Not only did bashers take a lot of photographs, but some of us also made some tape recordings.
With the wonders of modern technology these can now be shared with a wide audience. So after dusting down a shoebox full of old tapes, and a bit of electronic wizardry, here are a few samples of a very large archive.
Lots of new (Dec 2001) recordings added to the list. I finally went through a couple more tapes and have selected a few "gems" from the Class 40 archive, plus one Class 37.
| Loco and Location | Description | File Size | Playing Time |
| D1063 at Reading | Storming through the middle road on 1A69, 08.45 Penzance-Paddington, 2nd January 1976. | 66kb | 0:25 |
| D1054 at Reading | Departing with 1A45, 12.35 Penzance-Paddington, 2nd January 1976. | 158kb | 1:01 |
| D1033 at Reading | Departing (from the train) with 1A88, 17.42 Paddington-Oxford, 2nd January 1976 | 179kb | 1:08 |
| D1013 at Solihull | Departing with 1V38, 12.25 Birmingham-Paddington, 23rd April 1976. | 77kb | 0:29 |
| D1033 at New St. | Starting engines at platform 1, prior to working 1V68, 18.25 to Paddington, 3rd May, 1976. | 66kb | 0:25 |
| 40063 at Chester NEW | Departing with 1E86, 09.00 Llandudno-York, 22nd July 1978 (driver playing to the crowd!) | 216kb | 0:53 |
| 40003 at Rhyl NEW | Departing (from the train) with 1E82, 13.42 Llandudno-York, 22nd July 1978 (driver Gordon (100mph) Cooper of Newton Heath at the helm!) | 519kb | 2:09 |
| 40029 at Salford NEW | Departing (from the train) with 17.20 Manchester-Blackpool, 27th July 1978 (made loco in lieu of DMU) | 189kb | 0:47 |
| 40044 at Rhyl NEW | Departing (from the train) with 1D31, 11.11 Manchester-Holyhead, 28th July 1978 (traction motor blower!) | 287kb | 1:11 |
| 40122 at Bangor NEW | Storming through the middle road with 12.49 Holyhead-Euston, 29th July 1978, (lots of chit-chat in background) | 162kb | 0:40 |
| 40130 at Chester NEW | Departing (in fine style!) from Chester with 1J39, 17.20 Llandudno-Manchester, 1st August 1978 | 171kb | 0:42 |
| 37184 at Nantwich NEW | Departing (from the train) with 1V13, 19.30 Crewe-Cardiff, 1st August 1978. | 242kb | 1:01 |
| 40161 at Glasgow Queen St NEW | Departing (from the train) with 1N32, 13.10 to Inverness, 17th April 1979 no banker, dry rails - just the one slip in the tunnel | 697kb | 2:54 |
| 40184 at Gleneagles | Departing (from the train) with 2L53, 16.54 Glasgow-Dundee, 19th April 1979 (value that traction motor blower!). | 158kb | 1:01 |
| 40013 at York NEW | Departing (from the train) with 1Z10, return Scarborough-Birmingham (via Stockport) ADEX, 7th May 1979. - Note the RA bell, giving that authentic York location feel. | 519kb | 2:09 |
These recordings are in real audio (ra) format, if you do not have real audio player you will need to download it from here.
I have many, many more of these files so if you would like to hear more, drop me a line. (they sound a LOT better on CD)
Class 40's North Wales 1978
Maybach Music - Westerns Dec 1975-April 1976
£10 Each