Thursday 27th August saw Class 40 40145 take Locomotive Services Limiteds Class 37 37667 from Crewe HS to Barrow Hill LIP and return light engine.
Recently it was agreed that the Class 40 would undergo a six month period on hire to the Crewe based TOC Locomotive Services after recently returning to the mainline for the first time in nearly two years.
This convoy would see the Whistler make one of her first runs on hire to LSL. It is believed that 40145 took Class 37 37667 to Barrow Hill to have a broken axle fixed.
This convoy and light engine movements would see the Whistler head through places such as Stafford, Rugeley Trent Valley, Lichfield Trent Valley, Burton-on-Trent, Derby, Duffield, Belper & Chesterfield.
RailView captured the locomotive on the outward run at:
- Tapton Bridge, Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Passing through at 11:01, 7 minutes late
- Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Derbyshire: Arriving at 11:27, 7 minutes late
The return light engine move was captured at:
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Passing through at 12:58, 2 minutes late
- Hagg Hill, Tupton, outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Passing through at 13:01, 1 minute late
Class 40 Locomotive info:
- Power Type: Diesel Electric
- Builder: English Electric: 180 Locos. Robert Stephensons & Hawthorns: 20 Locos.
- Built Date: 1958 – 1962
- Total Produced: 200
- Wheel Configuration: 1Co-Co1
- Engine Type: English Electric 16VT MK2
- Horse Power: 2,000 bhp
- Max Speed: 90MPH
- Withdrawn from service: 1976-1985
- Number of preserved: Seven
- Nickname: Whistler
Here are some images of 37667 at Barrow Hill:
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The Class 40’s are my all time favourite BR diesel locos. If it weren’t for this virus, I would have been at Crewe that day when she first arrived. However there might still be a chance for me. According to RTT, something is coming to Chester next week, which is in my neck of the woods. I have a very strong feeling it’s 40145. We know she’s gonna be on loan to LSL for six months, so it would make sense they will carry out test runs on her, before she can do any tours for them.
The majority of LSL’s test runs with their steam or diesel locos, are usually carried out between Crewe and Chester. So fingers cross all goes well for me. Anything I had planned for 2020 has turned into shambles, ever since the outbreak of COVID-19. If 40145 does come to my local area next week, it will be the main highlight of this year for me personally.
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Furthermore… The British Rail Class 40 is also the Basis for this one-time Railway Engine Character in ”Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends” TV Series,
As well as from The Railway Series of Books… ”The Diesel” D261, I nickname ”The Diesel” (from T&F) Vulcan, after the exact Vulcan Foundry – Lancashire, of whom built/manufactured most of the Classic BR Class 40 Mainline Diesel Locomotives in the Past.
I really would like to (even as I wouldn’t mind) see ”The Diesel/D621 Vulcan” be Reintroduced (by name) within Full CGI Too.
Wow, It’s Great to see one of the 7 Thankfully Preserved ex-British Rail Class 40 Mainline Diesels make another comeback to the Mainline Network…
Especially for Hire by the so-called TOC Locomotive Services…. Also interesting checking out yet another latest online video of the Class 40 Diesel in Action, even with A Class 37 in Tow.
These Mainline Diesels (Class 40s) were (still are) known as ”Whistlers” something to do with sound effect of their horns to be exact.
Whistler derives from the engine sound……and specifically from that instance when travelling at speed power is cut off……
When the English Electric Type 4’s ….as they were known before being later reclassified as Class 40’s…….powered up and down the East Coast Mainline on regular passenger trains this ‘Whistler’ effect was regularly heard…..
Similar effects were present on the West Coast Mainline also…..
Usually, best heard when coming down Shap or Beattock at speed and power was reduced with the train coasting.
I remember travelling behind one from Newcastle to York and touching 99MPH near Northallerton……before the driver shut off power and the ‘Whistle’ sound was clearly heard….
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
Whistler’s because of the sound made from the turbo chargers. Nothing to do with the horn