British Rail Class 82

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
• Commonwealth	Bo-Bo
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Wheelbase	40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
Length	56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Width	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Height:;
• Pantograph	13 ft 0+9⁄16 in (3.977 m)
Loco weight	79.70 long tons (81.0 t; 89.3 short tons)
Electric system/s	6.25 kV AC / 25 kV AC (as built); 25 kV AC Catenary (modified);
Current pickup(s)	2 × Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph (as built); 1 × Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph (modified); E3055: 2 × AEI cross-arm pantograph;
Traction motors	4 × 847 hp (632 kW) Metropolitan-Vickers 189Z
Transmission	Quill drive
Train heating	Electric Train Heating
Loco brake	Davies and Metcalfe Air braking system
Train brakes	Vacuum, Dual from 1971–1972

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Metropolitan-Vickers and Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.
Build date	1960–1962
Total produced	10

British Railways AL2
British Rail Class 82
British Railways AL2; British Rail Class 82
	E3052 at Hartford Junction in 1965
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Metropolitan-Vickers and Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd.
Build date	1960–1962
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
• Commonwealth	Bo-Bo
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Wheelbase	40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
Length	56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Width	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Height:;
• Pantograph	13 ft 0+9⁄16 in (3.977 m)
Loco weight	79.70 long tons (81.0 t; 89.3 short tons)
Electric system/s	6.25 kV AC / 25 kV AC (as built); 25 kV AC Catenary (modified);
Current pickup(s)	2 × Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph (as built); 1 × Stone-Faiveley ‘V’-type pantograph (modified); E3055: 2 × AEI cross-arm pantograph;
Traction motors	4 × 847 hp (632 kW) Metropolitan-Vickers 189Z
Transmission	Quill drive
Train heating	Electric Train Heating
Loco brake	Davies and Metcalfe Air braking system
Train brakes	Vacuum, Dual from 1971–1972
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	100 mph (161 km/h)
Power output	3,300 hp (2,460 kW)
Tractive effort	50,000 lbf (222,000 N)
Brakeforce	63 long tons-force (628 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	British Rail
Numbers	E3046–E3055; later 82001–82008
Axle load class	Route availability 6
Retired	1969 (1), 1971 (1), 1983 (6), 1987 (2)
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The British Rail Class 82 (AL2 under the pre-TOPS classification scheme) electric locomotives were designed by the British manufacturing interest Metropolitan-Vickers and produced by Beyer, Peacock and Company on behalf of British Rail (BR).

The locomotive was developed as a part of the programme of works to electrify the West Coast Main Line during the late 1950s and early 1960s. BR deliberately opted to procure multiple small batches of locomotives from a range of manufacturers. Having selected a proposal by the Metropolitan-Vickers division of the British manufacturing interest Associated Electrical Industries (AEI), the Class 82 would be produced. A total of ten locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company between 1960 and 1962.

The Class 82 proved to be a relatively reliable workhorse of the region, particularly following a refurbishment during the 1970s that saw the replacement of their rectifiers. The fleet served in their original capacity for roughly twenty years, being mostly withdrawn during the early 1980s following the arrival of newer types such as the British Rail Class 87. Following the final retirement of the Class 82 in 1987, a single example was preserved.

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