Class 87
The Class 87 is an electric loco from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route, and another DLC brings it to 5 more.
Picture: on WCML: Preston - Carlisle, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
- East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Great Western Express: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Manchester Airport Commuter: Manchester - Alderley Edge: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 87.
In these DLCs: WCML: Preston - Carlisle.
Official manual: WCML: Preston - Carlisle.
The real thing
An electric locomotive built by BREL between 1973 and 1975 for passenger and freight work on the West Coast Main Line. Thirty-six were built as a more powerful development of the Class 86. It was British Rail's flagship electric until the Class 90 took over in the late 1980s.
- Built by: British Rail Engineering Limited Crewe Works (Wikipedia)
- Built: 1973–1975 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 36 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: London Midland Region of British Railways, Virgin Trains (Wikidata)
- Top speed: 110 mph (177 km/h) (Wikipedia)
- Power: 5000 bhp (3,728 kW) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Power type: Electric (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: AWS Train Protection & Warning System (Wikipedia)
Photo: Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 87 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.