Class 76 EM1 Profile and Models

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