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Class 90
Class 90: a electric locomotive (Bo-Bo (UIC Bo'Bo')), built by BREL Crewe Works, 1987-1990. A freight locomotive, drawn indicatively from two photographs of 90046 (set FRL5).
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- Type
- electric locomotive
- Builder
- BREL Crewe Works
- Built
- 1987-1990
- In service
- since 1987
- Top speed
- 110 mph (177 km/h)
- Power
- 3,730 kW (5,000 hp); 25 kV AC; 4 x GEC 412 motors · how it works
- Bogies
- Class 90 two-axle bogies
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- Freightliner (CMA CGM) 27 plus 90050 on loan to Crewe Heritage Centre; LSL 3 for charters; DB Cargo's fleet is stored or scrapped. in_service_total is the Freightliner freight fleet (27); 50 were built.
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Sources
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- British Rail Class 90 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25full dimension set
- How Freightliner locomotive fleets are splitting after intermodal sale RAIL magazine, 2026-02-1127 with Freightliner
- Edinburgh Waverley - standby locomotive (photograph, geograph.org.uk 6394605) geograph.org.ukthe heights, the cab's profile, windows, doors, grilles and roof equipment (near level, 1-D fit)
- 90 046 Crewe South Yard.jpg (photograph) Wikimedia Commonsthe bogies, axle positions and underframe cases (1-D fit on the axles)
- All dimensions are Wikipedia only (length 61 ft 6 in (18.75 m) not stated as over buffers).
- Wikipedia fleet counts are internally inconsistent (25 vs 28 in service).
- Drawing indicative (set FRL5, November 2026): the length over buffers, bogie centres, wheelbase and wheels published (Wikipedia only); the body, heights, cab, roof equipment, underframe and bogies measured on two photographs of 90046 (one near level, one from above) by perspective fits; heights scaled by the buffers (1,065, standard) and the published height over the lowered pantograph (3,969)
- Drawing: the side photographed (the pantograph's end at the left) only; the other side is not drawn
- Livery's colours from two photographs, approximate
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