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35-335Class 37/4 Refurbished 37430 'Cwmbran' BR Blue (Large Logo)
CLASS 37 HISTORY
The British Rail 1955 Modernisation Plan paved the way for the large-scale replacement of steam traction with diesel locomotives, and one of the most successful diesel locomotive designs to result from this was the English Electric Type 3. These 1,700hp Types 3 diesel-electric locomotives were built at English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry and by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns between 1960 and 1965, with 309 examples produced in total. When TOPS was implemented the type was designated Class 37.
The class proved popular with railwaymen and so in 1985, a major refurbishment programme for the Class 37 locomotives was sanctioned to extend the working lives of 135 locomotives. Features of the refurbishment involved plating over the four-character head codes and sealing off the nose end communication doors. Dedicated freight locomotives received lower gearing to increase the tractive effort, and some were fitted with extra ballast or even more powerful engines. A new subclass was created for locomotives refurbished with Electric Train Heating (ETH) equipment, allowing their use on passenger trains the whole year-round.
With the sectorisation of British Rail taking hold in the early-1980s, the locomotives returned to traffic following refurbishment in a wide and diverse range of liveries. Passenger machines appeared in BR Blue Large Logo, InterCity and Regional Railways schemes to name just three, whilst freight engines received numerous varieties of Railfreight livery, Transrail, Mainline and Loadhaul. The Class continued to be widely used into the Privatisation-era, with examples operating for the likes of EWS, DRS, West Coast Railways and Colas, whilst others have received ‘retro’ heritage repaints.
R619Track Planning Symbols
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39-735ADCBR Mk2F DBSO (Refurb.) Driving Brake Sec. Open BR InterCity (Swallow)
MODEL FEATURES:
Bachmann Branchline OO Scale
Era 8
Pristine InterCity (Swallow) livery
Running No. 9708
Accessory Pack including Obstacle Deflectors
NEM Coupling Pockets
Close Coupling Mechanism
Length 270mm
Directional Lighting
Interior Lighting
Door Interlock Lighting (when used on DCC)
DCC-control of all lighting via the integrated DCC decoder
374-271CBR Mk1 57ft 'Suburban' S Second BR Maroon
374-281CBR Mk1 57ft 'Suburban' C Composite BR Maroon
374-291CBR Mk1 57ft 'Suburban' SO Second Open BR Maroon
374-310CBR Mk1 57ft 'Suburban' BS Brake Second BR Maroon
374-314BR Mk1 57ft 'Suburban' BS Brake Second BR Departmental Yellow
R40187Transport for Wales, Mk4 Standard, 12447
R40187ATransport for Wales, Mk4 Standard, 12454

















