37701 hauls a dead 47840 and its train nearly 3 hrs late, the 1M56 Penzance - Man Picc, July 1998, storming thorugh Newton Abbot en route to Exeter

47555 hauls 840 dead from its train and prepares to dump the loco on Crewe DED. 840 had failed the night previous at Bournemouth and 4755 was sent to haul the train and 840 to Crewe. July 1990

This day saw 840 rescue 3 trains in an 8 hr period, this is the second, 1A15 Padd - Penzance Motorail. FGW 47815 literally expired at Newton Abbot with a camshaft fault, 840 was the stand- by loco at Newton Abbot this day and it promptly performed sterling work. July 2000

7th July 2001 and 47840 drags the 09:10 HSt from Plymouth to Newton Abbot due to a defective power car. The loco perfermed faultlessly all day rescuing failed trains, a real money earner for Virgin, and a godsend for FGW.