91 018 from the blunt end. Bounds Green Depot.

            The class 91's were designed primarily as a push pull passenger locomotive but had the capability to be a mixed traffic locomotive hence they were built with a blunt end cab. The case for construction rested on the ability to work Mk4 push pull trains during the day on the East Coast Mainline then swap to Mail and Sleeper trains during the night. BR had costed for 31 class 89's and 31 class 87/2 (later class 90) in the 1984 proposals priced at £62 million for 62 locomotives. The dual use plan for the class 91 thus avoiding the need for twice as many locomotives as part of the ECML electrification package. It has to be remembered this electrification was implemented at a time when the Government of the day saw railways as wasted subsidy but roads as investment.
I stand to be corrected but think they are possibly the only modern traction class of loco in the UK with two maximum speeds dependent on which end they are driven from the pointed end being permitted for 140mph while the blunt end is only 100mph.
91 018 is seen here at its home depot of Bounds Green, London. It worked its first train on 28/7/90 but didn't get formally allocated to Bounds Green until a week later on 6/8/90 when the rolling stock records library caught up.
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Bounds Green (show map)

Taken on: April 22, 1993

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Sets appears in: • UK Classes 81-92 (AC Electrics). • UK National Network (BR era).

Groups appears in: • British Railways Engine Sheds 1948 to 1994 • UK Class 91 more » • British Rail 80s and 90s • British Railways (1948 to 1995) • British Rail • Electric Locomotives • British GM Free Railway Shots • UK Depots • Locomotives on Shed. Opted out 30/60 « less

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