Image 37197, stabled, Sever Tunnel Junction MPD
37197, stabled, Sever Tunnel Junction MPD
37197, stabled, Sever Tunnel Junction MPD My mates and I made the short journey from Bristol, under the River Severn to Severn Tunnel Junction. As it was a Saturday, the depot was full of locomotives and not a single member of staff appeared to be around. Way before CCTV and palisade fencing we took the opportunity for an unofficial depot visit! With a long line of engines to the right 37197 is seen basking in the afternoon sun. It looks very smart and as if it has just come from overhaul. It was initially a north east class 37 but moved to Cardiff in 1984. 37197 lived on into the privatisation era becoming a DRS blue compass locomotive and gaining the name 'Loch Laidon'. Its final incarnation was as one of the Royal Scotsman engines and was withdrawn in 2012 and cut up at EMR Kingsbury.
37197, stabled, Sever Tunnel Junction MPD My mates and I made the short journey from Bristol, under the River Severn to Severn Tunnel Junction. As it was a Saturday, the depot was full of locomotives and not a single member of staff appeared to be around. Way before CCTV and palisade fencing we took the opportunity for an unofficial depot visit! With a long line of engines to the right 37197 is seen basking in the afternoon sun. It looks very smart and as if it has just come from overhaul. It was initially a north east class 37 but moved to Cardiff in 1984. 37197 lived on into the privatisation era becoming a DRS blue compass locomotive and gaining the name 'Loch Laidon'. Its final incarnation was as one of the Royal Scotsman engines and was withdrawn in 2012 and cut up at EMR Kingsbury.


My mates and I made the short journey from Bristol,

under the River Severn to Severn Tunnel Junction. As it was a Saturday, the depot was full of locomotives and not a single member of staff appeared to be around. Way before CCTV and palisade fencing we took the opportunity for an unofficial depot visit! With a long line of engines to the right 37197 is seen basking in the afternoon sun. It looks very smart and as if it has just come from overhaul. It was initially a north east class 37 but moved to Cardiff in 1984. 37197 lived on into the privatisation era becoming a DRS blue compass locomotive and gaining the name 'Loch Laidon'. Its final incarnation was as one of the Royal Scotsman engines and was withdrawn in 2012 and cut up at EMR Kingsbury.