86604 & 86610, 22.09 Coatbridge-Felixstowe North (4L89), on the up fast, Victoria Bridge
I suspect that as 86004 and 86010 (later to become
86404 and 86410) these two vintage machines had traversed this line many times during their earlier career when hauling West Coast express passenger trains. The vintage 86s are seen leading the overnight 4L89 22.09 Coatbridge to Felixstowe Freightliner past Victoria Bridge near to Roade in Northamptonshire on the up fast via the Weedon loop. They will have been doing this at considerably less than their previous 110mph maximum speed when they were frontline locomotives on the WCML. They were diverted because of the emergency closure of the Northampton to Rugby line.