East Lancashire Railway Diesel Train Leaving Bury
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East Lancashire Railway Diesel Train Leaving Bury
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 Apr 2018
An East Lancashire Railway passenger train heading towards Heywood after passing under the Market Street bridge at Bury. the train is being hauled by preserved class 40 locomotive 40012 ‘Aureol’. Class 40 locomotives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40 were among the first diesels to replace steam on the British Rail mainline. The first class 40 locomotive entered service in 1958 (and so the class is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year) and a total of 200 were built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry between 1958 and 1962. This one, 40012, first entered service in May 1959, carrying the number D212; it was renumbered 40012 under the TOPS system in January 1974. This locomotive was withdrawn from in April 1986 after almost 27 years of mainline operational service.
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