Class 40 Locomotives

Class 40: An Icon of British Rail

Mainly covering the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, this collection of images offers a fascinating survey of one of the iconic locomotives of twentieth-century Britain: the Class 40. A common sight in Scotland and the north of England in the latter part of the century, the Class 40 continues to capture the imagination of railway enthusiasts everywhere.

Used to haul both heavy freight and passenger trains, this book captures a locomotive at the p…