The 50th anniversary of the class 40's saw this Birmingam New Street - Lowestoft railtour pass Manningtree in fine spring sunshine. The class 40's were originally introduced on the London - Norwic... (more)

Preserved Class 40 no. 40 145 on display at the West Coast Railway Co. Open Weekend at Carnforth.

Its rare to get east or southbound special workings through my local area in the morning as most work west out of London, so getting the lighting right is hard. Today we had THREE such workings fr... (more)

40 145 about to pass over the level crossing as it leaves Ramsbottom with a train for Rawtenstall on a very wet day.

Preserved class 40 - 40 145 makes a rare appearance on the Great Western mainline with the Devonian railtour bound for Kingswear. By this stage the train was 30 mins late and came past only doing ... (more)

Preserved Class 40 on it's first railtour back on the mainline in BR blue

Preserved Class 40 on Railtour from York to London