Description

The Class 37s have proven among the most successful locomotives in the UK. In this programme we take a look at the Class in the 1980s throughout the country and bring the story up to date with members of the Class in action in recent months A history of Class 37s from their introduction into BR service in the 1960s.

Class 37s in Scotland with action from the Highlands in the late 1980s.

Class 37s in South Wales with passenger and freight duties from coal to steel workings

Class 37 in the North West on passenger and freight workings.

Class 37s in the Eastern Counties on a wide variety of freight duties including Freightliner traffic on the Felixstowe branch and at Ely plus passenger traffic in East Anglia.

Class 37s to the North and West of London on a wide variety of freight work in the late 1980s.

CLASS 37 UPDATE with film from recent months on a wide variety of duties with DRS, Europhoenix, COLAS  and West Coast examples on passenger, freight, test trains and special trains.

Total Running Time 1 Hour 15 mins