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The Whistler - Issue 150 2 PRESIDENT: Vacant after the sad passing of Sir William McAlpine VICE PRESIDENT: Peter Watts HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE SOCIETY Phil Baynes, Paul Bonello, Martin Butterworth, Rob Fraser, Lee Kenny, Karl Crowther, David Peacock, Seton Spencer, John Stephens, Ken Still, Martin Walker, Andrew Walton & John Wantling THE CFPS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Chairman: John Stephens, 38 Watkins Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0DS. Email: [email protected] Secretary: Tim Baker, Email: [email protected] Fundraising: John Stephens. Email: [email protected] Engineering: Lee Kenny. Email: [email protected] Publicity & Webmaster: Vacant Post NON COMMITTEE Membership: Clive Elverstone, 9 Foxholme Court, Crewe, CW1 5HF. Email: [email protected] Magazine Editor: Andy Sparks, Email: [email protected] Members Railtour Bookings: Jackie Crawford. Email: [email protected] Treasurer: Stephen Ledger, c/o Lanchester Hyde Ltd, 55 Porchester Sq., Manchester, M3 4FG. Engineering Support & Volunteer Liaison ('Oily Rags' Liason): Mark Hornby. Email: [email protected] Webmaster: Martin Poulter, Email: [email protected] ‘OILY RAG TEAM’ David Peacock, Shane Rich, Russell Moorhouse, Darren Gibson, Peter Cooper, Mark Jopson, Tim Baker, Seton Spencer, Lee Kenny, Derek Gibson, Simon Thomas, James Bottomley, Mike Hirst & David Williams THE CFPS IS A REGISTERED CHARITY: No. 326323

40TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE - CONTENTS - 4. Committee Reports 12. More Loco Move Photographs 14. Issue 150... Loco 40150 16. Our locos... their earlier years in preservation 20. The return of D200/40122, by 'Rishton' Andy Wilkinson 30. Class 40 Memories - Summer Holidays 1961, by Mel Thorley 41. The Man Who Gave the 40s Their Names Back, by Mel Thorley 3 The Whistler - Issue 150 Front Cover: 40150 departing from Leeds, the front coach packed with '40 Bashers', with the 15.55 to Carlisle on the 31st July 1984. Photo: Late Trevor Dean. Above: 40150 powering along the WCML on the outskirts of Warrington with an ICI tank train bound for Runcorn Folly Lane on the 26th September 1984. Photo: Late Trevor Dean. Back Cover: Railtour memories... 40145 at Kyle of Lochalsh with the return 'Whistling Scotsman' on the 28th August 2005. Photo: John Mahon CFPS 4OTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - ISSUE 150 Email lists: We operate an emailing list - for CFPS members only, allowing us to send out Class 40 running information, occasional Society news and items of interest to supplement our magazine The Whistler. If you are not currently on the list and would like to be included,please email Martin Poulter with your membership number and email address. Important Note: How we use your information. The CFPS complies with the Data Protection Act. All information provided including email addresses will only be used by the CFPS in connection with the running of the Society and will not be passed onto any third party for any other purposes. Opinions expressed by any individual, or otherwise, in this magazine do not necessarily agree with the opinions of the Class Forty Preservation Society (CFPS). © All material in The Whistler is the copyright of the CFPS and may not be reproduced in any format without the written permission of the Society. THE WHISTLER

The Whistler - Issue 150 4 CommiƩee CHAIRMAN - JOHN STEPHENS I sincerely hope that all of our members are coping with the many diffi culties that the Covid pandemic has created. The health issues prevailing certainly take priority over the restoration of Class 40’s… but only just! It’s a shame that the achievement of the Society reaching its 40th anniversary in March, was overshadowed by these events. The support given by CFPS members over the last 4 months or so has been TRULY FANTASTIC. It says so much for everyone involved with the Society that we started the “lockdown” period with 40145 in bits at Barrow Hill and as the UK restrictions eased, the loco was rebuilt and released back out onto the main line network to scamper home to Bury. There were 2 main reasons why this was achieved... FIRSTLY: The CFPS members and also followers of class 40s. They put their hands in their pockets and gave great support to my many begging messages. Step by step, I stated what phase of work we next needed to do, and your fi nancial support was then given to enable us to do it. Thank you to Clive Elverstone for undertaking fund raising campaigns using 'Paypal' and easyfundraising.com Thank you also to Steve Jones for amassing a chunky amount of dosh by way of his birthday celebration. CFPS also received a £600 donation from one member, 2 other members each donated £500, and there was a nice bundle of £100 donations also received. We also received our GIFT AID claim from HMRC for £5,269.15 which shows how invaluable it is for our members and supporters to sign the appropriate GIFT AID form when kindly making their fi rst donation or taking out membership. Given that there were no railway events to attend with a sales stand, I resorted to clambering over the clutter in my garage and pestering folks with book off ers and pictures of assorted railway memorabilia that were begging for a new home. OVER £1,100 was achieved through this method. SECONDLY: The physical eff ort and amazing knowledge of SHAUN WRIGHT. Shaun put in an incredible amount of his own spare time working on 40145, mainly because the CFPS 'OILY RAGS' team lived many miles from Barrow Hill and had to comply with the “only travel if urgent” instruction. Shaun also

Updates from the CFPS CommiƩee 5 The Whistler - Issue 150 donated a few of his own engineering consumables when he noticed parts were close to being worn out and he produced the 'Scope of Work' that was needed and also planned the timetable for the work to be undertaken. Then, Shaun and his ANDANIA ENGINEERING Team, comprising of Josh ('Captain Underpants') Farrell, Andrew Butler and 'Cozzie' set aside work on their own loco D213 'Andania', to complete several tasks that were required on 40145. Lee Kenny had to stay in Lancashire for most of the time the loco was being overhauled, but he did make two trips to Barrow Hill to ensure compliance of the Main Line certifi cations prior to 40145's departure. Thank you to MARK JOPSON, for heading to Chesterfi eld to give Lee some vital assistance. The end result of their eff orts is shown in the pictures of 40145 hauling fi rst, 37190 from Barrow Hill to Kidderminster and then 40106 from Kidderminster to Bury, that are included in this issue of the magazine. MOVING FORWARD, the plan back at Bury is to get 40106 overhauled for a return to Kidderminster by late September. My thanks to Peter and Jonathan Wilcox, along with Neil Harris who are the MIDLANDS Team of 'OILY RAGS' who have looked after 40106 whilst it was at Kidderminster and will continue to do so when it returns there. Meanwhile the BURY branch of the 'OILY RAGS' are doing a superb job in get40145 with 37190 in tow powering through Chesterfi eld en-route to Kidderminster on the 21st July 2020. Photo: Phillip Cameron.

