022 37075 BR Type 3, Class 37 CO – CO Diesel Electric (1962)
37075 BR Type 3, Class 37 CO – CO Diesel Electric (1962) Engine English Electric 12CSVT 1250hp
Former Number D6775
Weight 105 Tons
RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK ALBUM
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One of the most long lived and numerous classes of British Rail diesel locomotives, the Class 37 was introduced as a result of the 1955 B. R. Modernisation plan. The first of the class appeared in 1959 with a total of 305 locomotives introduced over the next five years. Introduced as mixed freight locomotives they were used to to haul freight and, with a top of speed of 90mph and having been fitted with steam heat capability, were just as suited to hauling express and local passenger services.
No. 37 075 was built by English Electric at their Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns plant and completed in 1962 as No. D6775 and led a nomadic existance allocated to nine different locations and re-allocated to four of those during its years in BR service.
The locomotive was preserved in August 1999 and allocated to The Great Central Railway at two locations then onto Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, before moving once more to the Churnet Valley Railway in 2007. It moved to the KWVR in 2012. In 2013 it doubled for D326 in a BBC dram of The Great Train Robbery.
An oddity of the locomotive is that the noses, at each end of the locomotive, no longer match. Thought to be as a result of repair at sometime following accident damage One end has the original split head-code boxes but the other is of a later type, being completely flat and with no head-code boxes at all.
Diolch am 73,960,684 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 73,960,684 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 17-18.06.2019 at Haworth Railway Station Ref 142-022
022 37075 BR Type 3, Class 37 CO – CO Diesel Electric (1962)
37075 BR Type 3, Class 37 CO – CO Diesel Electric (1962) Engine English Electric 12CSVT 1250hp
Former Number D6775
Weight 105 Tons
RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157624240221528
One of the most long lived and numerous classes of British Rail diesel locomotives, the Class 37 was introduced as a result of the 1955 B. R. Modernisation plan. The first of the class appeared in 1959 with a total of 305 locomotives introduced over the next five years. Introduced as mixed freight locomotives they were used to to haul freight and, with a top of speed of 90mph and having been fitted with steam heat capability, were just as suited to hauling express and local passenger services.
No. 37 075 was built by English Electric at their Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns plant and completed in 1962 as No. D6775 and led a nomadic existance allocated to nine different locations and re-allocated to four of those during its years in BR service.
The locomotive was preserved in August 1999 and allocated to The Great Central Railway at two locations then onto Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, before moving once more to the Churnet Valley Railway in 2007. It moved to the KWVR in 2012. In 2013 it doubled for D326 in a BBC dram of The Great Train Robbery.
An oddity of the locomotive is that the noses, at each end of the locomotive, no longer match. Thought to be as a result of repair at sometime following accident damage One end has the original split head-code boxes but the other is of a later type, being completely flat and with no head-code boxes at all.
Diolch am 73,960,684 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 73,960,684 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 17-18.06.2019 at Haworth Railway Station Ref 142-022