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Operators:
March 2016-Feb 2020: Freightliner
2005-Dec 2006: FM Rail
1997-2003: Virgin Trains West Coast
1965-1997: British Rail
86229
loco log
Liveries:
1998-Feb 2020: Virgin Trains Red & Black
1993-1998: Intercity Swallow
1984-1993: Intercity Mainline
1967-1984: BR Blue
1965-1967: Rail Blue
Current Operator
N/A - Scrapped
N/A - Scrapped
Current Livery
Positional Purpose Only
Date
Change
Detail
February 2020
Status
Scrapped at Sandbach Commercial Dismantlers, Sandbach
March 2016
Operator
Transferred to Freightliner to be used as a source of spare parts
2005
Operator
Transferred to FM Rail from Virgin Trains West Coast
September 2003
Status
Withdrawn from traffic by Virgin Trains West Coast
1998
Name
Received the name "Lions Club International"
1998
Livery
Repainted into Virgin Trains Red & Black livery from it's previous Intercity Swallow livery
1997
Operator
Transferred to Virgin Trains West Coast from British Rail as railways are privatised
1993
Livery
Repainted into Intercity Swallow livery from it's previous Intercity Mainline livery
1984
Livery
Repainted into Intercity Mainline livery from it's previous BR Blue livery
June 1983
Name
Received the name "Sir John Betjeman"
1973
Number
Number changed to 86229 from E3119
1967
Livery
Repainted into BR Blue from it's previous Rail Blue livery
1965-1966
Status
Built at Doncaster Works for British Rail in Rail Blue livery
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