





Named After a BBC TV News Programme





Class 86221 Loco 'Look East' at Northampton

Trainspotting Locomotive Class 86221 'Look East'













Primarily, the Class 86 locomotives were built to replace steam on the then newly-electrified West Coast Main Line from London Euston, to Birmingham, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool and later on to Preston and Glasgow.





In the early 1980's the locomotives were employed on passenger trains from and to, London Liverpool Street to Cambridge, Harwich, Ipswich and Norwich.





At times during its lifetime, Class 86/2 86221 carried two names. From 1979-87 it was named Vesta, after the Roman goddess of hearth and home. From 1987-2003 it carried the name, Look East, after the BBC regional news programme which began broadcasting in October 1959 and continues to this day.













After a lifetime of both passenger and freight work in various liveries, 86221 was scrapped in 2003.









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