D6825 at Doncaster Works
Dirty English Electric Type 3 D6825 at Doncaster Works in March 1966. Built by English Electric at the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn works, it entered traffic in May 1963, initially allocated to Cardiff Canton. Its first transfer was to York in June 1966 after which it was regularly reallocated, with time variously spent at Gateshead, Stratford, March, Tinsley, Immingham, Eastfield, Motherwel and Cardiff. In 1986 four class 37s, were converted to test the Mirrlees MB275T engine and Brush alternator for the proposed class 38 and 37125 was one of these, becoming 37904. It was also fitted with new bogies and ballast weights to increase the overall weight to 120 tons. Following conversion it was allocated to Canton and operated under the Heavy Metals sector. During the late 1990s use of the Class 37/9s declined due to the problems maintaining such a small number of non-standard locos and 37904 was stored un-serviceable in May 1996. Following storage at Cardiff Canton it migrated to Crewe in November 2002 where it would continue to slowly rut away until despatched to CF Booth Rotherham in October 2004 and broken up during the following month.
Photographer Charlie Cross - Copyright Gordon Edgar collection - no unauthorised use - To deter image theft this is displayed at a very low resolution - I have not defaced the image with a copyright notice for your enjoyment; please respect the copyright
D6825 at Doncaster Works
Dirty English Electric Type 3 D6825 at Doncaster Works in March 1966. Built by English Electric at the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn works, it entered traffic in May 1963, initially allocated to Cardiff Canton. Its first transfer was to York in June 1966 after which it was regularly reallocated, with time variously spent at Gateshead, Stratford, March, Tinsley, Immingham, Eastfield, Motherwel and Cardiff. In 1986 four class 37s, were converted to test the Mirrlees MB275T engine and Brush alternator for the proposed class 38 and 37125 was one of these, becoming 37904. It was also fitted with new bogies and ballast weights to increase the overall weight to 120 tons. Following conversion it was allocated to Canton and operated under the Heavy Metals sector. During the late 1990s use of the Class 37/9s declined due to the problems maintaining such a small number of non-standard locos and 37904 was stored un-serviceable in May 1996. Following storage at Cardiff Canton it migrated to Crewe in November 2002 where it would continue to slowly rut away until despatched to CF Booth Rotherham in October 2004 and broken up during the following month.
Photographer Charlie Cross - Copyright Gordon Edgar collection - no unauthorised use - To deter image theft this is displayed at a very low resolution - I have not defaced the image with a copyright notice for your enjoyment; please respect the copyright