Class 40 40188 awaits its fate in the Melt Shop with 40084 in the queue behind at Crewe Works Open Day in 1984
<b>Sat. 2nd June 1984 1Z38 - 'The Midland Executive' railtour</b>
A rather excellent railtour that managed to include scheduled stops at Derby and Crewe for the two works open days :)

A sad view of late-build English Electric Type 4 D388 / 40188. The locomotive was taken out of service for repairs on 2nd Jun 1983, but these were cancelled, and she sat in the yard at Crewe Works for 12 months before finally entering the Melt Shop in Jun 1984, when I took this shot. Another fabulous member of the class 40084 (one-time Royal Train loco) awaits the same fate behind.

<b>Locomotive History</b>
<b>D388 / 40188</b> was built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry, and it entered BR service as D388 - one of the final locomotives to be built.

40188 was booked into Crewe Works to have engine repairs on 2nd June 1983, but this never happened due to repairs being too costly.
The locomotive languished for another year before finally being cut up by 20th Aug 1984.

Known Workings can be found at:
<a href="http://www.class40motherlist.com/40188.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.class40motherlist.com/40188.html</a>

Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens, using a slow shutter speed so thankfully not blurred :) <b>Scanned from the original negative with some light digital restoration</b>

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