possible use of both 87017 and 87023 in the UK, but the only interest that emerged from demonstrations was from Bulgaria in the form of the open access freight operator Bulmarket. 87017 and 87023 (in working order) and 87009 and 87025 (not in working order) were exported by ship from Immingham in October 2012. Bulgarian Railway Company's fleet of Class 87s is based at Pirdop. The locomotives have been operated extensively throughout Bulgaria at locations such as Burgas, Ruse, Dimitrovgrad, Ilyantsi and Blagoevgrad. They have reportedly found heavy use on hauling sulphuric acid trains between Pirdop and Razdelna. Accidents On 16 February 1980, at Bushey, a broken welded rail caused a train hauled by 87007 to derail at 96 mph, injuring 19 passengers. 1999 Winsford rail accident: On 23 June 1999, an express hauled by 87027 collided with an empty Class 142 Pacer railbus which had passed a signal at danger in Cheshire. 31 people were injured. Fleet details Preservation Three Class 87 electric locomotives are currently preserved in Britain: 87001 STEPHENSON/Royal Scot was donated to the National Railway Museum in November 2005. 87002 Royal Sovereign is owned by Locomotive Services Limited. It was preserved by the AC Locomotive Group and was returned to main line running condition. When the new contract for the Caledonian Sleeper was won by the Serco in 2014, 87002 was hired to work empty coaching stock movements in and out of London Euston. It was painted into Caledonian blue for the new contract in February 2015. From March 2015 until October 2019, 87002 shunted the empty sleeper coaching stock into London Euston, alongside 86101, as part of the Serco Caledonian Sleeper contract. Upon the end of the Caledonian Sleeper contract, 87002 was sold to Locomotive Services Limited for use on mainline charter services. 87035 Robert Burns was the first locomotive to be preserved. It is based at Crewe Heritage Centre and was handed over for preservation by owners Porterbrook at Crewe Works Open Day on 10 September 2005. In addition, the two banks of thyristors and the transformer from 87101 were preserved by the AC Locomotive Group. The transformer is now an exhibit at Crewe Heritage Centre, next to a cab from 86247. Model railways Italian model railway manufacturer Lima launched the first OO gauge model of the Class 87. This was discontinued in 2004 with the bankruptcy of the company. In 2008, using the