Bachmann Branchline 35-306 Diesel Locomotive Class 37/0 Centre Headcode D6829 BR Green 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge

Super smart era 5,  pristine BR green livery diesel locomotive bearing running no. D6829.  This OO gauge model comes equipped with a Plux22 DCC Decoder Socket and is 245mm in length.

DETAIL VARIATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL
Central Headcode Panels – Glazed displaying Blinds ‘2B79’ and ‘9A76’
Western Region Lamp Brackets
Headboard Clips
Corner Handrails
Original Buffer Beam Valances
Round Oleo Buffers
Original Windscreen
English Electric Cantrail Grilles
Etched Frost Grilles (optional part supplied separately)
Welded Boiler Roof
Original Open Boiler Port and Safety Valves
Original Water Filler Door and Access Steps
Fabricated Bogies
Original Speedo Drive
Mileage Counter
Original Water and Fuel Tanks
Water Filler Valve

BACHMANN BRANCHLINE CLASS 37 SPECIFICATION
MECHANISM:
Five pole, twin shaft motor with two flywheels providing drive to both bogies
All axle drive
Electrical pickup from all wheels
Separate metal bearings fitted to each axle
Diecast metal chassis block and bogie towers
Diecast metal gearboxes, with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capabilities
5mm (OO gauge) wheels to NEM310 & NEM311 standards with authentic profile and detailing
Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards fitted to each bogie
Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

LIGHTING:

Directional lighting, including headlights and high intensity headlights where applicable, switchable on/off at either end on DCC or Analogue control

Cab lighting*, assigned to two DCC functions for separate switching of each
Separately switched Engine Room lighting*
‘Yard Light’ mode*, red tail lights and/or marker lights displayed at both ends (*when used on DCC)
Authentic light colours and temperatures selected for each model based on era and application
DCC:
Plux22 DCC decoder interface

CLASS 37 HISTORY
The British Rail 1955 Modernisation Plan paved the way for the large-scale replacement of steam traction with diesel locomotives, and one of the most successful diesel locomotive designs to result from this was the English Electric Type 3. These 1,700hp Types 3 diesel-electric locomotives were built at English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry and by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns between 1960 and 1965, with 309 examples produced in total. When TOPS was implemented the type was designated Class 37.

The class proved popular with railwaymen and so in 1985, a major refurbishment programme for the Class 37 locomotives was sanctioned to extend the working lives of 135 locomotives. Features of the refurbishment involved plating over the four-character head codes and sealing off the nose end communication doors. Dedicated freight locomotives received lower gearing to increase the tractive effort, and some were fitted with extra ballast or even more powerful engines. A new subclass was created for locomotives refurbished with Electric Train Heating (ETH) equipment, allowing their use on passenger trains the whole year-round.

With the sectorisation of British Rail taking hold in the early-1980s, the locomotives returned to traffic following refurbishment in a wide and diverse range of liveries. Passenger machines appeared in BR Blue Large Logo, InterCity and Regional Railways schemes to name just three, whilst freight engines received numerous varieties of Railfreight livery, Transrail, Mainline and Loadhaul. The Class continued to be widely used into the Privatisation-era, with examples operating for the likes of EWS, DRS, West Coast Railways and Colas, whilst others have received ‘retro’ heritage repaints.