86632 passes Bescot while working 0Z91 Northampton - Crewe on Wednesday 10th February 2021. This Crewe - Northampton
and return road learner had been worked by 86613 on the previous two days, Tuesday 9th being 86613's last job before
withdrawal. That left 632 as the last Freightliner Class 86 in traffic. It continued on this job for a few more days, its
final outing occurring on Tuesday 16th. The former E3148 was built in the spring of 1966, so its working life in
Britain lasted just short of 55 years. 86613, the former E3128, was built in late 1965, so it did do the full 55 years,
and a bit more. A couple of main-line certified 86s survive in preservation, but 86613, 86632 and fourteen of their
classmates were exported to Bulgaria in the summer of 2023, some of them for further use.
