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82008 comes from the world-famous Beyer-Peacock locomotive works in Gorton, Manchester. It's the only one of the five early designs to be constructed with an aluminium body. Regarded as one of the best riding locomotives of the early designs, it survived only because of use on empty stock duties at Euston. It was originally preserved in 1992, but passed to the Group in 1997. 82008 was repainted into InterCity Executive livery in August 2005, and has received minor electrical restoration at Barrow Hill. Some electrical equipment has already been returned to working order (including the cooling fans).
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| Introduction | Class History | Life & Times | Restoration | Technical Details | Gallery | Class 82 Data | ||||||||||||
| Introduction | Class History | Life & Times | Restoration | Technical Details | Gallery | Class 82 Data | ||||||||||||
Last-but-one of the AL2s to be built, E3054 as it was then, was received into traffic in November 1961 (strangely before previously built E3053), allocated to Longsight. Typical of most AC locos, E3054 led an unremarkable main-line career, punctuated by refurbishment, repainting from Electric Blue to Rail Blue and renumbering as 82008. Withdrawn with the rest of the class in July 1983, 82008 was subsequently reinstated and moved to Willeden for empty carriage (ECS) duties at Euston. Celebrity status came in 1985 when it was repainted into InterCity Executive livery so as to match the carriages it was hauling. Its Stone-Faiveley pantograph was replaced by a "cross-arm" type during this time (somewhat reminiscent of the early trials with classmate E3055), which it still carries. With decreasing work and the coming availability of Class 81s, 82008 was withdrawn from ECS duties in December 1987. Following purchase by Pete Waterman in 1993, the loco received a quick repaint back into Rail Blue in time for display at Crewe Railfair in 1994, but otherwise no attention was given to it. | |||
| Introduction | Class History | Life & Times | Restoration | Technical Details | Gallery | Class 82 Data | ||||||||||||
Purchased by the AC Locomotive Group in 1997, the loco was moved to Barrow Hill on 5th December 1998. It was repainted "temporarily" into Large Logo Blue livery in time for Barrow Hill's 1999 Easter Open Weekend, however the livery remained until the summer of 2005 as other priorities came and went! The loco is now in InterCity Executive colours, as carried during its time as an ECS loco. In early 2000 a start was made on re-enlivening the electrical circuits, with the batteries and lighting circuits going live in March. By September, the cooling fans had been restored to operation, powered by a fixed supply to the Barrow Hill mains. Attention has also been given to the air-brakes, with the system being recertified in 2005. The motor generator set was restarted in April 2001 using a Generator Car as a power supply, and subsequently all five fans have been run up using this power supply. A missing auxiliary transformer currently prevents the rectifier fans from being added to the chorus, but the overall effect is still impressive. The loco attended the Crewe Electric Depot staff open day in November 2001, but its first public appearance away from Barrow Hill since purchase by the group was at the Crewe Works Open Days in September 2005. A full, long-term, overhaul of the electrical equipment is planned. | |||
| Introduction | Class History | Life & Times | Restoration | Technical Details | Gallery | Class 82 Data | ||||||||||||
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