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D6970 / 37270 / 37409 

© English Electric Growl / Dean Tabor
Class 37/4 no. 37409 is seen pulling away from Pontlottyn on April 27th, 1999 with 2R42, the 1705 Cardiff Central to Rhymney service.

© Dean Tabor
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In Traffic
Number Carried
37409
Livery Carried
Scotrail
Name Carried
Loch Awe
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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