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English Electric 16SVT magic as D345 heads 1Z37 'Jolly Whistler' railtour through Lincoln Central 😎
Class 40 magic - video still, In beautiful summer sunshine, the fabulous sound of the English Electric 16SVT brought back many happy bashing memories for me :), , ...as veteran English Electric Type 4 (Class 40) D345 aka 40145 makes a very fine sight at the head of 1Z37 'The Jolly Whistler' - the 05.50 railtour from Burton-on-Trent via Manchester and Sheffield to Skegness. The loco is seen here accelerating through Lincoln Central station after being signal slowed on the approach at West Holmes junction - the staff had allowed late departing Class 170 to Peterborough out of P4 which got in the way of the tour allowing a bit of thrash after a signal stop 😍 37706 doing the honours on the tail :), , ...so I got to Lincoln Central with plenty of time to spare and then on checking RTT on my elderly iPhone I discovered D345 was running an improbable 7 mins early! , , So I had less than 10 minutes to fathom the ticket machine to purchase an expensive Platform Ticket (i.e. a Day Return to Hykeham £2.40!) to get on the platform., , Then checked the sun (which was happily shining) and staked out a spot on the down platform P4 - then got heckled by some photographers who asked if I could move out of their shot!! nearly said “Do you know who I am?” 😂, , THEN a Class 170 trundled into P4 on the Peterborough just before D345 was due on the UM! Disabled passenger had to be ramped off so it left a bit late, and this is why a -7 at Gainsborough turned into On Time through Lincoln., , But very soon after we got rid of the 170, the UM went green, and D345 loomed into sight and, luckily for me, the driver opened up just at the right time and gave it a bit of thrash (moderate of course by 1980s standards ;), , Tail-ender was 37706 rather than the dead Duff I was expecting. Still seems sad to see NO BASHERS flailing out of the window! Railtour organised by Pathfinder Tours and operated by WCRC., , Whilst the outward leg ran to time, the return leg was severely delayed at Skegness due to a points failure - and the train left 68 minutes late! Even with the extra power from 37706 pushing, this delay was never going to be caught up, and the train was eventually caped at Crewe at 22.56 (some 43 mins late) - see: www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U17692/2024-07-27/..., , Loco history built by The English Electric Company Limited (works number 3091) at The Vulcan Foundry Limited Locomotive Works (works number D641) at Newton-le-Willows in 1961 for British Railways as number D345, being renumbered 40145 in January 1974. It was withdrawn from Longsight Diesel Traction Maintenance Depot on 12th June 1983 and after a short period of storage at Crewe works was purchased for preservation by the Class 40 Preservation Society in December 1983. It was allocated the TOPS number 89445 but was renumbered 40145 on TOPS at some time before it was named East Lancashire Railway at the East Lancashire Railway’s Bury Bolton Street railway station on 25th July 2007 Courtesy: Ingy the Wingy, , Preserved Class 40s, Of the seven class 40's to be preserved, all except for 40118 have run in preservation and three have run on the main line in preservation, these being D200 (40122), D213 (40013) and D345 (40145). As of 2024 D213 & D345 are operational on the main line. One of them, 40013 'Andania' was rescued from Vic Berry's Scrapyard in 1987. More on the Class 40s here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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