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A close up of Class 40 D213 Andania in the roundhouse at Barrow Hill
The East Coast Giants event at Barrow Hill in 2014, Class 40 D213 (40013) 'Andania' looking nicely polished in green livery, in the roundhouse at Barrow Hill., , Locomotive History, D213 / 40013 'Andania' was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service as D213 on the 6th June 1959, allocated initially to Willesden MPD before almost immediately being transferred to Carlisle Upperby. Future transfers would see D213 allocated to Camden (August 1960), Crewe North (November 1961), London Midland Western Lines (April 1966), Longsight (June 1968, August 1973, May 1984), Springs Branch (June 1972, October 1980), Kingmoor (May 1973) and Crewe (October 1982). , , In May 1962, D213 was named 'Andania', the nameplates being fitted at Crewe works during a classified repair. In July 1971 it was outshopped from Crewe works after a classified repair which included fitting train air brakes and a repaint into corporate blue livery. 40013 was one of the last ten class 40’s to receive a works classified repair and was released from Crewe works in October 1980. In September 1982 it was suffering from bogie faults, however it escaped withdrawal and was sent to Stratford for a complete bogie swap and was back in traffic by the 28th September 1982. The locomotive survived almost until the end, being withdrawn on 18th October 1984. However, due to a shortage of motive power, it was reinstated to traffic twelve days later on the 30th October, and survived until 11th January 1985, when it was officially withdrawn again from traffic with power unit faults. , , Shortly after withdrawal, 40013 moved from Crewe to Bescot to replace 40063 as an exhibition locomotive. 40013 appeared at exhibitions at Redditch, Shrewsbury, Blackburn, Southport and Leamington Spa during 1985, Kidderminster, Stourbridge Junction, Worcester, Aberystwyth, Rugby and Wrexham during 1986, Shrewsbury and Basingstoke during 1987. , , On the 3rd February 1988, the loco was dragged from Tyseley to Crewe by 47497 to become a donor locomotive for 40122. The wheelsets where exchanged between the locomotives and 40013, now with scrap wheelsets, was towed to Vic Berry's scrapyard, Leicester, on the 10/11th May 1988. Fortunately, this was not the end for 40013, as it was sold into preservation, moving first to Meadowhall in 1989, the Midland Railway Centre in 1999, and to Barrow Hill in 2003 where it remained for may years. The loco has now been approved for mainline working again - see my video in Comments section below :), Above info courtesy of John Woolley Photos :), , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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