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The remains of English Electric Type 4 (Class 40) 40163 seen awaiting its fate at Derby Works Open Day in 1984
Sat. 2nd June 1984 1Z38 - 'The Midland Executive' railtour, A rather excellent railtour that managed to include scheduled stops at Derby and Crewe for the two works open days :), , This shot shows one of the mighty Class 40s, sadly stripped with the engine already removed, and awaiting its inevitable fate in the scrapline at Derby Works. It looks like someone had tried to 'liberate' one of the brass horn grille covers :) Three Sulzer Type 2 'Rats' (Class 25s) make up the rest of the line up., , D363 / 40163 Locomotive History, D363 was built by The Vulcan Foundry Limited (works number D659) at Newton-le-Willows for The English Electric Company Limited (works number 3109) in Oct 1961 for British Railways. The loco was renumbered 40163 in Apr 1974. It was withdrawn from Longsight Depot on 7th June 1982, being initially stored at Crewe Depot. It was moved on 15th Sep 1982 to Etches Park Depot in Derby for further storage, being moved to Derby Works during the following month. It was sold for scrap to Vic Berry's Limited in Jan 1987, arriving at his Leicester yard on 22nd Jan 1987 where it was cut up within four weeks. Thanks to Ingy The Wingy for this detailed Locomotive History!, , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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