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40189 sits forlornly in Crewe Works awaiting the scrap man - one of the first casualties of the class
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An immaculate 40197 seen ex-works at Crewe Works open day 1975
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Pilot batch Class 40 40006 (D206) seen awaiting the inevitable at Crewe Works Open Day in 1984
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Class 40s 40115, 40088, 40008 with departmental Class 31 ADB968016 in the scrapline at Crewe Works Open Day in 1984
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Yours truly posing with old friend D200 at Crewe
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End of the line for Class 40 40174 - my last 'Whistler' for sight! 😎
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D2140 Class 03 shunter seen at Plymouth Laira depot
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Class 45 Peak seen at Bristol Temple Meads with Class 47 approaching
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Nearly 40 years ago! Yours truly bashing Class 40 40015 'Aquitania' seen approaching Poulton-le-Fylde on 1A40 10.19 Blackpool - Euston
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Late night Seminar :) 40181 + 40122 prepare to head 1H92 parcels to Peterborough - the very last Class 40 hauled service train out of King's Cross!
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40196 the very last 'normal' Class 40 that I saw at King's Cross (14th Jan 1984)
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40196 (396) the very last 'normal' Class 40 that I saw at King's Cross (14th Jan 1984)
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Under the wires - a detail view of 40196 (396) - the very last 'normal' Class 40 that I saw at King's Cross (14th Jan 1984)
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40196 the very last 'normal' Class 40 that I saw at King's Cross (14th Jan 1984)
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Drags! Class 25 'Rat' 25288 pressed into passenger service at St Pancras when the wires were down on the WCML
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25207 Class 25 'Rat' at St Pancras - before working a relief passenger service
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My very first recorded Class 40 haulage 😎! D381 stands at Crewe at the head of our train to Holyhead :)
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My very first recorded Class 40 haulage 😎! The original page in my older brother's photo album :)
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Arrived - Class 40 40057 at King's Cross after arrival on 1E40 19.20 Aberdeen-London which the loco worked from Newcastle
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Resting on the blocks - Class 40 40057 at King's Cross after arrival on 1E40 19.20 Aberdeen-London which the loco worked from Newcastle
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Nose end contrast - Class 40 40057 at King's Cross after arrival on 1E40 19.20 Aberdeen-London which the loco worked from Newcastle - parked next to a ubiquitous 'Tram' :)
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Dead Rats at Vic Berry's, Leicester
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The remains of "Generator Duff" Class 47s (Brush 4s) 47408 & 47420 seen unceremoniously dumped at Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester
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The remains of "Generator Duff" Class 47s (Brush 4s) 47408 & 47420 seen unceremoniously dumped at Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester
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The body shell of "Generator Duff" Class 47 (Brush 4) 47420 seen unceremoniously dumped at Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester
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The body shell of "Generator Duff" Class 47 (Brush 4) 47420 seen unceremoniously dumped at Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester
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Rare visitor Class 46 'Peak' 46013 snapped passing through Southall on a freight working c. 1975
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Class 116 DMU W50083 and assorted vehicles at the back of Southall shed
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44806 ex-LMS Black 5 4-6-0 about to leave Lakeside station with our train to Haverthwaite
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Smart looking ex-BR Class 03 shunter No.8 (D2117) at Haverthwaite
