The 46 members of the Brush built UK class 92 came into service in the late 1990s but have never really been used to their full potential or as they were designed. When originally conceived in the 1980s the loco was designed to be able to operate freight and overnight trains directly from Scotland via the channel tunnel to France. In order to achieve this the locos needed to be able to take power from the UK overhead supplies, UK 3rd rail and the French overhead supplies while also meeting the stringent safety and signalling requirements of the tunnel. This resulted in an extremely complex loco that has taken years to settle in to reliable service.
The 92 is basically constructed as two seperate locos to allow the loco to recover a heavy train from the tunnel unaided even after a catastrophic failure. They are rated at a continuous 6760hp when running on overhead or 5360hp when on 3rd rail DC supply.
The class were all delivered originally in 2 tone grey livery with a blue roof section with various branding logos for the 3 operators BR, EPS and SNCF.
For details of the extensive range of features incorporated in the class 92 model and for more images go to the features page.
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Due to the number of features and the complexity of the prototype loco ElDavos has created an instructions page to assist you in getting the best from the model. The instruction page can be found here.
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