AC Locomotive Group

The AC Locomotive Group is the UK's only dedicated AC electric locomotive preservation society. It currently has nine AC locomotives in its care, numbers 81002, 82008, 83012, 85101, 86101, 86401, 87002, 89001.

In 1996, Pete Waterman, who had purchased the sole surviving examples of AC electric classes 81, 82, 83 and 85, put his entire fleet of locomotives for sale. The AC Locomotive Group formed with the intention of purchasing all four machines. This was accomplished in June 1997, and three of the four locomotives were moved to Barrow Hill Roundhouse in December 1998, with the fourth joining them in early 2000. Also between 2000 & 2008, the group took 84001 on loan from the National Railway Museum, and this loco was subsequently given a major cosmetic overhaul following a long period stored in the open.

In 2002, the leasing company HSBC Rail UK placed Class 86, 86213, on loan to the group at Barrow Hill, while in 2004 the group purchased its first Class 86 outright - 86401. The same year, GNER placed their unique Class 89, 89001, into the group's care following closure of part of Doncaster Works where it had been stored out of use.

In 2005 the group was honoured by the naming of Class 87 locomotive, no 87002, as "The AC Locomotive Group". This loco was, at the time, owned by Porterbrook Leasing and painted in their purple colour scheme, and later became the last Class 87 to haul a passenger train in regular service. Also in 2005, the group formally purchased 86213 and also loco 86101.

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