English Electric Growl 

Locomotives: D6970 / 37270 / 37409 

D6970 / 37270 / 37409 

© English Electric Growl / Mark Allatt
Class 37/4 no. 37409 and Class 37/5 no. 37667 stands at Sheffield with 1Z43, the 14:43 Carlisle to Birmingham International return leg of the "Cumbrian Crusader IV" operated by Spitfire Railtours on February 19th, 2011

© Mark Allatt
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In Traffic
Number Carried
37409
Operator
Locomotive Services Limited

 

Formerly Preserved
More information on the preserved details for this locomotive can be found here
Works Number
3530/D959
Constructed At
English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for
British Railways (Board)
Date Accepted
4th March 1965
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6970
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
86A, Cardiff Canton
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6970  
02/1974 # 37270  
19/09/1985 37409  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 17/3 Class  
06/05/1973 Class 37  
19/09/1985 Class 37/4  
From To Name
27/08/1986 03/2000 #
Loch Awe
10/07/2010 06/2022 #
Lord Hinton
01/2024 # Current
Loch Awe
Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 86A
Cardiff Canton
 
07/1972 # 87A
Landore (Swansea)
 
06/05/1973 LE
Landore TMD
 
06/02/1977 CF
Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
 
17/04/1983 LA
Laira T&RSMD
 
20/01/1985 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
16/08/1992 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
21/03/2000 HQ
Headquarters
 
04/10/2002 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
06/03/2003 HQ
Headquarters
 
27/05/2010 KM
Kingmoor TMD
 
04/07/2022 CD
Crewe DMD
 

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 ED
ICHA - InterCity Charter Pool
22/01/1989 ED
FGXX - Freight Speedlink, General Diesel Pool
05/02/1989 ED
FGTE - Freight Speedlink, Eastfield [Shared]
13/05/1990 ED
FDTE - Railfreight Distribution, Eastfield Class 37/4
16/08/1992 ML
MDRM - Railfreight Distribution, Motherwell Class 37/4 [Shared Pool]
09/01/1994 ML
FCPM - Trainload Coal, Motherwell Class 37
20/03/1994 ML
LGHM - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37/4 (West Highland)
27/11/1998 ML
WKMB - EWS, Motherwell Class 37
21/03/2000 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
10/09/2002 HQ
WNSS - EWS, Stored Serviceable Locomotives
04/10/2002 ML
WKAM - EWS, Class 37 Motherwell, Non RETB fitted
06/03/2003 HQ
WNSS - EWS, Stored Serviceable Locomotives
09/02/2004 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
16/01/2008 HQ
WNSO - EWS, Locomotives Sold (Awating Collection)
27/05/2010 KM
XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
08/04/2011 KM
XHAC - DRS Locomotives
24/11/2015 KM
XHCC - DRS Class 37 Cumbrian Coast
09/06/2017 KM
XHSS - DRS, Stored Locomotives
11/06/2018 KM
XHAC - DRS Class 37/47 ETS
31/07/2020 KM
XHSS - DRS, Stored Locomotives
24/01/2022 KM
XHHP - DRS, De-registered Locomotives
07/03/2022 KM
XWSS - DRS Stored Locomotives
20/04/2022 KM
XSDP - DRS Locomotives Stored/For Disposal
04/07/2022 CD
LSLO - Locomotive Services Operational Locomotives
Date Livery
Mar '65
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Mar '73
British Rail Blue
Sep '85
British Rail Large Logo Blue
Apr '89
Intercity - Mainline
Mar '94
Railfreight Triple Grey
Apr '95
Transrail Grey
May '10
DRS Blue - Compass Logo
May '18
British Rail Large Logo Blue
Jan '24
Scotrail

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