English Electric Growl 

Locomotives: D6911 / 37211 

D6911 / 37211 

© English Electric Growl / Steve Jones
Class 37/0 no. 37211 and Class 37/5 no. 37509 are seen running around the stock of the 'Slate & Narrow' railtour at Blaenau Ffestiniog on September 20th, 1997.

© Steve Jones
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Scrapped
Last Number Carried
37211
Scrapped by
European Metal Recycling
Scrapped at
Kingsbury Yard
Date Scrapped
August 4th, 2007
Works Number
3389/D855
Constructed At
English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for
British Railways (Board)
Date Accepted
2nd December 1963
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6911
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
87E, Landore (Swansea)
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6911  
02/1974 # 37211  

 

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

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

Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 87E
Landore (Swansea)
 
20/10/1968 52A
Gateshead (Newcastle)
 
25/01/1970 51L
Thornaby
 
02/01/1972 55C
Healey Mills
 
06/08/1972 40B
Immingham
 
06/05/1973 IM
Immingham TMD
 
18/01/1987 SF
Stratford TMD
 
28/08/1988 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
22/01/1989 SF
Stratford TMD
 
30/09/1990 IM
Immingham TMD
 
16/05/1993 IS
Inverness TMD
 
20/03/1994 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
28/05/1995 BS
Bescot TMD
 
17/01/1997 CD
Crewe DMD
 
26/09/1997 EH
Eastleigh T&RSMD
 
27/11/1998 TO
Toton TMD
 
27/01/1999 HQ
Headquarters
Thornaby

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 CF
FAWC - Freight Aggregates Cardiff
22/01/1989 SF
FAGS - Railfreight Aggregates Stratford
30/09/1990 IM
FABI - Trainload Construction, Immingham Locomotives
24/03/1991 IM
FAXI - Railfreight Construction, Immingham locos (East Anglia)
15/03/1992 IM
FABI - Trainload Construction, Immingham Locomotives
24/05/1992 IM
FCJI - Trainload Freight Doncaster, Immingham Locos
24/01/1993 IM
FIJI - Trainload Coal, Immingham Infrastructure Locos
16/05/1993 IS
RAJV - Regional Railways ScotRail, Inverness Locos
20/03/1994 ML
LGBM - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37/0
28/05/1995 BS
LBLB - Transrail, BS Class 37
17/01/1997 CD
LWCW - Transrail, Crewe Diesel Class 37 (North West)
26/09/1997 EH
EWDB - EWS, Eastleigh Class 37 South of England
27/11/1998 TO
WKBN - EWS, Toton Class 37/0 & 37/3 Systemwide
27/01/1999 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
10/12/1999 HQ
WNYX - EWS, Locomotives for Component Recovery
16/12/2001 HQ
WNZX - EWS, Locomotives for Disposal
Date Livery
Dec '63
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Apr '67
British Railways Green - Full Yellow End
Apr '73
British Rail Blue
Dec '89
Railfreight Triple Grey - Aggregates
Apr '93
Civil Engineers Yellow/Grey

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