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Class 40 cab ride 1985

Discussion in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' started by Mike Delamar, Dec 17, 2010.

  1. Mike Delamar

    Mike Delamar Member

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    Hi guys

    came across this and thought it deserved a wider audience

    enjoy

    [video=youtube;1VMll0OTNzg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VMll0OTNzg[/video]

    Mike
     
    Mike Delamar, Dec 17, 2010
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    yec2521 New Member

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    Nice video
     
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    Err, cant see any video Im afraid , was there a link?
     
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    buseng Part of the furniture

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    Very interesting. Anyone else notice that about half-way through there's a sound like a fireman shovelling coal? Spooky!
     
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    VERY NICE, But sadly i remember the crewe open day of the mid 1980's as i child with my big bro and father i walked around the cutting shop and there were class 40's waiting or in the process of being chopped up.

    I wished more class 40 had been preserved but BR had other ideas.
     
    50044 Exeter, Dec 21, 2010
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    I still have some Ian Allan spotter books from the 1960's and apparently I saw some of the Class 40's as I've marked them off. Can't remember where, though - I know used to see a lot of 37's then, including the one fitted with experimental flickering strobe lights on the front, but where I saw the 40's is lost to history!
     
    The Decapod, Dec 23, 2010
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    Thats excellent, spent many long hours "40 bashing" as it was called back then on the N.Wales coast and the shed at Northwich.......
     
    efiste2, Dec 30, 2010
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