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D6823 / 37123 / 37679 

© English Electric Growl / Dean Tabor
Class 37 no. 37123 passes through Kilmarnock with a RTC test train on July 21st, 1986

© Dean Tabor
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Preserved
Current Number
37679
Details
More information on the preserved details for this locomotive can be found here
Works Number
3268/8383
Constructed At
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, Darlington Works, Darlington, County Durham.
Built for
British Railways (Board)
Date Accepted
25th April 1963
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6823
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
88A, Cardiff Canton
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6823  
03/1974 # 37123  
01/05/1987 37679  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 17/3 Class  
06/05/1973 Class 37  
01/1987 # Class 37/0  
01/05/1987 Class 37/5  

This locomotive has not carried a name, Official or Unofficial.

Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 88A
Cardiff Canton
 
26/05/1963 87E
Landore (Swansea)
 
29/05/1966 50A
York
 
19/06/1966 91N
NE - North Eastern Region
 
10/07/1966 52A
Gateshead (Newcastle)
 
03/11/1968 51L
Thornaby
 
02/05/1971 41A
Tinsley (Sheffield)
 
06/05/1973 TI
Tinsley TMD
 
26/10/1980 HM
Healey Mills TMD
 
15/05/1983 BR
Bristol Bath Road TMD
 
18/11/1984 TI
Tinsley TMD
 
03/03/1985 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
24/11/1985 TI
Tinsley TMD
 
30/09/1990 IM
Immingham TMD
 
06/12/1992 TE
Thornaby TMD
 
21/03/1993 IM
Immingham TMD
 
20/03/1994 SF
Stratford TMD
 
30/09/1996 SL
Stewarts Lane T&RSMD
 
26/09/1997 IM
Immingham TMD
 
27/11/1998 TO
Toton TMD
 
30/07/1999 HQ
Headquarters
 
24/09/1999 TO
Toton TMD
 
29/10/1999 HQ
Headquarters
Bescot
07/09/2000 TO
Toton TMD
 
21/12/2000 HQ
Headquarters
 

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 TI
FAMT - Freight Aggregates Tinsley
30/09/1990 IM
FABI - Trainload Construction, Immingham Locomotives
06/12/1992 TE
FALY - Railfreight Construction, Thornaby Locos
21/03/1993 IM
FPFR - Trainload Petroleum, Immingham Outbased at Ripple Lane
20/03/1994 SF
ESPS - Trainload Freight South, SF Class 37/7 (Anglia Petroleum)
28/05/1995 SF
EWDS - Mainline, SF Class 37 (Anglia Infrastructure)
30/09/1996 SL
EWDB - Mainline, SL Class 33/37 (Infrastructure)
26/09/1997 IM
FDCI - EWS, Immingham Class 37 North of England
27/11/1998 TO
WKFN - EWS, Toton Class 37/5 Systemwide
23/07/1999 TO
WKBN - EWS, Toton Class 37/0 - 37/3 and 37/5 (systemwide),
30/07/1999 HQ
WKMS - EWS, Headquarters Class 37 (Stored for Sandite cover)
24/09/1999 TO
WKBN - EWS, Toton Class 37/0 - 37/3 and 37/5 (systemwide),
29/10/1999 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
01/09/2000 HQ
WKMS - EWS, Headquarters Class 37 (Stored for Sandite cover)
07/09/2000 TO
WKMS - EWS Toton Class 37/5 (Sandite Fitted)
17/11/2000 TO
WKSN - EWS, Class 37 Sandite
21/12/2000 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
21/11/2003 HQ
WKGF - EWS, Class 37 (Identified for use in France)
26/05/2004 HQ
WZKF - EWS, Class 37 Contract Hire France
17/05/2007 HQ
WNSO - EWS, Locomotives Sold (Awating Collection)
29/08/2007 HQ
FAMT - Private Owner Class 37
Date Livery
Apr '63
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Apr '73
British Rail Blue
Apr '87
Red Solebar Railfreight Grey
Nov '90
Railfreight Triple Grey - Aggregates
May '96
Railfreight Triple Grey

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