AL6 electric No. E3175 waits to depart from Birmingham New Street on 26th May 1971 with a Wolverhampton - London Euston service. New from English Electric in September 1965, it became Class 86/2 No. 86218 under TOPS in 1973 and carried four different names, 'Planet', 'Harold MacMillan', 'Year of Opera & Musical Theatre 1997' and 'NHS 50' at various times between June 1979 and November 2005. The loco was withdrawn in September 2008 and, following a period in store, was exported to Hungary as No. 450.004-1 by Europheonix Ltd.
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