The Whistler - Issue 150 6 CommiƩee ting work done on 40135, much of it being labour intensive. DESPITE, all the eff ort and expenditure going into overhauling 40106 and 40145, there is not much operating activity going to occur in the immediate future, due to the Pandemic. I am NOT making any plans for Charter trains until the health scare eases considerably. 40145 may have the odd main line outing, such as to move 40106 back to Kidderminster, and possibly move some coaching stock if we are asked. There are though NO gala type events planned in the near future and therefore we will have no SALES STAND activity to help raise funds. Once 40106 is back at Kidderminster, the loco will act as standby for the steam locos at The Severn Valley Railway. There are no operating dates planned for it at SVR in the short term. WE DO HOPE THOUGH that we can run 40106 at Bury on a couple of short TEST runs, off ering the chance of some PASSENGER haulage prior to it returning to SVR. There are ALSO plans shaping up to have a PHOTO SHOOT of the 3 x CFPS Class 40s at Bury, before 40106 moves back South. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MESSAGES ON THE PHOTO SHOOT AND ANY POSSIBLE SHORT RUN TEST TRAINS OFFERING PASSENGER HAULAGE BEHIND 40106. When 40106 does leave Bury, the focus will turn to getting 40135 back in action. We are therefore very much relying on the kindness and generosity of CFPS members and other class 40 fanatics, to send us what spare cash they can afford, that will enable us to get 40135 operational in early 2021. In the meantime, THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone who has helped us get 40145 back in action and your continued superb support of The CFPS. ENGINEERING - LEE KENNY Hello everyone, hope all has survived these strange times, its certainly has had an eff ect with carrying out work on the locos over last three months and loss of running fees with all the heritage railways closing. I fear Covid 19 will be with us for some time to come and this is likely to hamper some of the activities within the engineering team. On a brighter note work continued on 40145 throughout the lock down period by Shaun Wright and HNRC staff . The re-tyre work was completed and then the loco re-certifi ed for mainline use.

7 The Whistler - Issue 150 Updates from the CFPS CommiƩee The 'Oily Rags' team re-commenced work a few weeks ago back at Bury. The team were raring to crack on with the hefty workload programme we have in hand. Now, on to the locos... 40106 The loco has been stored in the Carriage shed at Kidderminster since January, where no work can be undertaken. With lockdown we have been unable to complete exams and repairs on the loco for the SVR summer season. It was decided in early June that 40106 should return to the ELR to enable exams and repairs to be undertaken at Bury. This was with the agreement of the SVR to ensure the loco can be made ready for the steamheat season starting in October. On July 21/22nd 40106 was moved back to the ELR being hauled by 40145. Work has already commenced on the loco. The work needed is as follows... *Major 6M,C1,C2 exam *Body lift to examine segmental bearings, and refi ll trays, steam clean bogies, heavy clean traction motors, and repairs to main steam pipework which sprung a leak in December 2019. *Attention to batteries, these are becoming weak and not holding a charge. A set has been ordered at a cost of £5K. *Some minor repairs to bodywork, dealing with small amount of corrosion developing. I would like to thank Pete and Jonathan Wilcox and Neil Harris for looking after 40106 whilst it has been at the SVR over last two years. They are now part of the 'Oily Rags' team, now branded the Midlands Division. 40145 and 40106 Making their way home to Bury, photographed by Dave Booth at Parkside Junction.

The Whistler - Issue 150 8 CommiƩee 40135 Work on 40135 has been heavily impacted by the Covid lockdown, work only re-starting in the last few weeks. The loco has been started up recently to ensure the power unit is not suff ering by laying idle. Work has recently centred on No.1 bogie frames and painting them, renewal of the pony truck bottom leaf spring plate control rods (known as the dog bones bushes and pins) which were completely worn out. Shane has been beavering away on external fuel gauges, re-wire and gauge control boxes, refurbed and rebuilt. A work plan has been set up to aim to have the project completed for early Summer 2021 when it is hoped the loco will return to traffi c. There's a lift planned later in the year to refi t No.1 bogie and remove No.2 bogie for attention to its segmental bearing and similar work done to No.1 bogie. 40145 I am very pleased to report that the re-tyre work and the other repairs undertaken at Barrow Hill are completed. The loco was back in mainline action on July 21st taking 37190 from Barrow Hill to the SVR. After which it collected 40106 for return to Bury. We are once again indebted to Shaun Wright who has led the project, and kept an eye on the job from start to fi nish. He has carried out a lot of the re-commissioning repairs and tests himself. Shaun has undertaken all this whilst he has has suff ered a number of issues with his own Class 40 D213 'Andania'. The locomotive had been suff ering from problems with bearings within the power unit. So, I want to say a big thank you to Shaun for once again greatly assisting the CFPS. The journey from Barrow Hill to Bury via the SVR and Crewe was uneventful. The loco performed very well. All wheel and suspension bearing temperature readings were normal. Now the loco is back at Bury, there are a few jobs still to do, to ensure loco is on top form. They include as follows... *C1 and C3 Exam. *Corrosion repairs to bodywork to make it ready for repainting. The location of

9 The Whistler - Issue 150 Updates from the CFPS CommiƩee the repaint has yet to be fi nalised. *Replacement of a drivers windscreen as its blown and visibility is impaired. *Cure leaking roof near control cubicle, renew all the seals on roof and nose hatches. *Fitment of boiler water tanks, ex 40106 for cosmetic purposes only. This is so it looks complete and correct before being painted in BR Green livery. *Fitment of fl ange lubrication to axles 3 & 4 as the wheelsets on these axles suff er the most on fl ange wear. This increases the frequency of tyre turning, which we want to avoid with the nice new tyres fi tted. If successful on 40145 it will be rolled out onto '106 and '135 as well. Thank you to all the 'Oily Raggers' for their continued eff orts and support in maintaining our three beasties and to John our wonderful Chairman. He has done much of the liaising between Shaun and me with regard to work on 40145. He also been ferrying parts to and from Barrow Hill when needed and trying to keep the money rolling in during these diffi cult times. I will give a much more detailed report in the next issue and will include some pictures of the 'Oily Raggers' activities on the locos. SECRETARY - TIM BAKER I write this report as we are hopefully coming out of the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This has had a serious eff ect on our personal lives and for our hobby and other interests. For the CFPS, a lot of work has been ongoing in the background during the crisis. Over recent weeks the 'Oily Rags' engineering team has begun work Home at last... 40106 leads 40145 on their way through Heywood heading for Bury on the 22nd July 2020. Photo: Harold Hull.

