Class 76 EM1 Profile and Models

Class 76 EM1

E26055 at Sheffield Victoria. © Phil Sangwell

The British Rail Class 76, also known as Class EM1 (Electric Mixed-Traffic 1), is a class of 1.5kV DC, Bo+Bo electric locomotive designed for use on the now-closed Woodhead Line in Northern England. Although mainly intended for freight working, the locomotives also regularly worked Woodhead Line passenger services – especially after the sale of the Class 77 locomotives to the Netherlands Railways in 1968.

Type of Locomotive

Electric

Builder

LNER Doncaster Works (prototype), BR Gorton Works

Build Date

1941 (prototype), 1950 - 1953

Total Built

58

Tractive Effort

45,000 lbf

Wheel Configuration

Bo-Bo

Operated By

British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic - mainly freight and Woodhead Line passenger services.

In Service Until

1978

Surviving Examples

1

 

Products awaiting categorisation

Scale Brand Image Construction Type DCC Capability Product Code Product Title Livery
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) MSL Hobbies ltd No image available Requires assembly Not set EM1
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BR Class 76/EM1 Body kit Awaiting Categorisation
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) MSL Hobbies ltd TOM LNER 6701/BR26000 "Tommy" Electric locomotive body kit Requires assembly Not set TOM
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LNER 6701/BR26000 "Tommy" Electric locomotive body kit Unpainted
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) Silver Fox SF76 Class 76 EM1 kit Requires assembly Not set SF76
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Class 76 EM1 kit Awaiting Categorisation