37 054+(37 042) at Newport with 6E47. 1989.
37 054 leads sister 37 042 (unseen behind) out of Hillfield Tunnel into Newport on the through lines with trunk steel service 6E47 the 11.00 SX Cardiff Tidal Yard to Tees Yard. Both 37's were by this date Thornaby allocated machines so were on the return leg of their outing to Wales.
At the dawn of freight privatisation in 1996 no. 37 054 passed into EWS ownership and was by then allocated to Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea. Its final depot from November 1998 was Toton in Nottinghamshire before being taken out of traffic in April 1999 and stored unserviceable at Motherwell shed.
37 054+(37 042) at Newport with 6E47. 1989.
37 054 leads sister 37 042 (unseen behind) out of Hillfield Tunnel into Newport on the through lines with trunk steel service 6E47 the 11.00 SX Cardiff Tidal Yard to Tees Yard. Both 37's were by this date Thornaby allocated machines so were on the return leg of their outing to Wales.
At the dawn of freight privatisation in 1996 no. 37 054 passed into EWS ownership and was by then allocated to Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea. Its final depot from November 1998 was Toton in Nottinghamshire before being taken out of traffic in April 1999 and stored unserviceable at Motherwell shed.