Class 40

Class 40 is a diesel engine who once visited the North Western Railway on loan from British Railways, later he came back to the North Western Railway cuz his owner doesn't want him anymore.

Bio
Class 40 is snobbish and rude, believing that diesel engines are superior and should take over from steam engines. Despite this, in the magazine stories, there are some occasions in which the Diesel is polite and helps out the steam engines.

Basis
Class 40 is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 40 1Co-Co1. Diesel 40125 and Diesel 782 are also members of this class. 200 members of this class was built from 1958 to 1962, and the last was withdrawn in 1985. They where given the nickname "Whistlers" because of the strange whistling noise their engines would make. Over seven Class 40s are preserved with the first built, D200, at the National Railway Museum.

Class 40's television series number belonged to a real Class 40. The real D261 entered service on the 26th of February 1960 and in 1973. It was repainted into the BR Rail Blue livery and renumbered to 40 061 until the engine was withdrawn from service in 1983 and scrapped at Crewe in March the following year.

Appearances

 * The Beginning
 * The Diesel Club