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| English Electric Type 4, later Class 40 No. D200 in original as built condition and viewed from its No. 2 end. The loco is painted in BR green livery with white wall tyres for its official delivery photograph. The buffer beam is finished in red. CJM Collection. |
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| Locos D345-D399 were built with a very much cleaned up front end, incorporating a four-charactor central route indicator box, as shown above left on No. D399, the final loco of the build, outside Vulcan Foundry awaiting delivery. The view above right shows No. 40196 painted in standard rail blue with full yellow end at Doncaster Works in 1984 awaiting disposal. CJM Collection/CJM. | |
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| Painted in post 1967 BR rail blue, No. 40113 is seen at Llandudno Junction in 1978 on a railtour. This loco still retains its front communicating doors and disc train reporting system. The loco is viewed from its no. 1 or radiator end. CJM. |
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| English Electric Type 4 Class 40 buffer beam layout, showing a vacuum brake only example. A-train reporting discs, B-front communicating doors, C-blue star multiple control jumper socket, D-blue star multiple control jumper cable, E-vacuum brake pipe, F-coupling, G-steam heat pipe, H main reservoir pipe, I-engine control air pipe. The front end of No. 40045 is illustrated. CJM. |
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| Restored to immaculate 1960s green livery with a small yellow warning end, the first of the revised body style locos with solid headcode panel No. D345 is seen on display at Old Oak Common. The only additions from its original condition is dual brake equipment, an orange 'safety' line and modern overhead electric line stickers. CJM. |
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