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'''BR Class 37 37688 Great Rocks''' is a diesel-electric locomotive which was on hire to the SVR between January 2018 and February 2020. The Class 37, also known as the English Electric Type 3, was a familiar sight on the British Rail network, in particular on InterCity services in East Anglia and Scotland. A summary of the Class 37 can be found on the [[37906BR Class 37 37308|37 308]] page. They were also used for many years on secondary and inter-regional services. The Class 37s are sometimes nicknamed "Tractors" after to the agricultural sound of the diesel engine<ref>Wikipedia</ref>.
== 37688 in service ==
The loco was constructed at English Electric's Vulcan Foundry (Works Number EE/VF3383/D849 of 1963) and entered service with BR as D6905 at Llandore on 5 November that year. Transfers followed to Cardiff Canton in 1967, Eastfield and Polmadie in 1968 and a return to Eastfield in 1972. In January 1973 the locomotive was re-numbered 37205 following the introduction of TOPS. It was further re-numbered 37688 in 1986 following rebuilding as a Class 37/6.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=6905&loco=6905 BR Database] (Retrieved 5 August 2019)</ref>.
37688 later saw service with the rail freight company Direct Rail Services (DRS).
===Leaving the SVR===
In January 2020 D05 Preservation Ltd announced that 37688 was to go on long term lease to Locomotive Services Ltd. and would move from SVR to Crewe.,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pg/D05pres/posts/?ref=page_internal D05 Preservation Limited Facebook page 27 January 2020]</ref> It left with the locomotive leaving on 13 February 2020. It briefly re-visited the SVR on 16 February 2022, arriving from Crewe with a support coach and departing the same day behind a short train of three coaches hauled by [[70000|70000 Britannia]] which had been at the railway for running in tests.
===D05 Preservation Limited===