If the BR accountants had had their way this would

be an ‘in memoriam’ shot of the buffer stops at St Pancras, but due to the vision of the Eurostar International team the trackbed where this Peak Class 45, D32 (later 45126) is resting after the exertions of a fast run up from Nottingham is now regularly occupied by Class e320 electric units to and from Europe via the Channel Tunnel and running to International loading gauge. Sir Eustace Watkin must be turning in his grave…

The locomotive was one of the 50 fitted with Electric Train Heating (ETH) to work trains on the Midland Mainline.