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Posted to the Class 40 Appreciation Society Facebook page by Mersey Railway Photos - D279 Liverpool Lime Street Station 17th April 1962. Facebook Group page: Class 40 Appreciation Society

The Class 40 Preservation Society has announced today that their stock of sound fitted D211 has arrived from Bachmann and will be on sale at their stand on East Lancs Railway, Bury this weekend. Mail orders welcome !

My example runs poorly but I've only tried it on a straight test track (no curves or points yet). It ran fine out of the box but after a few short minutes it ground to a halt. Vigorous pushing too and fro 2 or 3 times gets it going again - for a while. What I don't get is the talk of pick-up mods. The lights on mine are always on so surely current collection from the wheels isn't the issue, just the motor ??? Confused... :scratchhead:

As good a Class 50 sound as you can get...

Nice looking but sound not particularly thrashing at speed - ripe for a re-blow me thinks!...

Please remember that discounted examples are also available from the Class 40 Preservation Society - I think they need the money more!! ;-) (See message above)

The book written by the line's true experts is currently a bargain £6.95 (£8.95 hardback) post free ! rowsley-rrc.html

A further update from John Stephens of the Class 40 Preservation Society. May I please repeat my earlier post and suggest people purchase them from the CFPS as all profits will be ploughed back in to keeping these marvellous machines running for posterity. -- Thank you to everyone who has ordered (or registered their interest in purchasing) the new Bachmann model of SPLIT BOX Class 40 number 40141. The setting up of The CFPS account with Bachmann has now been completed. ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION. FEATURES. CFPS PRICE. RRP. APPROX Delivery Date. ------------ ------------------- -------------- --------------- ------ ------------------------------- 32-475DC 40141 in BR BLUE. Has chip fitted. £ 90.00 £ 114.95 expected by 19/01/14. 32-480DS D211 in GREEN. WITH DCC Sound. £ 188.40 £ 244.95 expected by 26/01/14. 32-481 D369 in GREEN. NO chip, just socket. £ 82.80 £ 95.95 expected by 20/02/14. POST and PACKING is an additional £4.95 per model. If you wish to have the item despatched to you, then please add £4.95 for posting and packing. Please EMAIL your orders to sales@cfps.co.uk OR Please TEXT your orders to 077 882 40088. Payment can then be made DIRECT into The CFPS Bank Account, the details being :- BARCLAYS BANK, Sort Code, 20-16-08 A/c number, 10719102 Proceeds from the sale of the models will help finance the maintenance costs of our 2 x Class 40s. If you have requirements for other loco models, we can also supply those, but a little advance notice would be helpful to enable us to plan deliveries. Thanks for your interest and support everyone. Regards John

From the Chairman of the Class 40 Preservation Society, owners and custodians of D335 (40135) and D345 (40145). -- We will be taking stock of the NEW “ split box “ class 40 very soon. Hopefully we can count on your support with regard to purchases of this model and other models in their range. If you would like a model reserving, please email sales@cfps.co.uk and we will be in touch. -- ​Please consider purchasing your Bachmann class 40s through the CFPS, as all proceeds will be invested in keeping the originals running.

Fresh out the box - sniff the wet paint

So who has the best pre-order price then, chaps ? I missed out on a Blue Pullman with blue ends by dithering - not going to happen with a split blue 40 !

A brief interlude for you... :-)

As you might imagine, the Summer 1953 WTT will take rather longer to transcribe !

And the even sparser Sunday service ! https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gq7npq4tzfunbt/Peak%20Line%20Passenger%20WTT%20Sundays.pdf

As posted to the Millers Dale in N pages... If you want to run authentic head codes and workings, here's the penultimate WTT for passenger trains 1966-67 a year before closure. Stopping times are bold, else just passing times are shown. What strikes you is how quick trains were between stops despite the line being in its death throws and relatively sparse traffic by this time! https://www.dropbox.com/s/iwh0av0jx8iphni/Peak%20Line%20Passenger%20WTT.pdf

If you want to run authentic head codes and workings, here's the penultimate WTT for passenger trains 1966-67 a year before closure. Stopping times are bold, else just passing times are shown. What strikes you is how quick trains were between stops despite the line being in its death throws and relatively sparse traffic by this time! https://www.dropbox.com/s/iwh0av0jx8iphni/Peak%20Line%20Passenger%20WTT.pdf

I said it was big !

Speaking of which, I've found my 40ft-1" rating plan of Millers Dale station if you think it would be of use? It's a big 'un!

That was on the famous Westinghouse 1 mile long test train just after the line closed. Have you got a spare 99 ferry wagons ?

It was posted on the Bakewell of Yesteryear Facebook page - sadly I don't have any more details.

There is now a good case for buying a Banger Blue class 37 as well :-) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152068884552835

Oh look - banger blue peaks :-) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152064140422835

Glynn Waite of the Rowsley Association advises:- "The very last passenger train was 1H18 16.20 St. Pancras to Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday 29th June 1968. This train left Matlock approximately 20 minutes late at 19.35 hauled by D80 [in blue livery] with 8 coaches and a van. Relief signalman Herbert Taylor, who worked the last shift at Church Lane Crossing, recorded that the train past his box at 19.39" Herbert took the above photograph which is published in Rowsley - A Rural Railway Centre - now available at a bargain price ! http://nicwhe8.freehostia.com/pynot/railway/rowsley-rrc/rowsley-rrc.html

This may also be of interest - the very sad sight of the demolition train. This was posted in the old Bakewell Facebook page...

Probably a bit late now but finally the footbridge - the plans were drawn in 1960 for a proposal to raise the height by over a 1 ft - I cannot confirm whether the works actually took place.