Class 37 - Europhoenix - 37901 - DCC Sound Fitted - Exclusive37901 Mirrlees Pioneer When the six cylinder Mirrlees Blackstone MB275T power unit was first lowered into carbody of the former 37150 it is unlikely that anyone involved in the re engineering project envisioned it would still be working 38 years later, especially as the Class 38 project for which the engines were intended would be cancelled only a few months later. Built as D6850 in 1963 and already 23 years old when it was plucked from obscurity to

Designed for easy 21mm gauage conversion

although it has stubbornly retained its unique arrangement of single lamp irons on different sides of the locomotive at each end

Small SR branding to body corners

DCC ready [21-Pin MTX Socket]

L94/7752 has to be seen as one of preservations hardest working panniers as during 2011

Railfreight Red Livery (EWS Era)

which had led the way after being repaired and repainted into this iconic paint scheme by the SRPS at Bo’ness in late 2013

Flush Tender Body

Regional Railways livery

Withdrawn in 1959 it was purchased by the NCB and was sent to work at Penallta Colliery in South Wales

the Colas Class 37/4 was a solid performer on various test formations

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