Class 37 - BR Blue pre-TOPS - D6992 - DCC Sound Fitted

Class 37 - BR Blue pre-TOPS - D6992 - DCC Sound FittedAlthough the last 75 or so EE Type 3s were delivered after the debut of the new British Rail 'corporate image' on Brush Type 4 D1733 in May 1964 all 309 locomotives were outshopped from Vulcan Foundary in BR green. Despite their relative youth, repaints into the new blue scheme were not uncommon before 1970 and a not insignificant number gained double arrows and Rail alphabet numbers on all four cabsides. D6992 was the highest numbered example, and

All models feature PowerPack supercapacitor Stay-Alive system for uninterrupted power and flicker free lighting and uninterruptible sound (works on DCC)

as present at Stargate Colliery in February 1950

A variable PWM pulse frequency ranging from 10 kHz to 50 kHz assures perfect silent operation

2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4105 Orange Roof

Highly detailed

roof doors

Still controversial almost four decades after being repainted

on 2mm axles over 26mm pinpoints

By the early 1950s many panniers were fitted with top feed boilers

the raw material was conveyed to the mills by the internal railway system

this locomotive was selected because its electric train supply capability and vacuum braking made it the perfect partner for observation saloon DB999504

for Kincardine Power Station