TT3044M Transrail - Class 37 - 37413 'Loch Eil Outward Bound'

Introducing Transrail Class 37 'Loch Eil Outward Bound' 37413, including all the same great features presented on the English Electric Class 37 model releases late last year, such as working lights, weighty die-cast chassis, and optional bodyshells depending on subclass. The ‘Tractor’ is a must have for any TT:120 layout, with this model representing No.37413 ‘Loch Eil Outward Bound’ in Transrail Triple Grey Livery, complete with Transrail company logos.

Model Specification:

• Highly detailed model based on extensive research and design, including historical drawings and laser scans
• Die-cast chassis and underframe giving the mode a weight of 170g
• Assortment of separately fitted parts, including lamp brackets, speedometer, sandpipes, and roof horns
• Etched metal roof grille
• Detailed cab interior
• Powerful five-pole motor with dual flywheels providing power to all wheels
• Electrical pick-ups on all wheels
• Brass axle bearings
• Pivoting NEM coupling sockets
• Accessory pack that includes body removal tool, optional snowplough and bufferbeam pipes
• Minimum 2nd radius curves

Electronics:

• Working directional and cab lights, including Day/Night mode (please note some functionality will only work on DCC)
• Next18 DCC Decoder socket compatible with HM7000 system
• Decoder socket housed underneath clip-on body
• Space for HM7000-N18TXS Sound Decoder to be fitted
• Space for HM7070 Power Bank for uninterrupted running

Tooling:

• Class 37/4
• Plated headcodes
• High intensity lights
• Nose-mounted ETH
• Oval buffers
• Plated roof boiler plate

Livery:

• Transrail Triple Grey Livery
• Named ‘Loch Eil Outward Bound’
• St Blazey Lizard Depot plaques
• Semi-gloss finish
• Faithfully created using accurate colours and fonts
• Era 8 and 9

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History:

Built at English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry, this locomotive entered service in April 1965 as BR No. D6976. Allocated to Cardiff Canton from new, it became No. 37276 in March 1974. In 1985, it was rebuilt with a Brush alternator and Electric Train Heating (ETH) and reclassified as a Class 37/4. It received a repaint into large logo livery and was given the number 37413. 

Two years later, it was named ‘Loch Eil Outward Bound’. The entire sub-class was transferred to Transrail in 1994, one of three regional freight operating companies set up prior to the privatisation of BR. No. 37413 was one of a few Class 37/4s to be repainted into triple grey and brandished with Transrail corporate logos, which is the condition depicted on this model. 

It was renamed ‘The Scottish Railway Preservation Society’ in August 1997, but withdrawn in December 2000.