By 1977 the booked locomotive for 1M72, Harwich – Manchester boat train was a Stratford class 47, however on the 22nd October 1977 we have a type 3 substitution in the form of Stratford allocated 37265 arriving at Nottingham.
Locomotive History
37265 was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry works and was released to traffic as D6965 in February 1965, allocated to Sheffield Darnall MPD. It quickly moved on to Wath until the autumn of 1967 when it was involved in a strange swap of locomotives. D6701 -09 transferred from Stratford to Wath (41C) between October and December 1967 at the same time as D6960 - 68 were transferred to Stratford from Wath. On arrival at Stratford D6960 - 68 were also reclassified to D17/3 (Pre TOPS locomotive classification) which suggests they were modified on arrival. It would appear that on arrival at Stratford D6960 - 68 were dual brake fitted and received the Clayton RO2500 steam heating boilers from D6701 -09. One wonders why they went to all this trouble? D6965 would remain a Stratford engine for the next fourteen years, apart from a spell at to March in 1969 until transferred to Landore in November 1981. 37265 transferred north to Eastfield in October 1982, moving on to Motherwell in May 1985. In November 1985 37265 entered Crewe works for a heavy general repair (refurbish) with the generator being replaced with a Brush BA1005A alternator, the fitment of electric train heating and renumbering to 37430. On release from Crewe 37430 transferred to Cardiff for Cambrian line and South Wales duties. In January 1991 it transferred to Immingham but could be found on passenger duties in the North West. In May 1992 it returned to Scotland (Eastfield, then Motherwell) for West Highland sleeper duties before being stored in March 2000 at Motherwell. Officially withdrawn in March 2008 it was broken up at EMR, Kingsbury in May 2008.
Praktica LTL, Kodachrome 64
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