Class 37s at Barton Hill

mow · Post by **mow** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:10 pm

I noticed a posting on the 'notorious' RMWeb site, someone had posted photographs of the English Electric Type 3 diesels or Class 37s sitting at the end of the Barton Hill depot.

Are they still in use, one looks as if it is primed for a new livery, but what are they, or were they? Are they being cannibalised or scraped?

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic. ... 5ccc3130eb

A later posting on the above thread about these diesels shows mushrooms or toadstools growing somewhere inside the Grey one. It is worth checking out.

Rich_Eason · Post by **Rich_Eason** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:22 pm

They have been there a looooooooooooooooooong time.

I think the grey primer'ed one has had its engine removed IIRC as I seem to recall it once with its top open for a while and could see through the grills to t'other side.

What is happening to them god knows. I'd imagine they are slowly being canabilised

Post by **James** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:31 pm

Maybe the Bristol Railway Archive can adopt a loco

Post by **madhattie** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:41 pm

James wrote:Maybe the Bristol Railway Archive can adopt a loco

I already own enough junk without acquiring any more!

stumpytrain · Post by **stumpytrain** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:13 pm

I seem to remember that they were being "done up" for contract use abroad. Spain? Anyway, it was later decided that they weren't required so work stopped and there they lie.

Alex