AEI AL1
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The AEI AL1 is an electric locomotive in the UK Railway Set.
Statistics and information
| Type: | Express Passenger Electric |
|---|---|
| Introduction: | 1959 |
| Withdrawal: | 1990 |
| Speed: | 100mph |
| Power: | 3200hp |
| Weight: | 79t |
| Tractive Effort: | 222kN |
| Replaces: | Streak, Britannia |
| Replaced By: | AL6 |
Prototype information
British Rail ordered several small batches of experimental AC electric locomotive in the early 1960s, before settling on the AL6 as a standard design. The AL1 was the first of these experimental classes.Similar locomotives
The AL1 stands for all the experimental AL1-AL5 (Classes 81-85) locomotives.
