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86608
loco log
Operators:
May 2000-Present: Freightliner Green & Yellow
1990-May 2000: Railfreight Distribution
1986-1990: Intercity Mainline
1967-1986: BR Blue
1965-1967: Rail Blue
July 2023-Present: Unknown (exported to Bulgaria)
1997-July 2023: Freightliner
1965-1997: British Rail
Liveries:
Current Operator
Unknown (exported to Bulgaria)
FLR Green & Yellow
Current Livery
Positional Purpose Only
Date
Change
Detail
July 2023
Operator
Exported to Bulgaria having been sold by Freightliner
January 2021
Status
Placed into storage (DHLT) at Crewe Basford Hall having been withdrawn from service by Freightliner
March 2016
Number
Number returned to 86608 from 86501
May 2000
Livery
Repainted into Freightliner Green & Yellow livery from it's previous Railfreight Distribution livery
May 2000
Number
Number changed to 86501 from 86608 as part of a regearing experiment
1999
Name
"St. John Ambulance" name removed
1997
Operator
Transferred to Freightliner following the privatisation of the railways
Circa 1990
Livery
Repainted into Railfreight Distribution livery from it's previous Intercity Mainline livery
September 1989
Number
Number changed to 86608 from 86408
1987
Name
Received the name "St. John Ambulance"
Circa 1986
Livery
Repainted into Intercity Mainline livery from it's previous BR Blue livery
November 1985
Number
Number changed to 86408 from 86008
June 1975
Number
Number changed to 86008 from E3180
Circa 1967
Livery
Repainted into BR Blue from it's previous Rail Blue livery
1965-1966
Status
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows for British Rail in Rail Blue livery
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