From the 27th August 1983 Aberystwyth pictures.

40135 arrives at Dovey Junction. Because of engineering works the diesel loco for this train had to be sent to Nuneaton to work it from there and that loco was this Class 40 rather than the two Class 25s that were waiting at Birmingham. A 'fix' of course but had it not been for the failure of the previous pair I would never have gotten these pictures as almost certainly I would have stayed with the 25s when we crossed. Hindsight says that would have been a mistake!