superb_50002 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 When the Class 86s were being used with Mk2 on the Liverpool Street - Cambridge line from 1987 to approximately 1989, I do have a couple of queries. Does anyone know how often (if any) there was use of Class 86/4 on these turns? From what I can see on most photos I can find online there seemed to be a preference for Class 86/2 being sent over from Willesden each week. How long was 86401 actually used on this line? Were there any regular appearances from any particular 86s? From memory, I recall a school trip in late May / early June 1988 to the swimming pool at Broxbourne. We had about 90 minutes to kill in the playground next to the line & then eat packed lunch. Those Exec liveried 86s on Mk2 in mixed NSE / Blue-Grey thundering through. Also recall an exec 86 hauling Mk2 stopping at White Hart Lane station after a Tottenham v Liverpool match in autumn 87. Happy times! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2017 I worked at Cambridge station at the time, but to my regret didn't take many pictures of the 86s - I suppose they were something I thought would be there for a long time, not realising it would only be for a couple of years. However I don't think 86401 ever worked on the line despite being in NSE livery. For a short time there was a Liverpool St.-King's Lynn and return trip in the middle of the day worked by the full "East Anglian" Inter City set including appropriate loco, which made an impressive looking train but I believe caused problems at the short stations due to the length of the train and the brake van being in the wrong place at short platforms! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superb_50002 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Hi 31A. I have seen one photo of the working that 86401 made to Cambridge in 1987 where it set a record breaking time between Liverpool St & Cambridge - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/14087018360/ I have not seen any other evidence beyond this of it working these turns as it was far more often seen on parcels turns on the WCML & when it was named Northampton Town when working the Cobbler. Some pictures I have found: 86250 Broxbourne: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23619780132/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23702198236/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23728271675/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superb_50002 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 A Flickr album for Crew training runs in 1987: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/sets/72157632936235144 86250 & 86228 were used. Ironically as that was the number I used on my 1988 bought Hornby choose your number exec liveried 86! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdp Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I think I recall a couple of blue class 86/4 at Liverpool Street when they were first converted from 86/0 or 86/3 as at the time I had never seen an 86/4 and did not know at the time that they had been converted and numbered. That just give a fair narrow date range but I think earlier than 1987. At the back of my mind they may have been 86405 or possibly 86402 and 86420, but I can find no evidence of them in blue with these numbers so it may have been two others. Maybe they were on test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi 31A. I have seen one photo of the working that 86401 made to Cambridge in 1987 where it set a record breaking time between Liverpool St & Cambridge - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/14087018360/ I have not seen any other evidence beyond this of it working these turns as it was far more often seen on parcels turns on the WCML & when it was named Northampton Town when working the Cobbler. Some pictures I have found: 86250 Broxbourne: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23619780132/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23702198236/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/23728271675/ Thanks, I had in mind that 86401 DID visit the Cambridge line once for a 'special occasion' but couldn't remember the details! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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