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West Coast Wind Down
Tuesday, 16th September, 2003

Virgin is putting its class 86s and 87s into storage or terminating their leases at the end of the 2003 summer timetable. Pendolinos will replace these loco in front line services, leaving only class 90s for Loco haulage. These shots show the locos on their last few day in service.

16-09-2003
Camden Bank
87027 Wolf of Badenoch87027 pulls out of Euston
90012 British Transport Police90012 heads north out of Euston
90021 90021 pushes its way into Euston

18-09-03
87035 Robert Burns87035 works out of Euston
86233 ALSTOM HeritageVirgin repaint 86233 heads into Euston at the rear of a WCML service
86247 Abraham Darby86247 heads out of Euston
youtube logo 87 01287012 powers north with an earyl morning Virgin Trains Service through Apsley.
youtube logo 86 233
youtube logo 90 029
youtube logo 86 229
wmv logo 92007 SchubertAn unidentified 87 rushes north on the fasts as 92007 heads south on the slow
87000 An unidentified 87 speeds north through Bourne End
87020 North Briton87020 North Briton brings up the rear of a south bound working

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