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Originally Posted by Arthur Maunsell
betwenn 20 and 40 I'd say...one of the Forties was famously in green for many years and was repinted so..probably never went Blue.....
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Syd,
This is the Class 40 that Arthur refers to....
http://www.railwayforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2929&cat=501
It was withdrawn from service in 1983. Rumour has it that 40106 was actually repainted into blue at Crewe Works in 1978 but they changed their mind and put it back into green before it ever left the workshops.
Another class 40 no.40122 was repainted from blue to greeen in 1983 to replace 40106 on special trains.