A pair of grey Freightliner 86s headed by 86621 come off the North London Line at Stratford on the 10th October 2003. Things are looking bleak for the class recently with firstly Virgin West Coast stopping using them, the Anglia 86s prone to failure and likely to be replaced by 90s, and two Freightliner locos have been seriously damaged in an injury free accident near Crewe when they ran into the back of another Freightliner train. They are of course nearly 40 years old and have seen considerable use in this time on both express passenger and freight traffic.

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