EEG - Locomotives: D6996 / 37296 / 37423

Class 37/4 pairing, no.s 37423 and 37424 are seen at Oban on July 30th, 1987 prior to working 1T44, the 1800 Oban to Glasgow Queen Street service.

© Dean Tabor

Status
Initial
Numbers
Names
Allocations
Liveries
Photos

In Traffic
Number Carried	37423
Operator	Europhoenix

Works Number	3556/D985
Constructed At	English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for	British Rail
Date Accepted	16th July 1965
Classified as	17/3 Class
Number Carried	D6996
Livery Carried	British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation	86A, Cardiff Canton

Numberings
Date	Number	Notes
New	D6996
01/1974 #	37296
23/01/1986	37423

Classifications
Date	Class	Notes
New	17/3 Class
06/05/1973	Class 37
23/01/1986	Class 37/4

From	To	Name
18/05/1988	08/2001 #	Sir Murray Morrison 1873 - 1948
11/07/2009	12/2023 #	The Spirit of the Lakes

Depot Allocation List
Date	Code	Depot
New	86A	Cardiff Canton
06/05/1973	CF	Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
02/10/1977	LE	Landore TMD
10/1980 #	BR	Bristol Bath Road TMD
22/11/1981	LE	Landore TMD
01/01/1984	CF	Cardiff Canton T&RSMD
20/01/1985	ED	Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
16/08/1992	ML	Motherwell TMD
12/08/1996	HQ	Headquarters
02/05/1997	CD	Crewe DMD
04/07/1997	SF	Stratford TMD
26/09/1997	TO	Toton TMD
27/11/1998	ML	Motherwell TMD
26/11/1999	HQ	Headquarters
07/09/2007	KM	Kingmoor TMD
05/01/2024	LR	Leicester LIP

Sector Allocation List
Date	Depot	Sector Details
01/01/1989	ED	FMGA - Freight Metals, Eastfield Aluminum 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]
20/03/1994	ML	LGHM - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37/4 (West Highland)
12/08/1996	HQ	LCWX - Transrail, Strategic Reserve
02/05/1997	CD	LWCW - EWS (Transrail), CD class 37 (Freight)
04/07/1997	SF	EWDB - EWS (Mainline), Stewarts Lane / Stratford Class 33/37
26/09/1997	TO	ENTN - EWS, Toton Class 37 East & Midlands
27/11/1998	ML	WKMB - EWS, Motherwell Class 37 (RETB)
26/11/1999	HQ	WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
31/01/2003	HQ	WNZX - EWS, Locomotives for Disposal
02/04/2003	HQ	WNSO - EWS, Locomotives Sold (Awating Collection)
29/08/2007	HQ	MDBL - Private Owner Diesel Locomotives
07/09/2007	KM	XHHP - DRS, De-registered Locomotives
10/12/2007	KM	XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
08/04/2011	KM	XHAC - DRS Locomotives
22/01/2013	KM	XHND - DRS Locomotives, Class 37s for Infrastructure Monitoring
01/05/2013	KM	XHAC - DRS Class 37/47 ETS
16/06/2017	KM	XHAC - DRS Class 37/47 ETS
18/02/2022	KM	XHSS - DRS, Stored Locomotives
08/03/2022	KM	XWSS - DRS Stored Locomotives
24/10/2022	KM	XHSO - DRS Supply Chain Operations Locomotives
25/05/2023	KM	XSDP - DRS Locomotives Stored/For Disposal
05/01/2024	LR	EPUK - Europhoenix Locomotives (UK)

Date	Livery
Jul '65	British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Jul '73	British Rail Blue
Jan '86	British Rail Large Logo Blue
Feb '88	No Livery Selected
Feb '88	Railfreight Triple Grey
Apr '88	Railfreight Triple Grey - Metals
Oct '89	Intercity - Mainline
Sep '93	Railfreight Triple Grey - Speedlink
Nov '94	Transrail Grey
Oct '07	DRS Blue - Compass Logo
Apr '14	DRS Blue Unbranded
May '14	DRS Blue - Compass Revised
Dec '16	DRS Blue - Compass Basic
Feb '24	DRS Blue Unbranded
Dec '24	Europhoenix Blue
Aug '25	Europhoenix Grey/Teal

Click on Thumbnails below to see a larger image.