British Rail Class 86
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The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.
A Class 86 at Wolverhampton in 1984.
Class 86/2, no. 86252, at Birmingham New Street with a cross-armed AEI pantograph during the BR blue era. This locomotive was originally E3101, the class pioneer.
86430 at Coventry in InterCity livery in 1987
Two Class 86/6s on a container train at Northampton in 1996
Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. A branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston terminates at the station, as does the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Journeys from Lime Street cover a wide range of destinations across England, Scotland and Wales.
The front of Liverpool Lime Street
A period depiction of the original Lime Street Station frontage circa 1839
Inward view of Liverpool Lime Street Station in 1959
The station's frontage seen in 2006, including the Concourse House tower block and a row of shops, which were demolished in 2009.