37601 at the smelter
I don't recall the exact circumstances but by 1998 a couple of the European Passenger Services 37/6 locomotives ended up on West Highland freight work.
37601, before the DRS years, passes the Fort William aluminium smelter ground frame on its way south with some of the produce of the smelter. The train would have left the smelter for Fort William station to run round before heading south.
Given that these 37/6 conversions were done with the intention of hauling the Nightstar sleeper trains up to the Channel Tunnel, running round the ingots train in Fort Bill station was probably the closest they ever got to revenue earning sleeper stock.
37601 at the smelter
I don't recall the exact circumstances but by 1998 a couple of the European Passenger Services 37/6 locomotives ended up on West Highland freight work.
37601, before the DRS years, passes the Fort William aluminium smelter ground frame on its way south with some of the produce of the smelter. The train would have left the smelter for Fort William station to run round before heading south.
Given that these 37/6 conversions were done with the intention of hauling the Nightstar sleeper trains up to the Channel Tunnel, running round the ingots train in Fort Bill station was probably the closest they ever got to revenue earning sleeper stock.