The nameplate and large vinyl number of 37403 'Isle of Mull' is really struggling for illumination in this view as The Wolf Hall Thunderer charter it was hauling pauses at Kettering station. As D6607 37403 was delivered new to Landore. It was renumbered 37307 in 1974, and was selected in 1984 as one of twenty-five locomotives which were converted to work passenger trains in Scotland. Refurbishment for this role required the replacement of the main generator with an alternator and the provision of electric train heating. Thus modified as a class 37/4, the locomotive was renumbered 37403, and transferred to Glasgow Eastfield depot. From Eastfield, 37403 worked the West Highland and Oban lines, and was appropriately named 'Isle of Mull' in January 1986. In November 1988, the name was changed to 'Glendarroch', the fictional setting of the STV series Take the High Road.
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