Class 37 - BR Green (Small Yellow Panels) - D6724 - DCC Sound (C)

Class 37 - BR Green (Small Yellow Panels) - D6724 - DCC Sound (C)Departing from English Electrics Vulcan Foundry in August 1961, D6724 was briefly allocated to 31B March before heading to 30A Stratford the following month. A dependable member of the East London depot for the next five years its duties would have included Great Eastern main line and Cambridge line passenger diagrams, inter regional turns, particularly the Manchester Harwich boat train, as well as parcels and freight services. By now wearing small

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as well as to bring empty wagons up from the bottom of the incline

being repainted in April 1956 after a heavy general overhaul while allocated to Carmarthen

Windshield air vents: present

that famously wore the Highland Rail ‘stag’ branding

This high-quality servicing cradle is an essential accessory for any modeller carrying out maintenance

It was refurbished at Crewe Works in 1987 with the new number 37516 and continued its long association with the Eastern Region

improved its ticketing arrangements and introduced new on-track plant and shunting locomotives

Acquired as part of the mass transfer of Class 37/4s from DB Schenker to Direct Rail Services in 2011

until withdrawal in August 1959

Separately-applied etched metal and high-fidelity plastic parts

becoming a familiar sight in sidings and yards across the country