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The majority of the Class 40s were built by English Electric but this example was one of 20 built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd at Darlington. Initially numbered D306 (and never named by BR), the locomotive entered service in BR diesel green livery at Crewe on 13 October 1960, moving to Edge Hill later the same year. In June 1964 it suffered a severe fire due to electrical overload/arcing, resulting in damage to the insulation material. After repair, service continued with allocations to a number of other North West depots.
In March 1974 the locomotive was re-numbered 43106 40106 following the introduction of TOPS. It was allocated to Longsight, Manchester in 1976 where it remained based for the remainder of its BR service.<ref name=BRDatabase>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=306&loco=306 BR Database] (Retrieved 24 September 2019)</ref> In September 1978 40106 was one of the last Class 40s to be repainted into BR blue and yellow livery, with a further repaint in Dark Brunswick green with full yellow ends following almost immediately. In that form 40106 was used on a number of railtour and other special passenger workings, including a visit to the SVR on 5 May 1979 with the [[Image Collections#Severn Valley Pioneer railtour|Severn Valley Pioneer railtour]]. It also participated in the 'Rocket 150' celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980.<ref name=cfps>[https://www.cfps.co.uk/about/40106-2 CFPS website]</ref> The locomotive was finally withdrawn from BR service on 21 April 1983<ref name=BRDatabase/>.
== 40106 in preservation ==
