40009 became a minor celebrity in 1984, as it managed to soldier on as the last vacuum braked only Class 40. This somewhat restricted its usefulness, but it lasted well over a year as the only non air-braked Whistler, doing jobs such as this pictured here. On 30 August 1984 it heads west past Abergele with a very short engineer's train. Abergele station is just beyond the bridge in the background, and the town of Rhyl can be seen in the far distance.