Caption:

Two AL6 Class 86 electric locos, headed by number E3174

(with E3182 behind), lay-over between the platforms at Liverpool Lime Street station waiting for the next legs in their diagrams in the early 1970s. Still largely in their original conditions with cast numbers and British Rail logos the class maintained all the top-link express services on the LNW routes out of London until the arrival of the Class 87s for the Scottish electrification. E3174 at the front is ready to move forward as soon as its empty-stock arrives to take train 1A52 south as the 14 30 Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston.