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BR Class 83

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British Rail Rolling Stock
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Description
The BR Class 83 electric locomotives (Also known as AL3 were built by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification. Fifteen locomotives were built between 1960 and 1962 as part of British Rail's policy to develop a standard electric locomotive. Five prototype classes (81-85) were built and evaluated, which eventually led to the development of the Class 86 locomotive.

Specs
  • Max. speed: 161kph
  • Weight: 77.6t
  • Acceleration: 0.5m/s^2
  • Brakes: 0.6m/s^2 (emerg: 0.7m/s^2)
  • Power: 2'200kW
  • Tractive Effort: 169kN
  • Maintenance: $250 per day
  • Running costs: $15 per km
  • Length: 16m
  • Price: $1.1M
  • Couplers: Buffer-Chain

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RacingRaptor 22 Oct, 2024 @ 1:22am 
This locomotive was also exported to Poland where it was known as PKP Class EU06. Also served as base for later EU/EP07, EP08, ET41 and partialy for ET22 (most produced electric locomotive in Europe) and EP09. So this was really important locomotive for our railways