Derby Locomotive Works (2) brake vans February 1989 The plaque on the front of BREL's Derby Locomotive Works clock tower shows a date of 1839, this view from almost 150 years later, and a walk around the Workshops would reveal that the end is not far away for this famous institution., , Three brake vans and track machine DX 72015 fill the foreground. A carpark now occupies this space., , Original photographer unknown.