HeatonLodge40 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Hi I'm new on the forum, be grateful of your help. Can anyone advise of the earliest year that Class 37's in Large Logo form ran through the West Yorkshire area specifically the Calder Valley, and pinpoint a couple of examples? My up and coming 7mm layout is set in 1985/6 however the earliest pics I can find are late '87. Thanks for your help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveymills Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 There will always be some rare example I guess, but LL examples did not feature in large numbers until they were transferred away from the ScR in 87 onwards. There was always a fairly good chance of seeing these in the Newcastle and Carlisle areas in the mid 80s and these were always borrowed for local trip workings. There were a couple allocated to SF in your period - 057 and 116 but they wont have figured regularly in the Leeds area until they were transferred to the Freightliner pools on the late 80s. The only other opprtunity I can think of is getting LL locos from ZC back north, these may have traversed the Calder Valley route. If in doubt, no one can prove that it never happened ! IMIRAIL always prevails :-) Hth Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The closest LL 37 I have to Yorkshire in 1985 / 86 is this one 37191 at Darlington with 1E28 0835 Glasgow QS - Scarborough which heading for Yorkshire would have worked to York / Scarborough 01/06/1985 This ones close not my photo but Mancester Vic in 1986 (10th April) not sure where the train went or how the 37 got back to Scotland as it was back at Fort William on 02/06/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/24276987@N08/5482875281 The Clitheroe - Clyde Cement train may have produced a LL 37 the earliest I can find however is Feb 1987 again not my photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/75784477@N08/15484607401 Cant find anymore. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I have a TOPS report for Preston 16th November 1983 which shows an Eastfield Pair of 37011 and 37171 at Clitheroe with 37171 going to Wigan Springs Branch for an A Exam before heading back to Clitheroe and North again. Unfortunatly 37011 wasn't LL until 1985?? LOCATION - 29141 - CLITHEROE RIBBLSCEM 37011 ED B B XA NH B 17 B 17 ED 0717 N 000?F 071611 0F0037171 ED O XA A -1 B 131 N 000?F 071611 SPAX And another report for Warrington same date showing the 37's on Wigan shed LOCATION-35150-WIGAN TMD M&EE37011 ED B B XA NH B 17 B 17 ED 0717 N 000?F 0F0037171 ED O XA A -1 B 131 N 000?F SPAX So the Scottish class 37's worked into the area just finding evidence of Large Logo in 1985 / 1986. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 While looking into this found some odd ones on Flickr for 1985 / 1986 so they did get about just can't pin one in the area you want.... 37025 at Ipswich 28/04/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68729621@N03/8595772200 37025 Crewe 12/05/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/69857127@N07/8343038798 37114 +37405 Preston 20/08/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/44896881@N06/4409563700/ 37264 in Large logo at Severn Tunnel Junction 22/03/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/69857127@N07/8247638455 37264 at Mexborough (Doncaster area) 22/05/1986 https://www.flickr.com/photos/69857127@N07/8348759389 You would have also had all of the Scottish 37/4's moving north in that period 1985/1986 Most would have gone up the WCML but some not taking the most direct route to Scotland for example 37408 at York?? https://www.flickr.com/photos/42377201@N07/6186059218 37410 at Hull?? https://www.flickr.com/photos/62160118@N04/5655025806 Hope these help. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks to both of you for your replies. Steve, I think 37191 is the most likeliest to have strayed into West Yorks so that's the example I'll be using. Great photo too. Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The Clitheroe - Clyde Cement train may have produced a LL 37 the earliest I can find however is Feb 1987 again not my photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/75784477@N08/15484607401 Cant find anymore. Steve Aha a rare photo of 37 104 with R/F General Brandings. Apparently only a couple of 37's carried these, I recall trying in vain to find photos of it for a re-paint job a few years back !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Tinsley depot had a few LL 37s based there in the late 80s and 90s so these may have appeared in the west Yorkshire area, 057,116 and 128 were some I remember seeing on the depot You could also check photos of Healey Mills. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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