87002 Returns! - 20th May 2020

Описание: Class 87 Electric Locomotive, 87002 stretches her legs and returns to the mainline, seen twice passing through a very sunny Bamfurlong on Wednesday 20th May 2020. The locomotive was recently repainted back into the Intercity Swallow livery following its acquisition by LSL. The 87 would first head north to Preston from Crewe and then return a short while later and most certainly the first time an Intercity liveried 87 has been through here in a very long time...

There were a total of 36 produced between 1973 & 1975 and were used on the express West Coast Main Line services until they were withdrawn by VT and their Pendolinos. A number were scrapped with some saved and shipped to Bulgaria for further use. Only three remained in the UK, one at the Crewe Heritage Centre and one at the National Railway Museum. 87002, the third one was saved by the AC Loco Group who would go on to lease it out for use on the Caledonian Sleeper empty stock workings before it was sold on to LSL at Crewe.

87002 will hopefully be a regular sight here just like in the good old days :)

*Yeah I know, "technically" it's already been on the mainline with CS but aside from a possible few stand-ins on sleepers it's not exactly been out much...

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