Just a quick question...

[Daimler]

(I do hope I'm right on this... !)

What is the oldest electric locomotive registered for main line use in the UK today?

 

[Daimler]

Hmm...it hasn't elicited any responses :cry:

What if I were to say it wasn't AC?

 

[87015]

Sarah Siddons, but some would discount it as its not passed for "BR" metals.

 

[EM2]

I don't think 'Electra' runs, so is it the Class 71 71001 ?

DOH! OF course it's Sarah Siddons! It said so in t'paper t'other dya!

 

[Daimler]

Sarah Siddons is indeed the one I was thinking of!

I saw it running on the Amersham line on Sunday - I remember it (a bit hazily, since I was only 9) at Steam on the Met too. It's a rather sweet looking thing!

87015, is it definitely not passed for NR? I'm not really sure, but I did read somewhere that it had been modified so it could run on 3rd rail only as well as underground lines - I'd have thought this was to give it more lines to run on, but have no confirmation!

 

[clagmonster]

I think it did run on the Southern with special dispensation, but is was a fair while ago.

 

[GNERman]

86101 - PROPERLY - Not including Sarah Siddons and 71001