CFPS engineer resigns - and society turns down offers

Pip Dunn Contributing Writer rail@bauermedia.co.uk

THE Class 40 Preservation Society has had to temporarily suspend main line running, owing to issues with D345 and the resignation of its chief engineer. It also says it has rejected two offers to buy one of its locomotives. An issue with the main generator on D345 led to it being pulled from two charter trains on October 19 and November 30. The first train was cancelled, but Pathfinder Railtours has kept the second train in its programme, which will now be worked by two West Coast Railways Class 37s. Speaking of his resignation, Alex Williams said: “Following work this week on D345 at Carnforth, an internal fault was found by independent engineers using a borescope on the generator on D345. “A field coil was in contact at one edge…

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