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English Electric Type 4 No. 40122 passes Kirkby Stephen West with the West Yorkshire Dalesman charter returning from Carlisle to Leeds on 8th March 1986. Sponsored by West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council, the train was run to promote the closure threatened Settle to Carlisle line and carried a number of politicians as well as members of the public.
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A three day marathon tour which started back at Plymouth and visited both Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh now homeward bound approaching a photo stop at Garsdale The Class 40s were working the Carlisle to Birminghan New Street leg of the tour
This is the sound of happiness....
Class 40 (or English Electric Type 4 in old money) D213 ANDANIA runs early through Hellifield with The Fellsman, 1Z45, 07.26 Crewe to Carlisle.
Despite the damp conditions, steam was banned due to the fire risk and this was a particularly welcome substitution.
Having got lucky at Horrocksford Junction with a sunny shot, I was expecting the booked water stop at Chatburn to be omitted, but it was still an easy overtake to Hellifield given the 45mph linespeed through the Ribble Valley.
I wasn't expecting (and didn't want) sun, so opted for a shot with some nice signalling infrastructure and the station backdrop. The train sat on the branch for a bit while the Morecambe service cleared the section and then came through Hellifield 11 minutes early, just as the sun started to poke through!
This is a shot that transports me back 40 years to when, looking much like this, 40122 was a regular on the Leeds to Carlisle service, often with a decent load 8 on.
1986 - a good year that - the start of my railway photography with a pic of 40122 at Carlisle (not a very good one on account of a broken thumb, sustained playing rugby at school); the release of The Queen is Dead album; discovering The Wedding Present in session on John Peel and the release of the NME's C86 tape. This is the sound of happiness.....(well, perhaps not The Smiths!).
One must be strong for without the weather will change
D213 ANDANIA works away from a pick up stop at Clitheroe as it passes the surviving mechanical signals at Horrocksford Junction.
HJ4 signal on the right is the exit signal from the Castle Cement branch and there are also two ground disc signals which control movements through the crossover. Northern services currently terminate at Clitheroe and work empty up to Horrocksford Junction to crossover.
Cement arrivals from Scotland also propel through the crossover to access the branch. I was a regular here many years ago to see pairs of 37s on the Gunnie Cement. Less so now that it is all sheds.
The Type 4 is working The Fellsman in lieu of steam owing to the fire risk - 1Z45, the 07.26 Crewe to Carlisle. The use of the green 40 with yellow nose ends evoked fond memories of 40106 and 40122 working in the area in the 1980s.
The sun popped out just as it rounded the curve in the distance and largely paced the train. Which was nice.
40122 approaches Bersham colliery, south of Wrexham, with the "Birkenhead Bandit" rail tour on the 16th February 1985.
©Dave Peachey.
Class 40 D200 (40122) passes Cricklewood with the Preston -London St Pancras 'Corby Cutler' railtour on 4 May 1987..
Fetch me a shrubbery
D213 ANDANIA works away from a pick up stop at Clitheroe as it passes the surviving mechanical signals at Horrocksford Junction.
HJ4 signal on the right is the exit signal from the Castle Cement branch and there are also two ground disc signals which control movements through the crossover. Northern services currently terminate at Clitheroe and work empty up to Horrocksford Junction to crossover.
Cement arrivals from Scotland also propel through the crossover to access the branch. I was a regular here many years ago to see pairs of 37s on the Gunnie Cement. Less so now that it is all sheds.
The Type 4 is working The Fellsman in lieu of steam owing to the fire risk - 1Z45, the 07.26 Crewe to Carlisle. The use of the green 40 with yellow nose ends evoked fond memories of 40106 and 40122 working in the area in the 1980s.
The sun popped out just as it rounded the curve in the distance and largely paced the train. Which was nice.
The modern portacabin (REB) has been covered with shrubbery in Photoshop and maybe I will get around to painting the coaching stock blue and grey.
Class 40 Indian Summer - the final months
On the evening before joining D200 on "The Penzance Fryer" - the tour was run by Traintours and became rather infamous, with D200 suffering over the South Devon Banks and almost coming to a standstill on the Cornish hills! I joined the tour at the ungodly hour of 02.05 at Manchester Victoria, after an overnight move, with 45107 in charge as far as Crewe where D200 took over 😎)
Here we see an unusual pair, comprising Class 25 'Rat' 25109 (ex D5259) based at Eastfield partnering the departmental Class 40 97407 a.k.a. 212 "Aureol" at Chester - working 3L05 11.15 Chester - Red Bank empty vans (according to the Class 40 Motherlist).
