British Rail Class 92

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co′Co′
• Commonwealth	Co-Co
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1.14 m (3 ft 9 in)
Minimum curve	120 m (6 chains)
Wheelbase	17.22 m (56 ft 6 in)
• Bogie	4.29 m (14 ft 1 in)
Pivot centres	12.764 m (41 ft 10.5 in)
Length	21.36 m (70 ft 1 in)
Width	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height	3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
Loco weight	126 tonnes (124 long tons; 139 short tons);
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead; 750 V DC third rail;
Current pickup(s)	25 kV: Pantograph; (Brecknell Willis high speed); 750 V: Contact shoe;
Traction motors	6× Brush Traction; asynchronous three-phase AC;
Train heating	Electric (1500 V, 800 A); On 25 kV: index 180 (900 kW); On 750 V: index 108 (540 kW);
Loco brake	Pneumatic (tread) and rheostatic/regenerative;
Train brakes	Pneumatic
Safety systems	AWS; TPWS; TVM-430;

Type and origin
Type and origin
Builder	ABB Transportation and Brush Traction
Build date	1993–1996
Total produced	46

British Rail Class 92
British Rail Class 92
	A GBRF Class 92 in Caledonian Sleeper livery at London Euston
Builder
Type and origin
Builder	ABB Transportation and Brush Traction
Build date	1993–1996
Total produced	46
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co′Co′
• Commonwealth	Co-Co
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1.14 m (3 ft 9 in)
Minimum curve	120 m (6 chains)
Wheelbase	17.22 m (56 ft 6 in)
• Bogie	4.29 m (14 ft 1 in)
Pivot centres	12.764 m (41 ft 10.5 in)
Length	21.36 m (70 ft 1 in)
Width	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height	3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
Loco weight	126 tonnes (124 long tons; 139 short tons);
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead; 750 V DC third rail;
Current pickup(s)	25 kV: Pantograph; (Brecknell Willis high speed); 750 V: Contact shoe;
Traction motors	6× Brush Traction; asynchronous three-phase AC;
Train heating	Electric (1500 V, 800 A); On 25 kV: index 180 (900 kW); On 750 V: index 108 (540 kW);
Loco brake	Pneumatic (tread) and rheostatic/regenerative;
Train brakes	Pneumatic
Safety systems	AWS; TPWS; TVM-430;
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	87 mph (140 km/h)
Power output	On 25 kV: 5.04 MW (6,760 hp); On 750 V: 4.00 MW (5,360 hp);
Tractive effort	360 kN (81,000 lbf); 400 kN (90,000 lbf) with 'boost' mode active;
Operators
Career
Operators	Current:; DB Cargo UK; GB Railfreight; DB Cargo Bulgaria; DB Cargo Romania; Transagent Rail Cargo; Former:; British Rail (Railfreight Distribution); EWS;
Numbers	92001–92046
Axle load class	Route availability 8

The British Rail Class 92 is a dual-voltage electric locomotive, which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail. It was designed specifically to operate services through the Channel Tunnel between Great Britain and France. Eurotunnel indicates the Class 92 locomotive as the reference for other locomotives which railway undertakings might want to get certified for usage in the Channel tunnel.

Locomotives of this type are operated by GB Railfreight/Europorte 2 and DB Cargo UK. In France, a number were also owned and operated by SNCF; these were classified as CC 92000 on French railways.

The Class 92 was intended as a mixed-traffic locomotive both for hauling international freight trains and the ill-fated, never introduced Nightstar passenger sleeper trains though the Channel Tunnel. Since introduction, the fleet was exclusively allocated to freight; however, in March 2015, six locomotives owned by GB Railfreight have begun passenger operations hauling the Caledonian Sleeper on behalf of Serco between London and Scotland, marking the first use of the class in commercial passenger service.