37097 - A Brief History

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37097 Inverkeithing 10 1987 - Charles Naples

1962

Delivered new as D6797 to Darnall on 7th of December.

1964

Transferred to Tinsley in April.

1967

Transferred to Wath, then Gateshead in September.

Transferred to Thornaby in October, then Gateshead again in December.

1971

Transferred to Healey Mills in May.

1972

Transferred to March in October.

1973

Transferred to Healey Mills in March, then Immingham in September.

1974

Renumbered to 37097 in February.

Allocated to Thornaby in August.

1978

Allocated to March in October.

1984

Dual braked in September, boiler removed in December.

37097 at Glasgow Queen Street - Charles Naples

1987

Allocated to Tinsley in March.

Transferred to Motherwell in July.

1988

Allocated to Eastfield in June.

1989

Allocated to Motherwell in May.

1990

Allocated to Cardiff in November.

1993

Allocated to Bristol (Bath Road) in August.

1994

Transferred to Toton in March.

1997

Allocated to Eastfield in September.

1998

Stored Unserviceable at Millerhill on 12th November.

2003

Purchased from EWS by the CRDG, and moved to Brechin Station, Caledonian Railway.

37097 at Millerhill in 2003 - Hamish Stevenson