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BR Class 37 37190

BR Class 37 37190
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37190 at Kidderminster in August 2020
Built By Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Configuration Co-Co
Power type Diesel-electric
Loco Number 37190
Other Numbers D6890 37314
History
Built 1964
Type Class 37
1986 Named 'Dalzell'
1993 Withdrawn and preserved
2004 Visited the SVR for a gala
2020 Visited the SVR, on loan
Technical
Length 61ft 6in
Weight 102 tons

Diesel Locomotives

BR Class 37 37190 is a Class 37, also known as the English Electric Type 3, diesel-electric locomotive which arrived on hire in 2020. A summary of the Class 37 can be found on the 37308 page.

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37190 in service

The locomotive 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. In 1973 it was renumbered 37190 under TOPS. On 31 March 1979 it operated the Railway Pictorial Publications Railtours' 'Westerns - Great Western' railtour between Paddington and Kidderminster mainline station for the SVR's first 'Western Weekend', road coaches being laid on to get tour passengers between Kidderminster and Bewdley in both directions.[1]

On 29 November 1981 it moved to Eastfield and on 24 November 1985 to Motherwell.[2] It was again renumbered, to 37314 between 1986-1989, for dedicated steel traffic working off Motherwell depot, carrying the name Dalzell after the steel and ironworks in Motherwell of that name.[3]

It was stored in July 1992 and withdrawn on 16 July 1993[4].

37190 in preservation

It was preserved by Class 40 Appeal in 'large logo' blue livery at Midland Railway Centre, Butterley.[5]

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;[6] 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 37688 Great Rocks between January 2018 and February 2020. Unfortunately, in September 2020 no. 37190 developed a serious engine fault and became unserviceable. After a period of storage at Bewdley it left by lowloader on 2 August 2021 for Jeremy Hosking's 'One:One Collection' at Margate.[7]

37190 is owned by Locomotive Services Limited and carries BR Blue livery. It operates only on heritage railways and is not main line certified[6].

See also

References

  1. ↑ Six Bells Junction (Retrieved 9 August 2020)
  2. ↑ Class 37.co.uk (Retrieved 9 August 2020)
  3. ↑ railinfo.com
  4. ↑ BRDatabase
  5. ↑ Preserved Diesels website (Retrieved 9 August 2020)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Railadvent
  7. ↑ SVR-Online forum

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