Hornby TT:120 BR Class 37 No.D6700 - TT3036M

Product Information

Add this green machine to your Class 37 TT:120 collection. This English Electric design features moulded plastic buffers and NEM tenstion lock couplings allowing you to add rolling stock with ease. Upgrade to HM7000 by adding an 18-pin decoder.

History

D6700 was the first member of the English Electric Type 3s (later Class 37) to be built and, as such, was secured for preservation upon its retirement. It is now part of the National Collection but is currently on loan at the Great Central Railway, where it is in operational condition.

It emerged from Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows with split-headcode panels in December 1960 and was initially allocated to Stratford depot in East London. Its BR career took it to Haymarket (Edinburgh), March, Thornaby and Gateshead. Originally in all-over BR green, it was repainted into BR blue and yellow ends in June 1969 and received its TOPS number 37119 in February 1974.

In March 1988, it was reclassified to sub-class 37/3 and among the changes made, its fuel capacity was increased, utilising the space from the redundant steam-heat boiler and it became No. 37350. After almost 39 years, it was withdrawn in December 1999 after seeing out its later career back ‘home’ at Stratford depot.

The model is presented in the livery it entered service in 1960, in all-over green – no yellow warning panels – and the BR ‘ferret and dartboard’ logo, the condition to which it has been restored in preservation.