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|status = Operational
|locono = 37190
|othernos = D689037314
|designed =
|locotype = '''Class 37'''
== 37190 in service ==
The locomotive was is a central headcode example built as works number E3368/8411 by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd and entered service as D6890 at Landore (87E) in January 1964. It In 1973 it was later renumbered 37190 under [[TOPS codes|TOPS]] before being and later to 37314 between 1986-1989 for dedicated steel traffic working off Motherwell depot, from 4 October 1988 carrying the name ''Dalzell'' after the steel and ironworks in Motherwell of that name. It was withdrawn in 16 July 1993<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=6890&loco=6890BRDatabase BRDatabase]</ref><ref>[https://railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?itemx=%2037190 railinfo.com]</ref>.
== 37190 in preservation ==
It was preserved by Class 40 Appeal in 'large logo' blue livery and at Midland Railway Centre, Butterley.<ref>[TBChttps://preserved-diesels.co.uk/engine/class-37/ Preserved Diesels website](Retrieved 9 August 2020)</ref>
37190 visited the SVR for the Autumn Diesel Gala in October 2004.
In February 2020 37190 was announced as a visitor for the forthcoming spring Diesel Gala;<ref name=RailAdvent>[https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/02/two-diesel-locomotive-visitor-announcements-from-the-severn-valley-railway.html Railadvent]</ref> however the event was cancelled due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]. 37190 subsequently arrived on the SVR on hire on 12 July 2020 to assist on infrastructure workings, a role previously carried out by classmate [[BR Class 37 37688 Great Rocks|37688 Great Rocks]] between January 2018 and February 2020.
37190 is owned by '''Locomotive Services Limited'''and carries BR Blue livery. It operates only on heritage railways and is not main line certified<ref name=RailAdvent/>.
==See also==