The Whistler - Issue 150 10 CommiƩee again both at the East Lancashire Railway and elsewhere fettling our three locomotives. 40145 is back on the mainline and brought '106' back to Bury for some maintenance. Work on '135’s' bogies has also recommenced. I’d like to thank all the members of the 'Oily Rags' for their great eff orts and commitment during these uncertain times. The Society has continued its on-line presence with regular social media updates and fundraising eff orts. A recent idea is for a 'Class 40 Photo Shoot' with all three locos being at Bury for the next couple of months. This is only an idea at present, so if you are interested in taking part please contact the Chairman. During the lockdown, meetings have taken place remotely on-line. When restrictions ease we should be able to have face to face meetings again, socially distant of course! We DO need to be aware of a potential second spike later in the year and lockdown measures being re-introduced. This may well have a bearing on whether we will be able to hold our normal AGM in November. Finally, I would like to thank you all the members for your continued support of the CFPS, especially during the past few months. Let’s look forward to some good times ahead with '145' back on the mainline and '106' and '135' whistling again in the not too distant future. MEMBERSHIP - CLIVE ELVERSTONE I hope this report fi nds all our members well as we emerge from lockdown. As I have explained previously, Martin Poulter and I now work as volunteers in our current CFPS roles. We look after the membership, website and social media, along with a bit of fund raising using the social media platform. So, this is very much a joint report. The current membership now stands at 496, although included in this fi gure are 22 life members in archive due to us not hearing from them now for several years. Up to the 1st August 2020 we have had 7 new members with 2 in the process of joining up. We have had 15 non renewals dating back from February, but we fully appreciate that the CFPS is not at the top of priorities at the present time. We have been ‘hovering’ around the 500 mark for quite some time now. Martin has given the website a refresh and its looking good and up to date. The following fundraising initiatives can all be found on the website. We continue to have problems with 'CFPS Updates' and some of you still receive duplicates be-

11 The Whistler - Issue 150 Updates from the CFPS CommiƩee cause of this. What happens at the moment is that John sends out information to about 130 members. Then I as custodian of the email distribution list forward it on to the rest of the membership by email. We did have a bit of a blip when '145' was doing its recent mainline outing, some members may have received the same email 6 times! This was a processing blip and it shouldn’t happen again, but please accept our apologies for this. The easyfundraising campaign total currently stands at £1,542.81 with 88 supporters. We raise on average £100 per month using this, it’s free cash for us and if you haven’t already joined please consider doing so. We started a GoFundMe campaign to raise £2,000.00 towards the movement costs of '106' and '145', this currently stands at £955.00 and will run until '106' returns to the Severn Valley Railway. Many, many thanks to everybody who has donated. Member Steve Jones recently ran a birthday fundraiser on Facebook and raised £550.00. If you use Facebook (I know lots of people don’t like it) you will usually be asked if you would like to raise an amount for charity for your birthday, you can now choose the CFPS as your nominated charity. This is covered by a PayPal Giving (charity) Account and is fee free. Those of you who are eBayers can also donate to the CFPS as a charity using the same method when buying and selling. Member Lee Worthington sadly lost his father, Bob, last month. Bob was a lover of Class 40s and particularly enjoyed driving Lee’s 5 inch gauge model of D335 and I’m sure everyone would like to pass on condolences to Lee and his family during this diffi cult time. Lee decided to start a fundraiser on Facebook (via our PayPal Charity account) in memory of his late father for the CFPS and has so far raised £300.00. Many thanks to Lee for doing this and I’m sure his father would have been chuff ed too. The CFPS Facebook Group now has 3,000 members and was very active during the recent mainline light engine moves. This group was targeted in particular during the mainline moves using our GoFundMe campaign to attract casual donations from non CFPS members and has so far done well. GoFundMe donations made through Facebook are fee free to the charity account. The CFPS now has its own YouTube Channel. If you have any material we could use then please email it to me along with a brief title and description, anything so far unpublished would be particularly welcome. What ever happened to the video taken of 145 on her fi rst mainline run back in 2002 from the sunroof of the car that followed us along the A55? I don’t think we have any seen it to this day?

MORE LOCO MOVE PHOTOGRAPHS Photographers were out in force to record the recent action Barrow Hill - Kiderminster - Crewe (layover) - Bury. The Whistler - Issue 150 12 40145 and 40106 make an impressive sight as power is opened up passing through Newton-le-Willows at 11.53 on the 22nd July 2020. Photo: Tom McAtee. On the Crewe to Bury leg, 40145 and 40106 head through Winsford on the 22nd July 2020. Photo: Steve Morris.

13 The Whistler - Issue 150 40145 and 37190 having just arrived at SVR Kidderminster, on the 21st July 2020, after their journey through the Midlands from Barrow Hill. Photo: John Stephens. 40145 and 40106 pause at Staff ord whilst heading for their overnight layover at LSL Crewe. Photo: Andy Walton. 40145 and 40106 at Crewe on the 22nd July 2020. The loco alongside is 08483 owned by LSL. This was the fi rst time two 40s had been there together since 1987. Photo: John Stephens.

The Whistler - Issue 150 14 Issue 150... Loco Number 40150 Built: June 1961, Withdrawn: January 1985, Scrapped: March 1987 Photographs by the Late Trevor Dean

15 The Whistler - Issue 150 Top left: Making light work of an ICI tanker train as it heads south through Warrington Bank Quay en-route to Northwich on the 5th September 1981 Lower left: Alongside the concrete footbridge at Longsight MPD... a familiar sight to many readers... 24th April 1983 Above: On shed at Newton Heath on the 2nd June 1984 Below: Platform 11 Middle, Manchester Victoria on the 31st July 1982. The driver is ready to bring on the power to get the 15.45 to Bangor underway. The loco had earlier replaced 40063 at Llandudno Junction on the 11.57 Bangor to Manchester Victoria

D306 and B1 'Mayfl ower' at Loughborough during the 1980s. Photo: Jake Atkinson The Whistler - Issue 150 16

The Whistler - Issue 150 Our locos... their earlier years in preservation D335 at Townsend Fold on the 21st January 2006. Photo: Mathew Raynor 40145, '1000 Miles in Preservation' at Ramsbottom ready to depart with a train bound for Bury Bolton Street. Photo: Jake Atkinson 17

40106 in a typical 1960s ex Great Central Mainline setting, during the locos early days at Loughborough where it is awaiting its next duties. Photo: Jake Atkinson 40145 in controversial Scotrail Scotty Dog livery and 40445 guise at Bury South, 6th October 1991. Note the dummy EH box on front end, hence 40445 Class 37 style numbering. Photo: Mathew Raynor. The Whistler - Issue 150 18

