Image 40008, undergoing repair & 43133, new build, Crewe Works

40008, undergoing repair & 43133, new build, Crewe Works
40008, undergoing repair & 43133, new build, Crewe Works 
 40008 caught fire at Aberdeen on 01.08.79 arriving at Crewe six days later. It has just about finished receiving classified repairs and would be released into traffic a week after this picture was taken. Next to it, HST power car 43133 is looking as though it is nearly ready for release into traffic during October. 43133 went to the Western Region to bolster their fleet, ostensively as services to rolled out on the west of England route into Devon and Cornwall. At the time of writing, this power car is one that has received an overhaul and is seeing further use on the Scottish Region. Behind the class 40 is another HST power car in pink primer. I believe that this is 43137 but its release date as June 1980 suggests that it may not be....advice anybody? 
 Keywords: 40008 repair 43133 Crewe Works
40008, undergoing repair & 43133, new build, Crewe Works 
 40008 caught fire at Aberdeen on 01.08.79 arriving at Crewe six days later. It has just about finished receiving classified repairs and would be released into traffic a week after this picture was taken. Next to it, HST power car 43133 is looking as though it is nearly ready for release into traffic during October. 43133 went to the Western Region to bolster their fleet, ostensively as services to rolled out on the west of England route into Devon and Cornwall. At the time of writing, this power car is one that has received an overhaul and is seeing further use on the Scottish Region. Behind the class 40 is another HST power car in pink primer. I believe that this is 43137 but its release date as June 1980 suggests that it may not be....advice anybody? 
 Keywords: 40008 repair 43133 Crewe Works

40008 caught fire at Aberdeen on 01.08.79 arriving at Crewe

six days later. It has just about finished receiving classified repairs and would be released into traffic a week after this picture was taken. Next to it, HST power car 43133 is looking as though it is nearly ready for release into traffic during October. 43133 went to the Western Region to bolster their fleet, ostensively as services to rolled out on the west of England route into Devon and Cornwall. At the time of writing, this power car is one that has received an overhaul and is seeing further use on the Scottish Region. Behind the class 40 is another HST power car in pink primer. I believe that this is 43137 but its release date as June 1980 suggests that it may not be....advice anybody?