English Electric Growl 

Locomotives: D6932 / 37232 

D6932 / 37232 

© English Electric Growl / Keith Long
Class 37 no. 37232 had obviously been involved in a heavy shunt at some point and had arrived at Doncaster Works for rectification, seen there on October 1st 1978

© Keith Long
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Scrapped
Last Number Carried
37232
Scrapped by
English, Welsh & Scottish Railways
Scrapped at
Wigan CRDC
Date Scrapped
March 6th, 2000
Works Number
3418/D876
Constructed At
English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for
British Railways (Board)
Date Accepted
20th March 1964
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6932
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
87E, Landore (Swansea)
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6932  
03/1974 # 37232  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 17/3 Class  
06/05/1973 Class 37  
01/1987 # Class 37/0  
From To Name
06/11/1990 08/1999 #
The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 87E
Landore (Swansea)
 
11/1969 # 87A
Landore (Swansea)
 
06/05/1973 LE
Landore TMD
 
30/09/1979 BR
Bristol Bath Road TMD
 
13/09/1987 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
04/10/1987 BR
Bristol Bath Road TMD
 
15/05/1988 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
10/07/1988 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
26/11/1989 IM
Immingham TMD
 
30/09/1990 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
28/10/1990 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
09/08/1992 IS
Inverness TMD
 
20/03/1994 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
30/09/1996 HQ
Headquarters
 

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 ED
FPGE - Freight Petroleum & Chemicals Eastfield Pool
26/11/1989 IM
DCEA - Departmental Civil Engineer, Eastern Main Line Locos
30/09/1990 CF
DCWA - Civil Engineer, Western Main Line Locos
28/10/1990 ED
DCHA - Departmental, Regional Civil Engineer - Scottish Pool
30/03/1992 ED
RAJE - Regional Railways ScotRail, Eastfield Locos
09/08/1992 IS
RAJV - Regional Railways ScotRail, Inverness Locos
20/03/1994 ML
LGBM - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37/0
30/09/1996 HQ
LCWX - Transrail, Strategic Reserve
07/09/1998 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
10/12/1999 HQ
WNZX - EWS, Locomotives for Disposal
Date Livery
Mar '64
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
May '71
British Rail Blue
Aug '89
Railfreight Triple Grey - Petroleum
Oct '90
Civil Engineers Yellow/Grey
Jan '96
Civil Engineers - Transrail

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