Class 37 - DRS (unbranded) - 37422

Class 37 - DRS (unbranded) - 37422Acquired as part of the mass transfer of Class 37 4s from DB Schenker to Direct Rail Services in 2011, 37422 is unique among the ETS fitted EEs in having been repainted in the company's dark blue livery but having never received any ownership branding. Reworked for DRS service at Railcare's Glasgow Works with final rectification work undertaken at Barrow Hill, for a long time it looked like its repairs would never be completed. Finally returning to

which made its triumphant return to the main line in late 2015 after being acquired from a preservation career at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough in January 2014

when rail traffic at the site ceased

red bufferbeams and white-painted extras

• Designed for easy conversion to EM and P4 gauge track

which also carry the UIC code ‘Uas’ are a like-for-like replacement for the iconic fleet of BR and Procor-built FNA nuclear flask wagons that were built between 1976 and 1988

66004 was treated to its eye catching ‘Climate Hero’ livery during 2021 as part of a program to promote freight on rail by owners DB

Length of Wagon

chassis plates

and the cocks were fitted to these

and mixed with other steel wagons

which was transferred to Reading from the Scottish Region

Representing the classic mid 1960s era of English Electric’s finest is D9018 in two-tone green with small yellow panel