It's the crime of the century mates! The very same diesel locomotive that involved in The Great Train Robbery of 1963!On the night of 8th August, a mail train from Glasgow to London which carries £2,500,000 was targeted by a gang lead by Ronnie Biggs. They tampered the signal light to stop the train and coshed the train crew Driver Jack Mills and his secondman David Whitby and tried to hijack the train on their own. However the man the robbers hired to move a train was a retired train driver who only experienced in shunter and could not move the diesel. So they forced the half-concious Driver Mills to move a mail coach and a (HPV) High-Valve Parcel Van uncoupled with the rest of the train to Bridego Bridge where they can stop and unload the money into their getaway Land Rovers and a lorry.

D326 (later 40 126) loco was considered to be a jinxed loco by the railwaymen, with some driver reluctant to drive it. Up until it's withdrawal in 1984, the locomotive was offered to National Railway Museum who declined and it was reduced into scrap pile.

D318 (40 118) made a fame in a 1967 film, Robbery which starred Stanley Baker and James Booth and it was a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery. In the film D318 starred in a role based on it's sister loco D326 where it involved in the robbery. Happily enough D318 has survived into preservation and it's currently residing at Tyseley Locomotive Works awaiting to be restored.

About this modelThis 3D model consist of the British Rail Class 40 diesel electric loco with swappable ends, one with split headcodes, and the other are a normal ones. For textures the livery consist of full BR green, green with yellow warning panels, green with fully painted yellow ends, and finally BR Blue. And it also consist of different headhcode numbering and two loco numbers (D326/ 40 126 / D318 / 40 118)

With this 3D model’s low-poly, simple design, but highly detailed appearance, It is suitable for both personal project and commercial use. Such as game design, small animation projects or even App design.