June 8th 2005 was the perfect Spring day...a real change from the many cool and often cloudy days we
had endured...so we decided to go to Carpenders Park and photograph some activity on the West
Coast Main Line. It was as it happened a very wise decision as only two days later Virgin West Coast were to cease using 
class 87s and this was the last day we could see both 87019 and 87012 in action in one afternoon.
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Here we see 87019...unusually at the London end of the train...nearing the end of its journey south with one of the
last class 87 hauled Wolverhampton to Euston trains. The loco has since been acquired by GBRf so hopefully
we will have an opportunity to see it again but its days of main line express services are likely
to be over.
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Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com 
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British and Foreign Railway Pictures <A HREF="http://jampics.fotopic.net/"> Jampics Fotopic.</a>