D335 has just arrived at Ramsbottom with its fi rst train in preservation... an eight coach service from Bury Bolton Street. Photo: Jake Atkinson A very sunny shot taken by Mathew Raynor at Bury South during the summer of '96. This trio is comprised of D335, plus an equally well turned out Classes 25 and 35 'Hymek'. 19 The Whistler - Issue 150

The Whistler - Issue 150 20 The return of D200 by ‘Rishton’ Offi cially condemned on 23rd August 1981 at Carlisle Kingmoor the future of 40122 looked bleak. The National Railway Museum had showed very little interest in it or indeed to its signifi cance in railway history. Narrowly avoiding being tagged onto 40062 in a convoy of scrap locos heading for Swindon works. 40122 had now been sidelined at ‘Kingmoor’ and was under the depots watchful eye. With an open day planned at ‘Carlisle Upperby’ the opportunity was taken to clean, polish and apply ‘200’ numbers to the loco! The loco looked resplendent in British Rail blue, with photographs featuring in the railway magazines! The Railway press then got heavily involved in trying to save 40122 with ‘Rail Enthusiast magazine’ leading the way as the momentum gathered pace. The BR board then started to look seriously at the proposition to return the locomotive into service? Celebrity green locomotive 40106 had just been withdrawn in March 1983. The obvious restriction of being vacuum brake only being one of the factors. By then only 40009 and 40183 remained in service as the only other vacuum braked 40s. In the early 80s modern day diesel rail enthusiasm was riding at an all time high! The recent demise of the ‘Deltic’s’ and now ‘Green machine’ THE RETURN OF D200/40122 BY 'RISHTON'... ANDY WILKINSON D200 waits to depart from Lincoln Central on the sole ocassion during the 1980s that it worked the 13.24 Skegness to Manchester Picc. service. 28/7/84 Photo: Andy Wilkinson

21 The Whistler - Issue 150 40106, British Rail accepted that there was now a ‘gap in the market’ for a rail enthusiasts loco for tours and open days. The decision to renovate 40122 was fi nally made by BR on 18th April 1983. This just so happened to be the 25th anniversary of the locos fi rst historic run from London Liverpool St to Norwich! 40122 was then hauled by 37083 to Tyne Yard en-route to Stratford Works. There was then a change of plan and the loco was sent to Crewe Works for assessment of the repairs required instead. Ultimately, Toton Depot was chosen to carry out the repairs. 40122 was then dragged to Toton on 10th May with donor loco 40076 attached to the convoy. Part of the agreement for the repairs, body work and repaint into green livery was that ‘Rail Enthusiast Magazine’ would raise money through its readership to pay for a proportion of the costs. Magazine Editor Peter Kelly embarked on an 891 mile sponsored cycle ride from Lands End to John O’Groats with each contributor receiving a signed certifi cate from Peter Kelly. At the start of June, I went to Toton Depot on a Sunday with my Dad. We asked the foreman if we could look around. Amazingly, we were given the grand tour by an apprentice! My photos show that the restoration was well underway by then. 40122 stands off its bogies in undercoat next to 45112. By coincidence the Class 45 would be destined to become one of the twelve Class 45s that still exist today! and the only one to have had a mainline railtour career after the Class were withdrawn from BR service. Photo: Andy Wilkinson

The Whistler - Issue 150 22 Another view of ‘122’ showing through the nose end doors some of the extensive repair work being carried out at Toton. Photo: Andy Wilkinson 40076 gave up its power unit, one bogie, and all wheel sets, amongst many other parts for the project. However, there were ‘raised eyebrows’ amongst some Class 40 enthusiasts. Its last classifi ed overhaul had been as long ago as April 1977 so it was apparently ‘long in the tooth’ by then. However, this loco was considered by many drivers to be a very strong machine. Toton Depot were really ‘against the clock’ to get D200 ready for its fi rst booked working the ‘Hadrian 40076 donor loco for D200/40122 stands outside Toton depot, early June 1983. Photo: Andy Wilkinson

23 The Whistler - Issue 150 Pullman’ on 31st July. A test run took place to Derby and Westhouses on the 26th, before running light engine to London on the 29th. D200 actually worked a van train to Hitchin on the 30th and again arrived into Kings Cross on vans prior to that fi rst passenger working. The following Tuesday (2nd August) I started a seven day ‘Area No. 2 - North On Sunday 31st July 1983, my Dad and I marked her return to service, driving out in the car, to view D200 on the Kings Cross - Carlisle ‘Hadrian Pullman’ at Long Preston. Photo: Andy Wilkinson On the day Rishton started his Railrover (2nd August 1985) he was elated to be able to see and ride behind D200/40122. He bagged this shot at Appleby. Photo: Andy Wilkinson

The Whistler - Issue 150 24 West Runabout’. With not much happening, I decided to do the Class 31 on the afternoon Carlisle-Leeds service, leaping at Appleby, speculating on what might be on the opposite North bound service. The caption in my journal reads in full as follows... “Absolute astonishment! Amazement! Jumping up and down like a raving lunatic! Shouting like a mad man! Unexpected! ‘Bashed’ all the way to Carlisle” !!! I think its fair to say I was pleased! I found out once onboard that this was in fact D200’s fi rst day back on service trains, with the 10.40 Carlisle-Leeds and return. A service train diagram that she would become so synonymously associated with, over the coming years! D200 had been back is service for less than four months when catastrophe struck! Whilst working a ballast train in the Maghull area of Liverpool on 20.11.83 those concerns raised over using 40076 as the donor loco came home to roost! With D200 suff ering a major engine failure. The loco was initially dragged to Allerton depot and on the 1st December was once again dragged to Toton, picking up a new donor loco 40170 at Crewe Diesel depot. Released from its last classifi ed overhaul in November 1980, 40170s power unit looked like being a much better proposition this time! The engine change at Toton was swift with D200 returning to traffi c and leaving Toton on the 9th December 1983. Amazingly our next successful car trip to Toton coincided with D200 beLooking ‘run in’ and ‘weather worn’. D200 prepares to run light engine to ‘Kingmoor’ after completing the S&C Diagram. 27th May 1985. Photo: Andy Wilkinson

25 The Whistler - Issue 150 ing there again. Withdrawn 40170 was residing inside the shed, its power unit being installed in D200. My Dad was elated to see 40170, his last Class 40 for ‘sight!’ Successfully underlined in his ‘Combined Volume 1979’! D200 gave British Rail nearly fi ve years of successful service after its Toton Depot resurrection. Working many railtours, service trains and freight. The ‘cull’ came for the fi nal examples of the Class at the end of January 1985. 40012 & 40118 being allowed to soldier on for railtour commitments was short lived. Four examples were re-designated as Class ’97’s with restricted use and speed in conjunction with Crewe station remodelling work carried out from May 1985. 40170... 'Rishton's' dad's illusive cop, inside Toton shed. Photo: Andy Wilkinson Chris Guntrip took this photo at Sawbridgeworth on the 7th May 1987. The loco is hauling 5Z26 ECS working from Derby to Thornton Fields. The loco and stock will form the 'Anglian Diesel Farewell' railtour from London Liverpool Street on the 9th May 1987.