Locomotive History
D212 / 40012 'Aureol'
D212 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service in May 1959, allocated to Willesden MPD. From the 1st June 1959, D212 transferred to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before transfer to Carlisle Upperby in Sep 1959 and Camden in December 1960. D212 was named 'Aureol' by Mr.M.Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on the 20th Sep 1960. D212 remained at Camden for the next five years before a gradual move back to the North West via Bescot (Dec 1965) and Crewe (Apr 1966) finally transferring to Longsight in Aug 1967. It remained at Longsight for almost eleven years apart from brief stays at Springs Branch (Jun 1972 - May 1973) and Kingmoor (May 1973 – Aug 1973).
D212 became 40012 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme. Its final transfer was in Dec 1978 when 40012 transfered to Carlisle Kingmoor where it remained until being withdrawn from active service in Feb 1985, due to derailment damage. Following withdrawal it was dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings awaiting disposal. However, due to the Crewe Station remodelling scheme, 40012 was reinstated to traffic on 20th May 1985 at Crewe TMD, given the departmental running number of 97407 and restricted to a maximum speed of 35 mph for use on engineering trains only. Withdrawal for the second time around finally took place at Crewe TMD on the 4th Apr 1986, due to cracked bogie frames, and it was moved to Crewe Basford Hall yard to again await disposal. On the 1st Sep 1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle to provide spares to keep the flagship of the class (D200) running in order for it to fill its railtour commitments. 97407 remained at Carlisle until 7th Sep 1988 when it travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to its new home at the Midland Railway Centre. This magnificently detailed history courtesy again of John Woolley Photos
Locomotive History - D5259 was new to Toton on March 25th 1964. Further transfers were:
August 1964 to Derby (16C).
January 1965 to Nottingham Division (D16).
October 1967 to Springs Branch (8F).
May 1968 to Allerton (8J).
June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
May 1973 to Springs Branch.
Renumbered as 25109 February 9th 1974.
February 1978 to Eastfield.
March 1981 to Haymarket.
October 1982 to Crewe.
Withdrawn March 11th 1987.
25109 was the 312th Class 25 withdrawn.
After withdrawal 25109 was stored at Basford Hall yard until sold to Vic Berry, Leicester, moving to Humberstone Road yard on July 14th 1987, entering Vic Berry's yard on September 11th 1987 and scrapped just prior to Christmas 1987. Info.courtesy of: www.derbysulzers.com/25109.html
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 36 by the end of May. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.
British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens, using Kodak CL-200 print film. Apparently a similar film is still in production! "Kodak ColorPlus 200 35mm film is a great budget film for analogue photographers and a best-seller around the world. For a small investment per roll you will get great colour reproduction, a forgiving exposure range, and good detail.."
See more here: analoguewonderland.co.uk/products/kodak-colorplus-35mm-film
Scanned from the original negative with minimal digital restoration.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
English Electric Type 4 40082 - seen here at Stockport, about to replace 45104 at the head of our late-running tour 1Z15 The Northwest Rambler No. 3. The loco was suffering, and only made it as far as Park, where she expired! However, rescue was at hand when Newton Heath produced 40155 as replacement :)
More on the railtour here: www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/840310da.htm
Locomotive History
D282 / 40082
Built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry
27/06/1960 To service as British Railways number D282
Allocated to York (North) (50A)
Livery applied: All over Green including front of cab
08/10/1966 Reallocated to Healey Mills (56B)
25/03/1967 Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)
13/10/1969 Modification: Air Brakes fitted
10/1970 Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front
08/05/1971 Reallocated to York (North) (55B)
03/02/1973 Reallocated to Liverpool Division (D08)
03/1973 Modification: Steam heat boiler isolated
02/1974 Renumbered to 40082
08/11/1984 Withdrawn & condemned as 40082
01/1986 Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire
Taken from: www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=...
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 36 by the end of May. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.
