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The Nene Valley Railway
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Class 40 Gala in 2008
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Class 40145 and D306
Class 40145 and D306 at Wansford station in 2008
Two class 40s, Class 40 145 with D306 at the class 40 weekend, at the Nene Valley Railway's Wansford station. 40145 was at the Nene Valley for just this weekend.
English Electric Type 4 (later class 40)
English Electric had got a order under the British Railways Modernisation Plan of 1955 for a pilot match of 10 200 h.p locomotives the first of which was delivered in 1958. 190 more were ordered after successful trails of the first ten. These were all to be built at the the English Electric's Vulcan Foundry but because the Deltics were also being built at the same time, 20 of the order were built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn at Darlington
During the class 40 weekend at the Nene Valley Railway's class 40 145 and D306 come into Wansford station with a 40 Preservation Society headboard
Class 40 145
Class 40145 was purchased and delivered to Bury at the East Lancashire Railway in February 1984. The Class 40 Preservation Society is a group of rail enthusiasts dedicated to preserving and operating working examples of English Electric Type 4s (later class 40) at the East Lancashire Railway.
Class 40145 is painted in BR blue with very large BR arrows and large numbers and all round yellow ends up to the doors.
D 306
D306 during the class 40 weekend at the Nene Valley Railway's Wansford station light engine past the signal box at Wansford station.
D 306
The English Electric Type 4 as it was known when built is a 1Co-Co1 Diesel Electric. When the TOPS computer system was introduced the The English Electric Type 4 became class 40.
D 306 was to became 40 106 when the TOPS computer system was introduced. Even though most engines were painted in the new BR blue at there first overhaul 40106 kept its green colour and was used on rail tours in between its normal trains.
the locomotive was withdrawn in 1983 as it was vacuum braked only. It was purchased in 1984 by Mr G F Boden and was moved onto the Great Central Railway.
D 306 was named on 11th August 1984 "Atlantic Conveyor" in remembrance of the Cunard container ship that was sunk during the Falklands Campaign.
In February 1990 D306 was moved from the GCR to the Nene Valley Railway. It was based at the Nene Valley for a number of years.D306 has now left the NVR.
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