The Whistler - Issue 150 26 D200 however continued in service for a further three years! Her fi nal day in service was a ‘full diner’ railtour, retracing that fi rst working London Liverpool St - Norwich then onward to York, 16 April 1988. A change of heart by the National Railway Museum and D200 was fi ttingly claimed for the National Collection! Offi cial withdrawal came two days later, exactly 30 years since that inaugural run London Liverpool St-Norwich on 18 April 1958. The decision to resurrect D200 had proved to be a resounding success! Since entering preservation D200s outings have been quite sparse to say the The pioneer 40 waits to depart from Llandudno with the 18.15 to Stoke on Trent on the 26th May 1986. Photo: John Mahon Roger Kaye captured on fi lm D200/40122 at Gamston on its last day in service, 16th April 1988 hauling the Liverpool Street to Norwich and then onwards to York full diner railtour.

27 The Whistler - Issue 150 least. With the loco working at just two preserved lines, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the East Lancashire Railway. With periodic extended short stays at both railways. Her fi rst working was not until 8th May 1993. Fittingly, it was the Rail Enthusiast Magazine 200th edition charter train hauled to Grosmont by 37408 from Birmingham New Street. She did two return trips hauling the special on the North Yorkshire Moors line. For myself, I had started that day hauled by 37414 on a Hooton to Scarborough special. There was a pre-paid option to get off at Malton for a bus transfer to ‘The Moors’ which happened to put you straight into D200s fi rst trip from Pickering! A fl eet of a variety of preserved buses were waiting at Malton. I occupied the middle back seat in one. I then overheard a conversation taking place from the organisers: “There are 127 seats for 127 people. But we have one person standing? There is someone on one of these buses who shouldn’t be on?” The less said about that one the better! Later in the year ‘Rail Enthusiast’ would campaign successfully through its magazine for the last ‘Large Logo' liveried Class 37, number 37408 to retain its unique livery at its classifi ed works overhaul. The loco was released from Doncaster Works in January 1994. D200 prepares for its second trip Grosmont to Pickering as 37408 waits patiently to return the special back to Birmingham New St., 8th May 1993 Photo: Andy Wilkinson

The Whistler - Issue 150 28 D200 attended the ‘60th Birthday Gala’ at the ELR in 2018, with 40012, 013, 106, 135 and 145 all in attendance and working trains. Sadly, D200 was only a static exhibit at the event because of generator problems. Great credit must be given to the staff at the NRM for its wonderful external condition and making it available for the prestigious Gala. D200 had shared the work with 40145 at the ‘40th Birthday Gala’ 20 years earlier. With the non original D200 numbering, the loco was stabled in a prime spot at Bury Bolton Street's Platform 1 during the 60 years event at the ELR in April 2018. Photo: Editor During an extended stay at the ELR in the late 90s, D200 stands at Bury Bolton Street station ready to work a ‘Ramsbottom shuttle’ at a diesel gala. Photo: Andy Wilkinson

29 The Whistler - Issue 150 D200s last passenger working to date was at The North Yorkshire Moors, 13 years ago on the 21st April 2007. Will D200 ever become operational again? Lets hope so. Today she stands alongside some very special locomotives in the National Railway Museum’s ‘Great Hall’, looking as immaculate as she did when she passed me and my Dad at Long Preston hauling the 'Hadrian Pullman’ back in 1983... 37 years ago! To round off this article I must mention a lasting memory from one of our family trips over to my cousins in Lincoln is the sight of the loco hauling the 'Skeggy'. See my photo below. A well positioned iconic trio at the NRM in York... D1023, D9002 and D200. Photo: Andy Wilkinson D200 rolls into Lincoln Central hauling 1E34, 08.15 Manchester-Skegness on the 28th July 1984. Very few enthusiasts were on this train. There were plenty of other Class 40s on passenger trains elsewhere on this Summer Saturday.

The Whistler - Issue 150 30 Class 40 Memories Summer Holidays 1961 By Mel Thorley I was FREE!... The 1961 Summer Holidays!!... I needed some E.E. Type 4s!!! I also needed those three Peaks (MY Challenge) that had already left Crewe Works before my visit on June 4th. I had some huge events already entered in my diary, and I had decided that August was going to be immense. Saturday the 5th I was straight down to ‘Monkey One’ and almost immediately copped Peak D104 on a Pancras... just two to go. The resident ‘Ted’ launched into a tirade of abuse and threatened to tear the page out of my notebook before the ink had dried. We had the usual holiday trains, ‘Quiff’ exchanging insults with unsuspecting kids at the vestibule end windows. I used to say to him that he could have been the Chairman of The Stockport Tourist Board. I biked home for a 6pm Full English on a bed of fried bread, washed down with a blue & white hooped pint mug full of P.G.Tips, cooled by an inch of sterilised milk, and sweetened by four sugars. Back down to the Bridge for the 8 pm up slow, and the halfeight down Pancras, the latter produced Peak D102... just one left. The batch of engines between D100 and D109 seemed to dominate our 'Pancrases'. Locos like D11 didn't seem to stray from the Settle & Carlisle, just like the steamers they replaced. Sunday, I pedalled the Hercules Harlequin on a circular tour of 'Reddish Bo-Bo' (Electric Depot), Heaton Mersey and Edgeley steam sheds. Not one E.E. Type 4 cop, but the D233 motors through Lamington on the 30th August 1962 with 1M37, 10.17 Aberdeen to London Euston express. The loco hauled the train as far as Carlisle, where D287 replaced it for the journey to Euston. Photo: D.J. Rowlan

