Class 37 - RF Construction - 37414 - DCC Sound Fitted Coach Archive the first of several hundred

the first of several hundred locomotives of a type that would revolutionise Railfreight across the UK (and Europe)

Following periods at Old Oak Common and Wellington it was withdrawn from service in 1959

The unique "Autotune" function enables the decoder to be automatically calibrated to the motor

it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life

Class 37 - RF Construction - 37414 - DCC Sound Fitted Coach Archive the first of several hundred37414 Railfreight Construction The introduction of Class 156 Super Sprinters on the West Highland from January 1989 and on the Far North Kyle lines in the May triggered an exodus of Class 37 4s to freight work. By the end of that year, Laira, Motherwell and Tinsley had gained allocations, while Immingham and Thornaby both acquired three locos each in the middle of 1990, by which point half the sub class were south of the border. One of these was No.