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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: not drawn yet (set FRT).
Drawing to come
- 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
- 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.
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
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
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- 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).
- Not drawn: no drawing yet; the dimensions are in freight_data and their sources in dimension_sources (set FRT, October 2026)
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