line, BR's policies and of the government of the day plus BR's intention to avoid embarrassment regarding a sale for further use thus discrediting their claims of expired working life from their traction policies as it happened back with the sale of the class 77 as well the greater age of the class 76s compared with the class 77s back in 1968 didn't result in sale for further service. Accordingly, the remaining locomotives were scrapped, many at the yards of Booths of Rotherham, apart from a single preserved example now in the National Railway Museum, York. Preservation One locomotive has been preserved by the National Railway Museum along with at least one cab from another locomotive, 76039, at Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester. The preserved locomotive, 26020 (later 76020), was specially chosen because it was built with stainless steel handrails and had been exhibited at the Festival of Britain. Later, it was the locomotive that pulled the opening day train through the Woodhead Tunnel. It retains the stainless steel handrails, although they are currently painted over. A complete cabside from 76039 Hector and a door from 76051 are preserved, in original condition, at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Models Heljan produce a 00 scale model of E26051 in BR Green with half yellow panels. Class 76 is being made as a kit and a ready-to-run model in OO gauge by Silver Fox Models. See also British Rail Class 77 New South Wales 46 class locomotive Notes References Further reading External links EM1s: The Locomotives The Woodhead Site The LNER Electric Bo-Bo Class EM1 (BR Class 76) Locomotives LNER Encyclopedia Electric Locomotive Equipment for the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Line - British Railways Railways Archive 76 Bo+Bo locomotives Metropolitan-Vickers locomotives 1500 V DC locomotives Preserved electric locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1941 Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain Freight locomotives