East Lancashire Railway Loco Sheds, Buckley Wells
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East Lancashire Railway Loco Sheds, Buckley Wells
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 16 Apr 2014
East Lancashire Railway's preserved English Electric Type 4 Class 40 diesel locomotive ‘345’ stands outside the loco shed at Buckley Wells. The locomotive was built in 1961 at the Vulcan Foundry for British Rail’s Eastern Region where it remained allocated throughout its working life. It was renumbered 40145 under the TOPS system in January 1974. 40145 was withdrawn from service in 1983 following damage sustained in a derailment. It was secured for preservation and arrived at Bury in 1984. The locomotive is now restored to BR blue livery and its number of 345 http://www.elrdiesel.info/fleet-40145.php ELR Diesel Group Fleet Information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40 British Rail Class 40 (Wikipedia)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.589076
Longitude
-2.303307