Withdrawn Class 40 40128 / 328 seen languishing at Doncaster Works
<b>Sun. 5th June 1983 1Zxx - 'The North Midlander' railtour</b> Another great railtour - this one managed to include scheduled stops at Doncaster Works and Toton TMD open days :)

Mighty split-box Class 40 328 / 40128 is seen here awaiting the cutter's torch on a visit to Doncaster Works - at this stage, the loco looks fairly complete. Extreme left is one of the diminutive Class 03 Diesel-Mechanical shunters, also heading for the torch :(

Nearly all of the last Class 40s in service that year acquired some or other distinguishing marks, from hand-painted nameplates to original numbers. 40 128 was no exception, and is seen here with distinctive white edging to the cab doors, and the remains of an 'unofficial' hand-painted name. The loco also carried pre-TOPS number 328.

<b>A series of unofficial names</b> were applied to the Class 40’s by enthusiasts and enthusiastic depot staff. Some locos ran in service with these names applied for many months, others were painted out within days. The locos to carry these unofficial names were:

40 060 ‘Ancient Mariner’ (while in departmental duties as 97 405)
40 104 ‘Warrior’
40 129 ‘Dracula’
40 131 ‘Spartan’
40 132 ‘Hurricane’
40 134 ‘Andromeda’
40 137 ‘Trojan’
40 145 ‘Panther’
40 150 ‘Crewe’
40 155 ‘Vulcan Empress’
40 164 ‘Lismore’

In the 1980’s with growing enthusiast interest, many of these locos had their names unofficially painted back on by depot staff, and several other locos gained unofficial names - more on the history of the Class 40s here: <a href="https://www.cfps.co.uk/history" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.cfps.co.uk/history</a>

<b>40128 / 328</b> withdrawn 20/09/1982 at Crewe Diesel depot- overdue classified repair - scrapped 07/1983 at BREL Doncaster Works.

<b>Locos Used</b>: 45149, 45125
<b>Locos &amp; Route</b>
45149 London St Pancras - (via MML) - Kettering - Corby - Manton Jn - Oakham - Syston East Jn - Syston North Jn - (via MML) - Trent - Toton Centre - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Dronfield - Sheffield - Doncaster [for works visit]
45149 Doncaster -Sheffield - Dronfield - Chesterfield - Clay Cross South Jn - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Spondon - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent - Stapleford &amp; Sandiacre
45149 Stapleford &amp; Sandiacre - Toton Depot [for depot visit]
45125 Toton Depot - Stapleford &amp; Sandiacre
45125 Stapleford &amp; Sandiacre - Trent - (via MML) - London St Pancras Info.courtesy: <a href="https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830605lc.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830605lc.htm</a>

<b>Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!</b>
The original slide was rescued from a box of 'duds' that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)

Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. <b>Scanned from the original slide with minimal digital restoration</b>

You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: <a href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/</a>
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