THE Golden Jubilee of Class 87s presents an opportunity to celebrate the standards achieved by these West Coast Main Line stalwarts prior to the employment of Class 90s and then ‘Pendolinos’. One ‘87’ remains operational in Britain, LSL’s No. 87002 Royal Sovereign, which sees regular use on railtours and thus endorses the view that these 1973 Bo-Bos are still – just – ‘in service’ after those 50 years rather than ‘in preservation’.