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The '''EE AL6''' is an electric [[:Category:Locomotives|locomotive]] in [[Project 1000]].

==Statistics and information==
[[Image:al6.png|right|Five livery variations, based on year built, last service, and cargo type]]
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!|Type:
|Express Passenger and Fast Freight Electric
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!|Introduction:
|1965
|-
!|Withdrawal:
|2020
|-
!|Speed: 
|100mph
|-
!|Power: 
|3600hp
|-
!|Weight: 
|81t
|-
!|Tractive Effort: 
|258kN
|-
!|Replaces:
|[[Streak]], [[Britannia]]
|-
!|Replaced By:
|[[Class 90]], [[Class 91]], [[Class 92]], [[A-Train]]
|}

==Prototype information==
[[Image:86.jpg|left|240px]]The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_86 AL6] was British Rail's first standard AC locomotive.  After the introduction of later express locomotives and multiple units displaced them from express passenger service, many of the class found a new lease of life hauling fast container traffic.

==Similar locomotives==
The AL6 stands for British Rail classes 86 and 87.

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