40145 on 6 months hire to LSL.

According to an email sent to CFPS members this evening, 40145 is heading from Bury to Crewe tomorrow for a six-month hire period to LSL. How they will use the loco I know not, but await further news with interest

 

Well it’s already taken 37190 from Crewe to the SVR for test work, don’t forget 40013 has a contract with LSL too, and Crewe is sort of half way between, Bury and Kidderminster, I’d say this is quite a sensible thing to do.

 

Don’t expect to see 40013 for a while ...unfortunately.

 

What’s happened?

 

From the CFPS this morning...40145 is scheduled to take Green liveried 37667 from Crewe to Barrow Hill later this morning. Departure time from Crewe is expected to be about 08.30 hours. Return LE to Crewe at approx 12.20.

 

Go on, give us a clue.

 

Some sort of engine bearing problem by the sounds of it. Not the same problem as what it initially failed with though.

 

Cheers bud.

 

A BR green repaint for 40.145 and an extended stay at LSL. <BJ>

Class 40 locomotive set for Crewe stay and new livery (railadvent.co.uk)

 

Looks like it will be mirroring the livery from 20 years ago when it was first reregistered to run on the mainline. Will certainly look the part alongside D213.

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Bloody hell, has it been that long ago?

 

Well, I've exagerated slightly... October 2002 technically... But it's still longer ago than we think!

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That was the same year as 1015 came back (I wagged off college to go phot that at Blakedown on its test run in February btw) Still, Bloody Hell!

 

I do like the chimneys! Photo © Rail Advent, courtesy of Josh Haworth.

Richard.

 

They’d be better on 106 or 135 when their boilers are working

 

Here you go @Richard Roper 40106 could do with a little work on the draughting with those chimneys!

 

On ETH stock...

 

That is a cracking photo!

Richard.

 

Cheers mate, think it’s one of the old mans from last September/October I think 1015 was on the other end, the bucket was providing the heat.