retired April 1968 Disposition Sold for scrap to J. Cashmore, Great Bridge, 1973

Class 80 ^[1] was the TOPS classification allocated by British Rail to the prototype 25 kV AC electric locomotive. This locomotive was built by Metropolitan-Vickers, initially as a prototype Gas turbine-electric locomotive, numbered 18100. British Rail allocated the number E1000 (and later E2001) to the locomotive following its conversion from gas turbine propulsion.

References

1. http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Resource_data/All%20Time%20class%20Loco.pdf