British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
English Electric Type 4 No. 40122 (D200) passes Worcester Tunnel Junction signal box with the Shrub Hill to Nuneaton leg of the Hertfordshire Railtours The Hills & Cities Tour on 27th April 1985.
187'6577
Memories of Crewe Works - saying goodbye to the 40s
English Electric Type 4 40082 - seen here in the scrapline at Crewe Works - with sister loco 40177 behind, and one of my favourites 40168 already in the Melt Shop - all awaiting their fate. In my experience - on the Northwest Ramler No. 3 railtour - 40082 was one of those Class 40s that had seen better days, with a very smoky engine. Note the original green livery on the nose where the Danger Live Wires sign has been 'removed'!
The loco was broken up shortly after my visit in the Melt Shop behind in January 1986.
***If you click up the image - take a look at that amazing cast eagle on the bridge!*** A line of bogies from previously scrapped Class 40s in the foreground.
Stamina :) - somehow, after enjoying a long day out behind D200 on the Penzance Fryer, and spending an overnight on Crewe station, I managed to summon up the stamina to take part in an organised visit to Crewe Works (I can't recall the details of how the visit was arranged). This included seeing round the infamous Melt Shop where one of my favourites 40168 was meeting her end, and an 'unauthorised' walk around the Class 40s stabled in Flag Lane sidings - treated as 'out of bounds' by BREL!
Locomotive History
D282 / 40082
Built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry
27/06/1960 To service as British Railways number D282
Allocated to York (North) (50A)
Livery applied: All over Green including front of cab
08/10/1966 Reallocated to Healey Mills (56B)
25/03/1967 Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)
13/10/1969 Modification: Air Brakes fitted
10/1970 Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front
08/05/1971 Reallocated to York (North) (55B)
03/02/1973 Reallocated to Liverpool Division (D08)
03/1973 Modification: Steam heat boiler isolated
02/1974 Renumbered to 40082
08/11/1984 Withdrawn & condemned as 40082
01/1986 Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire
Taken from: www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=...
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 36 by the end of May. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.
British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens, using Kodak CL-200 print film. Apparently a similar film is still in production! "Kodak ColorPlus 200 35mm film is a great budget film for analogue photographers and a best-seller around the world. For a small investment per roll you will get great colour reproduction, a forgiving exposure range, and good detail.."
See more here: analoguewonderland.co.uk/products/kodak-colorplus-35mm-film
Scanned from the original negative with minimal digital restoration.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
2nd April 1988
D200 40122 heads away from Llandudno Junction in dire light near Glan Conwy with the Tubular Belle railtour to Blaenau Ffestiniog
40181 & 40122 pass Saxondale, Notts. with the 'Tees Tyne Boggard' by Hertfordshire Railtours on the 27th October 1984.
40181 was withdrawn in January the following year, while 40122 entered preservation.
©Dave Peachey.
A Ghostly looking D200 heads 1Z36 'Pennine Forty Farewell' tour, crossing Guaxholme Viaduct bear Todmorden on the 12th of March 1988. The Whistler is in fresh Primer and did not get a full repaint in time for the railtour.
Run by the Railway Enthusiasts Society from London Victoria via Reading, Oxford, Stafford to Carlisle returning via the Midland ,main line to St Pancras although it should have returned to Victoria. Traction inc D200 plus class 33 and 73 a proper day out!
40122 pulls away from the British Gypsum works at Kirkby Thore with a long rake of empty Covhops bound for Carlisle Yard. 9T57, Midland Line shunt and trip, 24 March 1987. At this time, before the construction of the current rail terminal and opening of Kirkby Thore signal box, the works was served through a ground frame known as McGhie’s Sidings. The Covhops were used to transport Perlite, a volcanic mineral which I believe was mined in Sardinia and shipped into Workington. The trip working ran as required and also conveyed MoD traffic to Warcop. Scan from 35mm Kodak T-Max 400 neg.
There was a time when the Honiton Round Table operated a few charter trains, one such being the Tyne Tees Express on 15th October 1983. The train was hauled from Plymouth to York by 50009 Conqueror, D200/40122 taking the train forward from York for a circle along the ECML and back along the Durham Coast route. The Class 50 returning the train to Plymouth from York. D200 is seen here running through the avoiding line at Darlington.
Scan from a 35mm negative on Ilford XP1 film.
