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The British Rail Class 85 is an electric locomotive built during the early 1960s as part of BR’s policy to develop a standard electric locomotive. Five prototype classes (81-85) were built and evaluated which eventually led to the development of the Class 86 locomotive. The locomotives of Class 85 were originally fitted with germanium rectifiers which were eventually replaced by silicon rectifiers. Forty of these locomotives were built from 1961-64 by BR at Doncaster Works.
