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Locomotives: D6856 / 37156 / 37311 

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D6856 / 37156 / 37311 

© English Electric Growl / Dean Tabor
Class 37/0 no. 37156 waits to depart Inverness on July 27th, 1991 with 1A50, the 1050 service to Aberdeen.

© Dean Tabor
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Scrapped
Last Number Carried
37156
Scrapped by
English, Welsh & Scottish Railways
Scrapped at
Wigan CRDC
Date Scrapped
January 31st, 2000
Works Number
3331/D830
Constructed At
English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for
British Railways (Board)
Date Accepted
25th July 1963
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6856
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
87E, Landore (Swansea)
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6856  
05/1974 # 37156  
03/03/1986 37311  
05/09/1989 37156  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 17/3 Class  
06/05/1973 Class 37  
01/1987 # Class 37/0  
From To Name
04/03/1986 10/1994 #
British Steel Hunterston
Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 87E
Landore (Swansea)
 
14/08/1966 66A
Polmadie (Glasgow)
 
25/03/1971 65A
Eastfield (Glasgow)
 
06/05/1973 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
01/1979 # ML
Motherwell TMD
 
04/03/1990 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
09/02/1992 IS
Inverness TMD
 
20/03/1994 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
27/09/1996 HQ
Headquarters
 
15/08/1997 TO
Toton TMD
 
26/09/1997 IM
Immingham TMD
 
27/11/1998 TO
Toton TMD
 

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 ML
FMGM - Freight Metals, Motherwell Pool
04/03/1990 ED
DCHA - Departmental, Regional Civil Engineer - Scottish Pool
09/02/1992 IS
DCHC - ScotRail Civil Engineers Inverness Locos
30/03/1992 IS
RAJV - Regional Railways ScotRail, Inverness Locos
10/05/1992 IS
IISA - InterCity, Inverness Class 37/0
27/09/1992 IS
RAJV - Regional Railways ScotRail, Inverness Locos
20/03/1994 ML
LGSV - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37 (North Scotland)
28/05/1995 ML
LGBM - Transrail, Motherwell Class 37
27/09/1996 HQ
LCWX - Transrail, Strategic Reserve
15/08/1997 TO
ENTN - EWS (Mainline), Toton Class 31/37
26/09/1997 IM
FDCI - EWS, Immingham Class 37 North of England
27/11/1998 TO
WKBN - EWS, Toton Class 37/0 & 37/3 Systemwide
01/06/1999 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
10/12/1999 HQ
WNZX - EWS, Locomotives for Disposal
Date Livery
Jul '63
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Jul '71
British Rail Blue
Mar '86
British Rail Large Logo Blue
Apr '90
Departmental Grey
Apr '91
Civil Engineers Yellow/Grey
Sep '94
Transrail Grey

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