40122 - 1G50 (1004 SO STP London Liverpool Street - Harwich Town via Kings Lynn [reverse], which was formed of 11 coaches) - Littlebury - 09/05/87.
40122 passes Bidston on the 16th February 1985 with the 'Birkenhead Bandit' rail tour.
©Dave Peachey.
On 27/10/84 The Tees Tyne Boggard tour from Kings Cross-Retford-Toton-Hartlepool is seen approaching Colwick east foot crossing, on its way to pick up the Bottesford-Newark branch. Like so many places, there's so much change here with trees, and lineside buildings/industrial estate etc.
Photographer unknown.
PR Collection
On 08 March 1986, with the battle to save the S&C gaining momentum, a Special train carrying many politicians and dignitaries and designed to promote the battle to save the line, ran from Leeds to Carlisle hauled by 5305 in superb conditions. She is seen here approaching Horton in full flight and I would hope that those onboard, were suitably impressed.
The return from Carlisle was hauled by 40122.
The train was organised by the short-lived and now defunct West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council which only existed from 1973 until 1986.(picture scanned from a colour negative)
©copyright 2022-Peter Ainsworth
The Tees Tyne Boggard was one of many railtours for the class 40's at their end of service. This Herefordshire Railtours charter started from KX and went to Toton via Retford. The 40's took over at Toton and then went up to Hartlepool.
40181 and 40122 pause at Bottesford West Junction box before taking the former GNR branch up to Newark.
"Birkenhead Bandit" rail tour with 40122 / D200 at Canning Street North on the 16th February 1985.
©Dave Peachey.
Class 40 Indian Summer - the final months
On the evening before joining D200 on "The Penzance Fryer" - the tour was run by Traintours and became rather infamous, with D200 suffering over the South Devon Banks and almost coming to a standstill on the Cornish hills! The tour started at the ungodly hour of 03.00 at Manchester Victoria, but with 45107 in charge. From memory, I joined the tour at Crewe where D200 took over 😎)
Here we see an unusual pair, comprising Class 25 'Rat' 25109 (ex D5259) based at Eastfield partnering the departmental Class 40 97407 a.k.a. 212 "Aureol" at Chester - working 3L05 11.15 Chester - Red Bank Empty vans (according to the Class 40 Motherlist).
Not sure what that sheet of plate metal is doing between the numbers - anyone?
Locomotive History
D212 / 40012 'Aureol'
D212 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service in May 1959, allocated to Willesden MPD. From the 1st June 1959, D212 transferred to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before transfer to Carlisle Upperby in Sep 1959 and Camden in December 1960. D212 was named 'Aureol' by Mr.M.Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on the 20th Sep 1960. D212 remained at Camden for the next five years before a gradual move back to the North West via Bescot (Dec 1965) and Crewe (Apr 1966) finally transferring to Longsight in Aug 1967. It remained at Longsight for almost eleven years apart from brief stays at Springs Branch (Jun 1972 - May 1973) and Kingmoor (May 1973 – Aug 1973).
D212 became 40012 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme. Its final transfer was in Dec 1978 when 40012 transfered to Carlisle Kingmoor where it remained until being withdrawn from active service in Feb 1985, due to derailment damage. Following withdrawal it was dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings awaiting disposal. However, due to the Crewe Station remodelling scheme, 40012 was reinstated to traffic on 20th May 1985 at Crewe TMD, given the departmental running number of 97407 and restricted to a maximum speed of 35 mph for use on engineering trains only. Withdrawal for the second time around finally took place at Crewe TMD on the 4th Apr 1986, due to cracked bogie frames, and it was moved to Crewe Basford Hall yard to again await disposal. On the 1st Sep 1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle to provide spares to keep the flagship of the class (D200) running in order for it to fill its railtour commitments. 97407 remained at Carlisle until 7th Sep 1988 when it travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to its new home at the Midland Railway Centre. This magnificently detailed history courtesy again of John Woolley Photos
Locomotive History - D5259 was new to Toton on March 25th 1964. Further transfers were:
August 1964 to Derby (16C).
January 1965 to Nottingham Division (D16).
October 1967 to Springs Branch (8F).
May 1968 to Allerton (8J).
June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
May 1973 to Springs Branch.
