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Preserved British Railways - Class 40 - 40012 - English Electric Type 4
The Class 40's were nicknamed 'Bucket' or 'Whistler', having a distinctive whistle on the engine noise. A total of 200 of the Class 40 were built with this one being the third of the production English Electric Type 4's to enter service on British Railways (D200-D209 being prototypes). Built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, 40012 entered service on BR, numbered D212, and allocated to Willesden in 05/1959. From 01/06/1959, she moved to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before moving to Carlisle Upperby in 07/1959. Moving around various depots including Camden, Bescot, and Longsight, she moved to Carlisle Kingmoor in 05/1973 where she stayed until the August of that year before moving back south to Longsight. In 12/1978 she went to Carlisle Kingmoor where she remained until being withdrawn from active service in 02/1985., , Out of the 25 Class 40's that were named, only three were named at an official naming ceremony, these being D210 Empress of Britain, D211 Mauretania and this one D212 Aureol. The remaining 22 loco's all had their nameplates fitted at BR workshops, either Crewe or Derby Works. The naming of D212 Aureol was carried out by Mr. M. Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on 20/09/1960. She was re-numbered under TOPS to 40012 in 02/1974 but unfortunately by then the nameplates had been removed, so she never actually carried the 'Aureol' nameplates with the new 'TOPS' number system. The locos last classified overhaul was at Crewe Works in June 1980 and by this time the name 'Aureol' had once again reappeared on the loco's body sides, only this time around it was hand painted on using stencils in red and white paint. The loco was finally withdrawn from traffic at Crewe TMD on the 08/02/1985, due to derailment damage, and dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings for scrap. However, due to the Crew Station remodelling scheme, she was reinstated to traffic on 20/05/1985 at Crewe TMD and 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 04/04/1986 at 14:00 hours, the reason being cracked bogie frames. She was later moved to Crewe Basford Hall Yard for scrap. On 01/09/1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle for the sole purpose of providing spares to keep the flagship of the class D200 running to for fill her railtour commitments., , 97407 remained at Carlisle until 07/09/1988 when she travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for Asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to her new home at the Midland Railway Centre. More details and her moves since then can be found here; aureol.weebly.com/class-40-d212.html., , She is seen here having just arrived at Ramsbottom, on 10/02/2024, during the East Lancashire Railway's Winter Diesel Day. She has operated Service 1F71 16:25 Heywood - Bury Bolton Street - Burrs Country Park - Summerseat - Ramsbottom service. Preserved British Railways Class 50 - 'Valiant' 50012, an English Electric Type 4, was trailing but was detached at Bury Bolton Street. This was the last service as far north as Ramsbottom of the day. Upon arrival here at Ramsbottom, this Class 40 would run around its stock and work the 1E70 17:40 Ramsbottom - Bury Bolton Street non-stop, thus being the last service of this very good day. © Peter Steel 2024.
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