Classes 40 - 48
BROWN, Murray
Rail Portfolios - The 40s
Rail Portfolios 1
Fine all colour photographs of the Class 40s taken from introduction to the 1980s. Well presented in landscape format with detailed captions. In a series of seventeen modern traction volumes (see separate listings under 'Rail Portfolios').
BUCK, Martin
Class Forties in Action
Album of class 40 photographs, some in colour, taken from their introduction in 1958 to the early 1980s.
CHALCRAFT, John
The Peaks - British Rail Class 44, 45 & 46 Diesel Electrics
Named Diesel and Electric Locomotives of British Rail - Part 4
Photographs of each named locomotive in the class. One of a series of five albums produced in the early 1980s, covering Deltics, 87s, 50s, 40s and the Peaks (search using term 'named diesel' for other volumes).
Crompton Parkinson & Sulzer
Operating Manual British Railways Type 4 Diesel-Electric Locomotives D 11-137
Department of the Environment
Railway Accident - Report on the Collision that occurred on 26th October 1975 at Lunan Bay, between Montrose and Arbroath in the Scottish Region British Railways
Collision of light locomotive 40111 with an Aberdeen to King's Cross passenger hauled by 47418. The Class 40 embedded itself underneath the body of the rear coach. Despite major damage and the start of Class 40 withdrawals, 40111 was repaired.
Department of Transport
Railway Accident - Report on the Derailment that occurred on 30th July 1984 near Polmont in the Scottish Region, British Railways
Report on the fatal Polmont accident when a Class 47 push-pull Edinburgh to Glasgow train derailed with the driving brake leading.
Department of Transport
Railway Accident - Report on the Collision that occurred on 7th November 1980 at Crewe in the London Midland Region of British Railways
Report of collision of Class 47 47190 hauling a Guide Bridge to Bayston Hill freight with rear of a Mossend to Severn Tunnel Junction freight. The Class 47 cab was completely demolished, unfortunately causing the deaths of driver and guard.