The Tom Derrington Railway Archive

40032 Preston 24 July 1977

40032, pictured during a brief sunny interlude at Preston on 24 July 1977. New to Crewe North depot (as D232) in September 1959, the loco was one of the few Class 40s to be named, receiving the name Empress of Canada the following month. It was withdrawn in 1981, and cut up two years later.

The Tom Derrington Railway Archive - Class 40