81009 is attached to the 1525 Aberystwyth - Euston holiday train at Wolverhampton on June 25th 1988. 1169x799 81009_bmp.jpg |
85003 at Wolverhampton on 8th February 1986, having worked from Birmingham New Street with the 0734 Poole - Glasgow Central/Edinburgh Waverley. 762x780 85003_bmp.jpg |
85007 at Wolverhampton on October 15th 1988 with the 0600 Paddington - Manchester Piccadilly. 1171x797 85007_bmp.jpg |
85015 makes an additional stop at Rugby, following the failure of a preceeding train, on October 15th 1988 with the 1531 Shrewsbury - Euston. 1168x798 85015_bmp.jpg |
85022 leaves Rugby on October 15th 1988 with the 1340 Blackpool North - Euston. 1143x801 85022_bmp.jpg |
85s survived long enough to work with DVTs on the West Coast Main Line, although they obviously couldn't work in push-pull mode with them. 85023 is seen at Birmingham International with the 1525 Wolverhampton - Euston on September 16th 1989. 1171x796 85023_bmp.jpg |
85024 arrives at Coventry on April 29th 1989 with the 1654 Wolverhampton - Euston. By this time, the Roarers did not really have any booked diagrams, and simply turned up as and when. 1165x788 85024_bmp.jpg |
85025 arrives at Preston on 1st March 1986 with the 0747 Cardiff Central - Glasgow Central/Edinburgh. 782x768 85025_bmp.jpg |
85029 rests at the blocks at Euston on January 30th 1988 after working from Carlisle with the 1055 from Stranraer Harbour. 1290x853 85029_bmp.jpg |
85030 brings the ECS for the 1255 to Euston into Wolverhampton on 1st September 1990. 1167x797 85030_bmp.jpg |
85036 arrives at Milton Keynes with the last ever 0608 Bolton - Poole, a service noteable for being the only Poole bound InterCity working not to run via Reading. October 1st 1988. 1169x797 85036_bmp.jpg |
85101 waits to depart Walton-On-Naze on June 30th 1991 with the "Roarer Requirem". 1169x798 85101_bmp.jpg |
"The Roarer Requiem" was the last planned use of a class 85 on a passenger working, and 85105 was provided for the final leg onwards from Willesden. However, it wasn't the last 85 on a passenger working as a Roarer was used on a WCML rescue job a few days later. Watford Junction, June 30th 1991. 1172x796 85105_bmp.jpg |
One of the first (if not THE first) uses of an 85/1 on a passenger train, 85109 was in action on October 20th 1990 as part of a Network North West gala day. The Roarer waits to leave Altrincham with the 1116 to Crewe. 1166x798 85109_bmp.jpg |
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