What is British Rail Class 87?
{{Infobox Locomotive |name = British Rail Class 87 |powertype = Electric |image = 87028 Crewe 1988.jpg |caption = No.87028 ''Lord President'' in InterCity livery at [[Crewe railway station|Crewe station]] in 1988. |builder = [[BREL]] [[Crewe Works]] |builddate = 1973–1975 |totalproduction = 36 |wheeldiameter = {{convert|3|ft|9+1/4|in|m|3|abbr=on}} |electricsystem = [[25 kV AC]] |collectionmethod = [[Pantograph (rail)|Pantograph]] |tractionmotors = {{convert|1250|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[General Electric Company plc|GEC]] G412AZ, 4 off |whytetype = [[Bo-Bo]] |uicclass = Bo'Bo' |locoweight = {{convert|83.30|LT|lk=on}} |trainbrakes = [[Air brake (rail)|Air]] |topspeed = {{convert|110|mph|abbr=on}} |poweroutput = {{convert|5000|bhp|abbr=on|sigfig=3|lk=on}} |tractiveeffort = {{convert|58000|lbf|kN|sigfig=3|abbr=on|lk=on}} |trainheating = [[Electric Train Heating]] |railroad = [[British Rail]],<br>[[Virgin Trains]], [[GBRf]], [[Cotswold Rail]],<br>[[Bulgarian State Railways]] |roadnumber = 87001–87035, 87101 |axleloadclass = [[Route availability]] 6 }} The [[British Rail]] '''Class 87''' is a type of [[electric locomotive]] built from 1973 to 1975 by [[BREL|British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL)]]. 36 of these locomotives were built to work passenger services over the [[West Coast Main Line]] (WCML). They were the flagships of British Rail's electric locomotive fleet until the late 1980s, when the [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]]s started to come onstream. The [[privatisation of British Rail]] saw all but one of the fleet transferred to [[Virgin Trains]]; they continued their duties until the advent of the new [[British Rail Class 390|Pendolino]] trains, when they were transferred to other operators or withdrawn. The last Class 87 in UK mainline use was withdrawn from service on [[31 December]] [[2007]]. Most have now been sold for reuse in [[Bulgaria]]. {{British Rail Locomotives}} [[Category:British Rail electric locomotives|87]] [[Category:BREL locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}}