Current Number: D6709
Numbers Carried:: D6709, 37009, 37340 ( will be numbered D6709 once restoration is complete )
Built by: English Electric at Vulcan Foundry in 1961
Withdrawn from service: March 1995
Engine: EE 12CSVT giving 1750hp
Top Speed: 80 MPH
Brakes: Air & vacuum brakes
Route Availability: 5
Numbers Carried:: D6709, 37009, 37340 ( will be numbered D6709 once restoration is complete )
Built by: English Electric at Vulcan Foundry in 1961
Withdrawn from service: March 1995
Engine: EE 12CSVT giving 1750hp
Top Speed: 80 MPH
Brakes: Air & vacuum brakes
Route Availability: 5
The class 37 came to life due to part of the large scale dieselisation brought about by the British Rail modernisation plan. One of the areas required a number of type 3 locomotives of power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to 1,999 hp (1,491 kW).
English Electric had already been successful with orders for type 2 and type 4 diesels, and had produced locomotives of similar power to that which was required for railways in East Africa. A design based on the exported locomotives was put forward and accepted.[3] The design was for a general purpose locomotive and initially found service in British Rail's Eastern Region
