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The Class 92 is a dual-volt
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
age British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 railway
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
 locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
 which can run on 25 kV
List of current systems for electric rail traction

This a list of the supply voltages used or have been used for tramway and railway electrification system.Note the voltages are nominal, and vary depending on load and distance from the substation....
 AC
Alternating current

In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. An electric charge would for instance move forward, then backward, then forward, then backward, over and over again....
 from overhead wires or 750 V DC
Direct current

Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as battery , thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type....
 from a third rail
Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electricity to power a rail transport through a continuous rigid conductor alongside the railway track or between the rails....
. It was designed specifically to operate services through the Channel Tunnel
Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel , also known by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea rail transport tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover....
 between Britain and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Eurotunnel
Eurotunnel

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. The Company operates the Eurotunnel Shuttle services and earns revenue on other trains passing through the tunnel....
 indicates the Class 92 locomotive as the reference for other locomotives which railway undertakings might want to get certified for usage in the Channel tunnel.

fleet of 46 locomotives was built by a consortium of Brush Traction
Brush Traction

Brush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, United Kingdom situated alongside the Midland Main Line....
 and ABB Traction
Asea Brown Boveri

ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Z?rich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the motive power and automation technology areas....
, which is now part of Bombardier
Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
 for British Rail
British Rail

British Railways , which later traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the Rail transport in Great Britain from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until Privatisation of British Rail in stages from 1994 to 1997....
.






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The Class 92 is a dual-volt
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
age British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 railway
Rail transport

Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles running along railways . Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates international trade and economic growth....
 locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
 which can run on 25 kV
List of current systems for electric rail traction

This a list of the supply voltages used or have been used for tramway and railway electrification system.Note the voltages are nominal, and vary depending on load and distance from the substation....
 AC
Alternating current

In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. An electric charge would for instance move forward, then backward, then forward, then backward, over and over again....
 from overhead wires or 750 V DC
Direct current

Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as battery , thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type....
 from a third rail
Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electricity to power a rail transport through a continuous rigid conductor alongside the railway track or between the rails....
. It was designed specifically to operate services through the Channel Tunnel
Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel , also known by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea rail transport tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover....
 between Britain and France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Eurotunnel
Eurotunnel

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. The Company operates the Eurotunnel Shuttle services and earns revenue on other trains passing through the tunnel....
 indicates the Class 92 locomotive as the reference for other locomotives which railway undertakings might want to get certified for usage in the Channel tunnel.

Design

The fleet of 46 locomotives was built by a consortium of Brush Traction
Brush Traction

Brush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, United Kingdom situated alongside the Midland Main Line....
 and ABB Traction
Asea Brown Boveri

ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Z?rich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the motive power and automation technology areas....
, which is now part of Bombardier
Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
 for British Rail
British Rail

British Railways , which later traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the Rail transport in Great Britain from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until Privatisation of British Rail in stages from 1994 to 1997....
. Parts construction was sub-contracted, with only final construction and commissioning being undertaken at Brush's erecting shops at Loughborough
Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 57,600 in 2004. It is the second largest settlement in Leicestershire after Leicester, is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and the home of Loughborough University....
 between 1993 and 1996 (First unit was produced from 1992, and was finished in April 1993)

The bodyshells, shared with the similar looking Class 60
British Rail Class 60

The British Rail Class 60 is a class of Co-Co diesel electric locomotives built by Brush Traction for heavy freight work....
 diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive

A Diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a Diesel engine. Several types of Diesel locomotive have been developed, the principal distinction being in the means by which the prime mover's mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels ....
s but with a modified front end, were fabricated by Procor
Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
 of Horbury
Horbury

Horbury is a large village, west of Wakefield and south of Ossett, in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of around 10,000, and is listed by the census as part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area....
 and delivered pre-painted in then standard triple grey livery. Propulsion is provided by two ABB traction converters using GTO
Gate turn-off thyristor

A gate turn-off thyristor is a special type of thyristor, a high-power semiconductor device. GTOs, as opposed to normal thyristors, are fully controllable switches which can be turned on and off by their third lead, the GATE lead....
 devices, with control via an ABB MICAS-S2. Maximum power is 6760 hp
Horsepower

Horsepower is the name of several non-International System of Units units of power . It was originally defined to allow the output of steam engines to be measured and compared with the power output of draft horses....
 (5 MW) on 25 kV or 5360 hp (4 MW) on 750 V; with a tractive effort of 360 kN.