31 The Whistler - Issue 150 month was still young, and so was I. Unlike nowadays, the August Bank Holiday Monday seemed to fl oat about... 1961 was August 7th. My day began repairing a puncture on my bike. The front tyre was fl at (but only at the bottom, before you tell me), no doubt a bi-product of Sunday's shed bash. I didn't make it to ‘The Monkey’ until after 'The Palatine' had gone in. My late arrival at a packed girder bridge was greeted by an immediate blasted out enquiry from the Ted. 'What happened to you then, did you kack the bed?!’ The Bridge was heaving and it erupted. The bigger the audience, the funnier ‘Quiff’ became. I said I had been to Reddish, and down the Mersey on Sunday and got a puncture. The ‘Ted’ hated Cheadle Heath with a passion, he called the people 'Cheadle Heathens'. He asked why had I gone ''down there'' on a bike?! He then amused the crowd by saying… “down there they didn't put their empty milk bottles on the step for the Milkman, they just threw them in the road”. He also said… “that's why the Alsatians wore boots”. He was on a roll and the lads were loving it. After the laughter had subsided, I asked what was on 'The Pala'. All I got was funny looks and sniggers, then out of the crowd a voice boomed... ''103''... that meant, if it hadn't failed, it was on the 2.25 Pancras back. So, at circa 2.36 pm, I was about to class my Peaks. However, about 2.30 pm, I looked around and started to realise that ‘Quiff’ was cooking up a plan to stop me seeing the Tin Can. I made it to the fence just as D103 was approaching. I saw its roof then disappeared under a rugby scrum. I heard D103 roar past, but my view of it was shielded by ‘Quiff's’ bum. I did smell the aroma of the exhaust, thankfully from the ‘Peak’, but the ‘Ted’ said he had tried to summon one up whilst his jeans were on my face. Many of the lads were now 15, some had already left school, with several of those already in work. Others would leave at Christmas and Easter 1962. I had a feeling that this day was going to be the last great gathering at ‘The Monkey’. The rest of the week was so quiet that I ended up commuting between ‘The Monkey’, ‘Brickyard Bridge’ and the lineside near Edgeley Shed. This gave me a close up of the Type 4s, but no cops. The more you score, the harder it gets. Really, I was just pacing myself, keeping out of trouble and looking forward to a biggy on Saturday, when I was going to cop big time. Saturday 12.8.1961. Northern Rabble Club trip number 686. Titled simply, 'Derby & Notts.' Up very early, 6 am Full English rather than 6pm. I decided to go into Piccadilly then trot over to Central to catch the Pancras. D100 took me as far as Derby Midland, nothing outrageous on the journey. I joined the others, including Lawrence, outside the Works Gates. I said to the Guide “Lead me to the English Electrics in bits”. I wasn't disappointed. Soon I was to see… D233 of 5A Crewe North, D288 of 12B Carlisle Upperby, D220 of 9A Longsight (see you soon back at Adswood), D223 ‘LANCASTRIA’ of 8A Edge Hill, D226 of 1B Camden and D230 ‘SCYTHIA’ of 5A Crewe North. Not one cop, but great to see SIX beasts in various stages of undress all in the same place.

The Whistler - Issue 150 32 D233 would be released on September 9th, in mint condition, and named ‘EXPRESS OF ENGLAND’ ('Empress of England'). She was the 10th one to be named and the last at Derby, according to the works guide. I told him that, in future, I would be taking my trade to Crewe... well, until the 1962 Derby Open Day. As we fi led round, we saw brand new’ Peaks’, numbered out of sequence. D42-D45. The guide told us the frames of the next 12 were D46-D57. However, this was later changed to D46-D49 and D138-D145... D50-D57 were taken on by Crewe. We copied a few numbers down from the rows on 17A Derby shed on the way back out, it was a quick visit because the coach was waiting us. We then embarked on a land-cruise of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire sheds. Starting with 18A Toton, which was like a small town. It housed 19 Stanier 8Fs, I never thought it possible to see so many of one class on one shed. But wait until we get to 16B… At 16A Nottingham I copped little ED5, allocated to Beeston Engineers Depot, 16D Annesley... try to fi nd it now... I copped 'Flying Pig' 43106 (only one saved), 16B Kirkby in Ashfi eld… 38 Stanier 8Fs! Even more than could have been seen when they were being built. These ports of called were followed by 18B Westhouses… try to fi nd it in that fi eld. I said terrrah! to Lawrence when we got back to Derby. He got a lift nearer his home D226 stands alongside a '47' at Birmingham Snow Hill on the 26th November 1967. Photo: Late Mike Mensing

33 The Whistler - Issue 150 on the coach. I headed back to Midland station for a train back to Manchester Central. I was tired, very, very tired, but happy as Larry!!!!!!! Sunday 13.8.1961… Whilst I was getting my breath back, Gorton were naming the last D.C. electric loco to receive one… 26052 ‘NESTOR’ making 19 in total (12 x BO-BO EMI, 7 x CO-CO EM2). The 1961-62 footy season was upon us. ‘Nozzer’ was on a high between August 19th and 30th. City won 2 at home, 2 away, scoring 13 times... it didn't last. Old Joe Hayes, in his 9th season for the Sky Blues, scored in all 4 games. Peter Dobing made his debut on day one. Meanwhile over in Manchester 16, United had paid £35K to Arsenal for 27 year old David Herd. He was intended to be a replacement for either Alex Dawson or Dennis Viollet or if the board could get away with it BOTH!! He made his debut on August 19th, and scored his fi rst goal in game 3. He then failed to score again until game 18 on November 25th. That was drawing a blank for 14 games, from matches 4-17. A joke going around Manchester was that United were sending for Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates to try to move 'The Herd'. They were cattle ranchers in the tv series, 1959 - 1965, 'Rawhide'. All week down at the old 1902 girder bridge which divided Bridge Hall from Cheadle, I kept thinking about my next trip and had a gut feeling it was destined to be an E.E. spectacular. Sunday 20.8.1961. The wheeze was simply entitled 'CREWE'. What that really meant was, 5A Crewe North depot, 5B Crewe South depot, Gresty Lane sub shed and Crewe Works. In other words, 'The Full Crewe Package'... ok, NOT the Electric Depot. Metro-Cam 3-car d.m.u. standing in for an AM4 e.m.u. (owing to the wires being off), Stockport to Crewe. Headed for the front seats, but the driver was shy and had the blinds down. Maybe the return would produce? A couple of lads got in at Wilmslow and joined me. One tapped on the glass and the driver rolled up the blinds, so that's what you do! I studied the controls and was fascinated by the gear changing and the hissing of the vacuum brake. I wondered how long before I would be doing this myself... 30 years?! Are you having a laugh?!! No motor coach involved, all leg work, so Lawrence got on at Sandbach. Walked out of the station at Crewe, turned left into Gresty Road, past 'The Alex', football ground onwards down Gresty Lane to the rail overbridge, up the steps to South shed. Wow, always thinking of it as a steam depot, I was more than impressed with this lot… D311 of 5A Crewe North cop number 59, D4 ‘Great Gable’ of 1B Camden, D323 of 5A Crewe North cop number 60, D2 ‘Helvellyn’ of 1B Camden, D221 ‘Ivernia’ of 9A Longsight, plus 9 diesel shunters.

