#class 40

[calitheheart]

imagine disliking stepney he's literally just a little guy

[devilowls]

Some devious diesels

[v0id-c0rroded]

The pioneer Class 40, D200.

Seen powering an express on the East Coast Mainline in 1958, the year it was introduced. Rare colour snap so early in their era.

[emilytakesphoto]

night train

[kumatajdg]

Commission of Oliver and Class 40!

[daikenkki]

The Green Engines

[supertrainstationh]

2007-09-15 Bradford I 40145 3 by Chris47634 Via Flickr: .

[the-railways-of-seidrey]

The way I see a lot of the Class 40s is that at first they were proud and boastful, not dissimilar to Gordon, but most of them quickly were very humbled when they could not match their steam counterparts.

After a while they mellowed out, grateful they were a large enough class they couldn't be withdrawn as early as some others.

D4711 and Old Stuck Up are some of the few that were just absolute assholes, through to the end

Why was D782 giving Stepney such a shitty look in that one illustration? Jealousy. Stepney looks all nice and preserved, and that same year English Electric built a prototype engine to replace them, called DP2. It was a rough year, for all of them.

[mrdrummerman9015]

BR Class 40 “Whistler” No D213 (40 013) Andania tailed by Class 45 “Peak” No 45 118 The Royal Artilleryman passing Mold/Saltney Junction on a Locomotive Services Limited railtour called The Christmas Cracker/Y Cracyr Nadolig from Wolverhampton to Llandudno.

[hattersarts]

okay here's my 60s looks.

[arcadicapalsblog]

The Year of the Diesel Army Day 45

This is my first (and hopefully only) one-year project (which will be only 365 days) and this one has everything to do with the Diesel Army.

In this pic, Bowler/Class 40/D261 is holding a green paper heart with the words "JUST 40 HUGS" written on it and a pink-colored pencil.

(NOTE: This is for Valentine's Day 2023.)

Made with Ibis Paint X.

Enjoy, and remember, Diesel Army Forever!

Thomas & Friends (C) The Rev. W. Awdry, Britt Allcroft, and Mattel

Idea and artwork (C) Me

[wolfchans]

BANG CHAN & LEE KNOW ♡ HELLEVATOR MV MAKING FILM

[edwards-exploit]

human au doodle dump

[v0id-c0rroded]

A mixed livery ensemble in the coaching stock. The corporate blue/grey scheme was starting to spread in 1967, setting the scene for much of the next two decades.

A Class 40 near Lancaster with a top link express between London Euston and Glasgow.

July 1967

[emilytakesphoto]

poof

[class1akids]

BREAKING MY SILENCE

I'm going to tear my hair out if I see one more person repeat the "Class A didn't contact Deku for 8 years" bullshit. This is why leaks are so harmful because bad takes spread like wildfire.

First, Deku never says that. He says it's harder to meet, because the schedules don't line up.

Second, I don't know if any of you went from living in a dorm and seeing people every day to suddenly navigating adult life in a competitive field with crazy working hours, but that's exactly what it feels like.

There is an empty hole that the people with whom daily contact was a given are suddenly sometimes cities or countries away, are working totally different schedules and you can't just spontaneously walk into someone's room to chat or go to the common area to hang out - you need to make conscious effort to meet and speak and any group meeting takes ages to organize and it's just not the same.

And while all his classmates left, Deku stayed in UA, among the same walls, the same classrooms - which means he felt more sharply a constant reminder of how things used to be and how they changed.