The locomotive is fitted with both rheostatic and regenerative brakes, in addition to standard westinghouse air brake
Air brake (rail)

An air brake is a conveyance brake applied by means of Gas compressor. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872....
 equipment. A Train Bus is fitted to enable two locomotives to work in multiple formation, either double-heading
Double-heading

In railroad terminology, double-heading or double heading indicates the use of two locomotives at the front of a train, each operated individually by its own crew....
 or push-pull
Push-pull train

Push-pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end. A push-pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a second control cab at the rear of the train....
 passenger train with a Driving Van Trailer
Driving Van Trailer

A Driving Van Trailer , sometimes referred to as Driving Luggage Van , is a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train....
 or DBSO
Driving Brake Standard Open

A Driving Brake Standard Open or DBSO is a type of railway carriage, converted to operate as a Control car . Fourteen such vehicles, numbered 9701 to 9714, were converted from British Rail Mark 2 Brake Standard Open carriages....
.

Operations

Prior to introduction to service, two locomotives (92001 and 92002) were extensively tested at the Czech Railway
Ceské dráhy

Cesk? dr?hy or Czech Railways is the main Rail transport operator of the Czech Republic and provides passenger service via state owned rail tracks....
's test track at Velim near Kolin
Kolín

Kol?n is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic some 55 kilometres east from Prague, lying on the Elbe river....
. One locomotive was temporarily moved from here to Vienna Arsenal
Arsenal (Vienna)

The Arsenal is a former military complex of buildings in the south-east of Vienna in the Landstra?e.Several brick buildings in a rectangle layout make up the complex which is located on a bank south of the G?rtel, Vienna....
 for climatic testing.

The majority of the class are named after European composers and writers. Post-privatisation
Privatisation of British Rail

The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Major's Conservative Party government. The operations of the British Railways Board were broken up and sold off....
 the ownership was split between EWS
EWS

English, Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd was the largest United Kingdom rail freight company; created as a result of the break-up of British Rail during the 1990s....
, European Passenger Services (Eurostar (UK))
Eurostar (U.K.) Ltd.

Eurostar Limited or EUKL is a subsidiary of London and Continental Railways . It is responsible for the United Kingdom share of the joint Eurostar operation along with National Railway Company of Belgium and SNCF ....
 and SNCF
SNCF

SNCF is a France public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance as well as signalling of rail infrastructure owned by R?seau Ferr? de France ....
.

During 2000 Eurostar (UK) offered their seven members of the class (92020 / 021 / 032 / 040 / 044-046) for sale being surplus to requirements with the non commencement of sleeper services through the Channel Tunnel. However no buyer could be found so they have now been decommissioned and stored at Crewe International
Crewe Electric TMD

Crewe Electric TMD is an AC electric locomotive Traction Maintenance Depot situated to the north of Crewe railway station. The depot is situated on the south side of the Crewe railway station to Chester railway station railway line opposite Crewe Works on Victoria Avenue....
 electric depot. Five of these locomotives have now been purchased by Eurotunnel to be used by their Europorte 2
Europorte 2

Europorte 2 is a railway Freight train operator owned by Eurotunnel, which operates railway freight services between France and the United Kingdom through the Channel Tunnel....
 rail freight undertaking for short haul rail traffic in France. The class is also notable in that the last train ever to travel under British Rail
British Rail

British Railways , which later traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the Rail transport in Great Britain from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until Privatisation of British Rail in stages from 1994 to 1997....
 was hauled by Class 92 92003 Beethoven.

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