Renumbered as 25109 February 9th 1974.
February 1978 to Eastfield.
March 1981 to Haymarket.
October 1982 to Crewe.
Withdrawn March 11th 1987.
25109 was the 312th Class 25 withdrawn.
After withdrawal 25109 was stored at Basford Hall yard until sold to Vic Berry, Leicester, moving to Humberstone Road yard on July 14th 1987, entering Vic Berry's yard on September 11th 1987 and scrapped just prior to Christmas 1987. Info.courtesy of: www.derbysulzers.com/25109.html
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 36 by the end of May. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.
British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens, using Kodak CL-200 print film. Apparently a similar film is still in production! "Kodak ColorPlus 200 35mm film is a great budget film for analogue photographers and a best-seller around the world. For a small investment per roll you will get great colour reproduction, a forgiving exposure range, and good detail.."
See more here: analoguewonderland.co.uk/products/kodak-colorplus-35mm-film
Scanned from the original negative with minimal digital restoration.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
The 'Tees Tyne Boggard' railtour passes Newark Northgate for the second time on Saturday 27th October 1984 with 40181 and 40122 providing motive power.
By this time, British Rail's class 40s were in terminal decline. With the exception of the class pioneer 40122, the entire fleet was withdrawn from service 3 months after this photograph was taken. At the start of 1984, 49 of the class were still operational, but by 1st January 1985, only 16 remained in service. 40181, the leading locomotive here, survived nearly until the end, being withdrawn for service on 21st January 1985.
40122/D200 survived rather better: it remained in service until April 1988 when it was retired to the National Railway Museum at York.
Tour information from Six Bells Junction: www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/841027hr.htm
Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.
40122 with a northbound special plods past Templeborough steelworks, which became Magna, and approaches Ickles Viaduct; Rotherham, Sept 1986.
40122 - 1Z44 (???? SO STP Manchester Piccadilly - London Liverpool Street via BNS, CBG & HIT, which was formed of 9 coaches & named the "The Vulcaneer" by operator Traintours) - Sandbach - 0906 - 09/04/88.
3rd November 1985
40122 / D200 shunts the stock of the Southport Visiter steam shuttles running between Wigan Wallgate and Southport
D200 waits times at Skipton with a booked stop as it works 1E23 10:40 Carlisle-Leeds. 31st August 1983.
Class 40s in Bury (CFPS/East Lancashire Railway) night shoot 11/04/18 featuring 40012 40013 40106 40122 40135 & 40145. Six of the severn surviving Class 40s gathered on the Lancs for the Class 40s 60th event.
BR green liveried class 40 D200 (40122) heads the return 'Corby Cutler' Traintours charter to Preston at London St Pancras on 4 May 1987. This part of the station is now used by Eurostar trains.
"The Hills & Cities Tour" by Hertfordshire Railtours tops the Lickey incline at Blackwell on the 27th April 1985 with 40122 / D200 working it from Warrington Bank Quay to Nuneaton.
©Dave Peachey.
Just emerged from the north end of Blea Moor Tunnel with 1Z69 'Knotty Northern Circular' railtour.
The trip was operated by North Staffordshire Railway Co. 1978 Ltd & Newcastle Staffs Volleyball Club and had originated from Stafford at 0750.
25042 and 25224 hauled the train via Diggle to Leeds where the 40 came on and hauled the train via S&C to Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle and ECML back to Leeds.
Saturday 7th April 1984
My youngest Son bought me a new slide scanner at Christmas. This was the first image I tested it with. I was pleased with the results. Far better quality than previous scans I have shared here.
This was the last time I got to drive the old Girl when I was a second man. Best driving shift ever.
Taken by my driver that day, gentle giant the late Tom "tiny" Clementson . I took one of him too on the loco that I will re scan soon.
I would really like to drive her again,however the chances of that are next to zero because of the current feckless NRM policy.
I will be sorting through my favourite slides for re scanning as time permits.
20199 & 20191 arrive at Linby, Notts. with the Toton to Linby leg of the "Ollerton Ogdoad" rail tour by Hertfordshire Railtours.
40122/D200 waits to take the tour forward to Lincoln St. Marks, where it failed!
The line off to the left entered the empties sidings of Linby colliery.
2nd March 1985.
©Dave Peachey.