The Whistler - Issue 150 34 Oh, and you know the bit about 5B being a steam shed... 75 of the water - boiling type of locos were on shed, including copping 92085, which achieved infamy as the last loco to be cut up at Barry, before all the rest survived. Back to the steps on Gresty Lane, and cross the road. Up the path to the tiny former G.W.R. two road depot, funnily enough called Gresty Lane. Even with a blindfold, it was easy to know where you were, for the air was heavy with the aroma of toasted oats, it was the nearby Mornfl ake factory. 8 locos were crammed onto the footprint of this little Western Region outpost, a sub shed of 84H Wellington. On the day they were... 7915 Mere Hall of 84B Oxley, 6877 Llanfair Grange of 85A Worcester, 6879 Overton Grange of 84E Tyseley, 3732 of 84H, 90313 of 84C Banbury, 2888 of 84B Oxley, 41201 of 84H and 5942 ‘Doldowlod (surely an anagram?) Hall’ of 89A Shrewsbury The old place was in a shocking state and couldn't last much longer. As I walked away, I wondered when I may next tread this little piece of Cheshire. So magically elusive was that little depot, spotters could spend all day at the south end of the station and not see any of those eight engines. Back onto Gresty Lane itself, I hiked up the footpath to Nantwich Road, turned left, right into Mill Street heading for The Works. Not a single E.E. Type 4 to be seen. Derby was obviously still keeping their hand in, but I wrote down brand-new Peaks D114- D135, cops from D126 onwards, excellent notebook fodder for ‘The Ted’ to rubbish. Using that well-gricer trodden route via Mill Street, we all headed for the little cluster of terraced houses leading to 5A Crewe North... one of THE 'Temples of Worship’ for D311 was on shed at Crewe South when Mel visited on the 28th August 1961. In this shot the loco is hauling a long train of brand new cars on the 3rd May 1967. Its heading north on WCML near Oxenholme. Photo: Manchester Locomotive Society

35 The Whistler - Issue 150 the spotter of both forms of pullage. If I don't cop a Type 4 on shed I should buzz off home. Here’s what I found in there… D3 ‘Skiddaw’ of home shed, D338, you beauty, home shed... cop number 61, D5 ‘Cross Fell’ of 1B Camden, D269 of 1B Camden, D288 of 12B Carlisle Upperby, D220 again!! of 9A Longsight... I could have had a lift on it from Derby Works. In addition to the diesels, 38 steamers were packed onto the shed. If you stand now at the north end of Platform 6 at Crewe station and look across to the site, just boggle at how an ash plant, a coaler, a 70 foot turntable AND 44 locomotives fi t on the quite small plot of land. Back on the station, tired, but with enough use of the right hand to enter into the notebook two more massive cops of the E.E. persuasion… Cop 61... D338 leaves Lichfi eld with 1K25, 11.55 London Euston to Crewe on the 10/4/1964. Bottom: Crewe North at dusk on the 23/12/65. Photos: Late Mike Mensing.

The Whistler - Issue 150 36 D296 of 1B Camden, cop 62 and D287 of 12B Carlisle Upperby, cop 63. I knew the day was going to be a good 'un, I was defi nitely proved right. Wires back on, it was an AM4 back to Stockport. The goodness of the day was not over. When I got off, I could see something worth waiting for coming over the arches. It was D339 four months old, gleaming green livery topped off with a maroon 5A shedplate. Gorgeous! It was cop number 64. After watching it come and go I Jumped on a Buxton bound train totally satisfi ed. I wanted for nothing... oh but, where's me tea?!!!!!! Wednesday 23.8.1961… my Dad went to Old Trafford to see Herdy open his account for United. Being as I was only 14 years, 4 months old, I was still banned from night matches owing to bedtime curfew. Anyone under 70 reading this must be laughing with amazement. Life in the 60s wasn’t quite as it is portrayed now... free love?! Free milk… if you were at school. It was cold or warm depending on the time of year. This was because they removed the caps at half nine about an hour before break. The fi rst row of bottles also managed to get a layer of dust on top by the break. Cloning Alert!!!... Saturday 26.8.1961… “United are at home DAD. It is also Derby Works annual open day DAD. Plus, my Grandma’s not well enough to be left, and you on a week’s holiday, are we going to Scotland so I can score some Haymarket E.Es. DAD?” Dad “No, we are not doing any of those things, we are going to Paignton, that's Devon”. I knew this was an area already infected with the ‘Quiff's’ ‘Green Boxes’. Always looking Cop 62... 40096 (D296) passes Agecroft with a train of low sided wagons on the 27th July 1983. Photo: Richard Clayton

37 The Whistler - Issue 150 on the bright side of life, I knew this would be the last year for the classic mix of the coal and paraffi n burners on the Western… my dad had made an excellent choice of destination. We travelled on 9.10am 1V92 Piccadilly - Paignton straight through. I was 14 and I had started to feel a bit self-conscious about leaping about the vestibule ends, so I just cast a casual eye passing 9B Edgeley and 5A Crewe North Sheds. However, I did feel compelled to scream out of the drop light when I observed D306 of 8A Edge Hill... cop number 65! Check out the haulage en-route ... E3046 (Class 82) as far as Crewe. At Gresty Lane, we lost the ‘Roarer’ for a fairly large 46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, destined to be my last miles behind any of the class of 38. A gentle stroll for her to Shrewsbury, where the Western Region took over courtesy of 5992 ‘Horton Hall’ of 83B Taunton (a long way from home). This fi ne lump of Swindon was to take us all the way to Paignton. Had a good shufty at Coleham Depot on the left, could not check out Hereford because it was on the avoiding line, but copped a few kettles on Severn Tunnel Junction. For the Severn Tunnel, the ‘Normals’ closed the windows, but I pretended to go to the toilet. Instead, I had a few lung-fulls of the Hall's clag for old time's sake. 'Warship Country' began on the approaches to Bristol, and, sure enough, in Temple Meads station stood D810 ‘Cockade’. This was the only ‘Warship’ name liked by the ‘Ted’, although he didn't pronounce it Cockaid. In another platform was a ‘Western Pullman’ set. Occasional ‘Warships’ presented themselves as we headed west, they COP 65... D306 sweeps along a winding section of the WCML line near Shap on 28th October 1966 with the12.05 Euston to Glasgow Central. Photo: CFPS Collection

