Class 40: British Rail

40170 upon arrival at Glasgow Queen Street with 1T04 2350 Inverness-Glasgow Queen Street on 27/07/1983.

40170 tops 47460 at Perth on 1T04 2350 Inverness-Glasgow Queen Street for the run from Perth to Stirling on 27/07/1983. At Stirling the train would split with 47460 heading its portion to Edinburgh Waverley, whilst 40170 continued to Glasgow Queen Street. The reason for the class 40 being utilised was due to the diagrammed class 47 having received a broken windsceen earlier in the day and Eastfield were unable to repair it in time.

40057 arrives at Carlisle with a 1Z69 Stranraer Harbour-Carlisle additional on 30/07/1983.

40093 stands at Stafford shortly after dragging 85017 on a Stranraer Harbour-London Euston relief on 31/07/1983.

40093 stands at Stafford shortly after dragging 85017 on a Stranraer Harbour-London Euston relief on 31/07/1983.

40012 'Aureol' stands at Doncaster with the Cleethorpes-Manchester ety vans on 26/08/1983.

40004 restarts 1E08 0915 Bangor-Scarborough away from Leeds on 26/08/1983.

40122 (D200) blasts away from Leeds en route to Neville Hill T&RSMD with the ECS off 1E23 1040 Carlisle-Leeds on 26/08/1983.

40150 stands at Sheffield prior to working a Sheffield-Lincoln footex on 03/09/1983. Sheffield United beat Lincoln City 2-0 in the then League Division 3 match which was watched by 6686.

40056 awaits the road at Nuneaton with a Three Spires Jnct-Toton coal etys on 24/02/1984.

Adorned with 'The Skegness Whistler' headboard, 40086 makes a somewhat smoky entrance into Sheffield with 1E67 0815 Manchester Piccadilly-Skegness on 14/07/1984.

97407, the former 40012 'Aureol' stands on Crewe Diesel (CD) on 21/07/1985.