Class 40 returns to Skegness and Class 45 back at York

July 27 was a busy day for main line-registered heritage diesels, with the Class 40 Preservation Society’s D345 making the first visit of a Class 40 to Skegness for 40 years.

The locomotive arrived on a Pathfinder Railtours charter from Burton-on-Trent, having run in a pair with West Coast Railways’ 37706 as far as Crewe, via Birmingham. After Crewe the ‘37’ was on the rear.

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