The Whistler - Issue 150 38 included… D866 ‘Zebra’ on Bath Road Depot, D824 ‘Highfl yer’ and D805 ‘Benbow’ at Taunton. Exeter St.Davids appeared and produced a couple of Southern Region steamers, including one of the enormous tank engines which banked trains up to Central. D820 ‘Grenville’ also went in the book, along with D811 ‘Daring’. At Newton Abbott, I copped a King, 6024 ‘Edward 1’, now at Didcot. Also, my FIRST sighting of a North British BO - BO (Class 22), D6319, coupled to D6335. They had been out since January 1959. Our 8 hours 36 minutes journey ended at Paignton at 5.46 pm. I don't think my dad was up for it, so I chased over the footbridge to cop D817 ‘Foxhound’. If Father thought he was in for a week of deck chair hiring, I had news for him. We checked the football Captivating... Mel thought it was too, D810 'Cockade' at Bristol Temple Meads. Photo: Late Mike Mensing D6319 Mel's fi rst Class 22 cop. this shot was taken at Swindon Works by the Late Mike Mensing

39 The Whistler- Issue 150 scores as soon as we could. United 6, Blackburn Rovers 1. His Seat 183 was empty. Would he have prefered to be there or on a long train journey to the English Riviera? Man-City also triumphed that day… Ipswich 2, City 4. Dobing scored 2 goals Each day was in pursuit of new cops for my Combined Volume... Sunday 27th August… I copped D834 ‘Pathfi nder’. Monday 28th August cops… D830 ‘Majestic’, D868 ‘Zephyr’, D849 'Superb'. Tuesday 29th August cops… D814 ‘Dragon’, D813 ‘Diadem’, D831 ‘Monarch’. Wednesday 30th August, just one cop… D815 ‘Druid’. Thursday 31st August, another fi rst… D844 ‘Spartan’. Friday 1st September… D827 ‘Kelly’ and D818 ‘Glory’... the one that nearly survived into the preservation era. On September 1st, Mel copped D818 'Glory', which nearly made it into preservation. Photo: Late Mike Mensing. D849 'Superb' photographed by the Late Mike Mensing at an unidentifi ed location.

The Whistler - Issue 150 40 Saturday September 2nd, it was time to go home. I did not make a note of our return train, but research has since revealed it was the 8am Paignton - Manchester Victoria, which arrived at Edgeley 4.02 pm. It was hauled by 4993 ‘Dalton Hall’ with an 83C plate on the door... an Exeter engine, that worked all the way through to Shrewsbury. At Newton Abbott D852 ‘Tenacious’ was on the next road, the nameplate so close I could touch it. Other Warships on the way home were D867 ‘Zenith’ and D837 ‘Ramillies’. Two notable steam cops were King 23, ‘Edward 11’, the other one at Didcot now, and 92220 ‘Evening Star’ at Newport. At Shrewsbury, our Hall gave way to 45709 ‘Implacable’ (5B Crewe North), which worked through to Victoria. At Crewe, I got cop 66, D324 of 5A Crewe North, sweet 9 weeks old, it hardly had a scratch. Altogether, 242 cops on the holiday (including the journeys), including 28 Diesel Shunters, and 12 North British Bo Bos. Waiting for me at home was a letter from ‘Hammers’ telling me about his favourite train… ‘THE FLYING SCOTSMAN’ and it's recent Type 4 haulages… D256 of 52A Gateshead worked the down train out of Kings Cross on August 18th, and 23rd, D271 also of Gateshead on the 30th August, again on the northbound down train. Being away from Stockport AND School, I had, on our return, to resort to my dad's B.R. internal paperwork for the new allocations. It told me the following… D355 to 50A York North on 16.8.61. D356 to 50A York North on 23.8.61. D357 to 64B Haymarket on 30.8.61, the fi rst of a batch of 12 to go to Scotland... more cops for me to track down. The summer and the school holidays were coming to end, but not my quest to see as many E.E. Type 4s as possible. Stay tuned for my next instalment from my memory banks and stacks of gen books. Cop 66... 40124 (D324), which Mel copped at Crewe on the way home from his West Country holiday. The loco is standing ahead of 40193 (D393) at Haymarket. 8th March 1980. Both locos proved to be every illusive for passenger haulage during the 70s and 80s. Photo: Rail Photoprints

The Man Who Gave the 40s Their Names Back. By Mel Thorley 41 The Whistler- Issue 150

Road taxi rank, a place I had fi rst been taken to as a 3-year old in 1950. It was immense to see the v-form exhaust blast under the road which lead onto Bridge Hall Estate. On the footy fi eld, Nobby Stiles had made his fi rst team debut away from home on October 1st. I couldn’t wait to see him at Old Trafford on Saturday the 22nd. He scored the winning goal in a 3-2 success over Newcastle United. This was my last sighting in a United shirt of my hero Albert Scanlon. I think the Geordies took him home with them because he was transferred to Newcastle, just like a loco going from 9E Trafford Park to 52B Heaton. November 1960 T.I. had come out, I hoped Ian Allan wasn’t going to increase the size of the mag for 1961. Imagine having to go to see The Bursar to tell him that the school atlas just wasn’t big enough. Inside the mag were photos of the new electric services which had begun on September 12th. Also, a picture of D210 (which I still needed) running into Crewe attached to D269 on the 7.45am load 15!! Euston - Manchester & Liverpool ‘LANCASTRIAN’ splitter. What a sight the pair must have been storming up Camden bank. In ‘Locomotive Stock Changes’ T.I. told us D287 was re-allocated to 12B Carlisle Upperby week ending 13.8.60... old history! I had to get more up-todate gen, cue Mr.D. Hamley our ‘Crank’ Form Master. Sir subscribed to many Societies, R.C.T.S., L.C.G.B. and others. The news in their in-house productions was more up todate than ‘The Spotfather’s’. Eureka, he has produced... the magazines told me Vulcan’s D289-D296, eight brand new beasts had gone to 5A Crewe North between August 15th and October 3rd. The fi rst ‘Bootleg’ Type 4, ‘Beast from the North-East’ clone D305 also to Crewe North on October 6th. Notice the out of sequence numbering. D306 followed a week later, 13.10.60, again to 5A. Of course, there were no thoughts of its home ultimately being in Bury at that stage. The Whistler - Issue 150 42 The man himself... Ron Watson

43 The Whistler - Issue 150 A later re-naming by Ron... 40035 'Apapa' photographed by Rowland Parker at Edinburgh Waverley with 1Z14, 18.00 return ADEX to Bolton via the ECML on the 7th May 1984. 40019 'Caronia' at Penmaenmawr just renamed by Ron, 6th Sept. 1978

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