edwardsjc

Hi

Has anyone been contacted by the DPS to pay their outstanding balance  ?  I've not received any email yet and they've not replied when I chased it up last week.

Thanks

9 hours ago, adb968008 said:

I’d guess. maybe slightly older, late 1970’s.

Most builders plates were nicked in the 1970’s, in the 1980’s I only recall smaller numbers of 08/09/47 still having them, and nearly every 73 still had them into the late 80’s.

 

I really cant remember any 37’s still having them in the early-mid 1980’s, though you could buy them for under £30 at BR opendays of various stalls, aside of 40 and 55’s no one really wanted modern builders plates.. 08’s were had for a fiver.

 

The other clue would be the shedcode bolts still being in situe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I suspect it might possibly be this working in July 1983;

http://thegrowlergroup.org.uk/index.php/nggallery/image/664-37215-17-7-83-trowell-junction-06-35-1z28-wellingborough-whitby?page_id=132

A class 37 wasn't the usual motive power on Whitby trains. Normally the preserve of a Darlington 101 in those days.

On 19/04/2021 at 13:44, Accurascale Fran said:

Hi everyone,

 

Some of the Accurascale crew had a right old treat last Friday at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway. We were hard at work recording the sound file for our forthcoming 37/0 locomotives, using 37 215 belonging to the Growler Group. What a magnificent beast and so well kept too. A real credit to the Growler Group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If only we could record the clag too!

 

We will have a further update on the Class 37s in the coming weeks, and a preview of our sound project so keep an eye out for that! We can report that 215 was in really fine fettle and made for a fantastic subject to record from.

 

A big and sincere thank you to the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway and The Growler Group for facilitating us and putting on a great show. Please check out what they do and support them whatever way you can. 

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

Hi Fran

I thought the number looked familiar, so I dug out a picture of my grandfather in law, driver John Mockler , posing in Whitby on the very same loco. No dates, but I suspect early 80s.

It's looking a lot more loved now ....

Jason