Caption:

The penultimate English Electric Type 4 Class 40 to be

built, number 398, (later 40198) still in green livery with BR heraldic device, in the early 1970s, waits silently in the yard of Crewe Works, probably prior to an overhaul and repaint in rail-blue. But note that the cab doors appear to be wired shut to inhibit any entry and it would seem that an inspection door in the bodywork side is either open or been removed suggesting that the loco might have been cannibalised for parts and will not be moving very far in the future. These were huge engines for their power output of only 2000bhp, which was little more than a 7P class steam locomotive but, the costs of running diesel locos instead of steam was considerably less.