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EWS has once again turned to the
old school and reinstated 18 stored Class 37s to traffic
to cover Sandite workings over the forthcoming leaf fall
season. They join 13 other Class 37s recently returned
to traffic from store for Sandite work. Just how long
this practice of resurrecting locomotives each year for
this short period of active duty remains to be seen, but
for now long may the old order continue.
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Both 37890 & 37798 at Margam both having
received repainted front ends
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37717 inside Margam being re-instated after a
spell in storage inside Canton
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They work as either light engines, with
Sandite - a sticky paste that aids adhesion for trains
with disc brakes - carried in a hopper inside the
locomotive, or by top-and-tail locomotives with water
cannon wagons in between. The ‘37s’ returned to the
Sandite pool are 37174, 37216, 37308/375, 37419,
37503/517, 37668/675/684/692, 37706/707/ 710/717/798,
37890/896. All were in the tactical reserve pool - a
fleet of locomotives kept in operational condition that
EWS can reinstate relatively easily for traffic
increases or short-term dedicated contracts such as
this.
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37684 seen outside Cardiff
Canton
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37694 on October 17th 2004 |
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