Class 86

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches
• East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches
• Great Western Express: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches
• Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches
• WCML: Preston - Carlisle: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches
• West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe: with BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 86, Class 86/2, Class 86/4, BR Class 86.

In these DLCs: West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston, BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches.

Official manual: BR Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches.

From Dovetail's store page

• BR Blue (2 Livery variants)
• BR InterCity (3 Livery variants)

The real thing

An electric locomotive built in 1965 and 1966 to haul trains on the newly electrified West Coast Main Line out of London Euston. One hundred were built, for passenger and freight work alike, and they helped British Rail retire the last of its steam engines in 1968.

• Built by: British Rail Doncaster Works (E3101-E3140), English Electric at Vulcan Foundry (E3141-E3200) (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1965–1966 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 100 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: British Rail, Anglia Railways, Europhoenix, Freightliner, Bulmarket Bulgaria, EWS, Floyd Zrt Hungary, One, Network Rail, Virgin CrossCountry, Virgin Trains (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 100 – 110 mph (161–177 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: 3600 hp (2,685 kW), 4040 hp (3,013 kW), or 5000 hp (3,728 kW) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
• Power type: Electric (Wikipedia)

Photo: Tutenkhamun Sleeping, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 86 and Wikidata.