Product Info
Built by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Lancashire, the locomotive this RailRoad model is based on started life in January 1961 as D6705, going new to Stratford depot in London. 
After becoming 37005 under TOPS, it was rebuilt as a Class 37/5 in April 1985, which included replacing its EE generator with a new brush unit, and a complete re-wire, with a consequent renumbering to 37501. It was then painted into its distinctive British Steel pale blue colour scheme, gaining a Thornaby Kingfisher motif and British Steel logos. It was named ‘Teesside Steelmaster’ in 1987. 
It was later modified for the proposed Channel Tunnel sleeper ‘Nightstar’ project (which was later aborted) to become a 37/6 in February 1995 and renumbered to 37601. It is currently one of six Class 37s leased by Rail Operations Group from Europhoenix for contracted movement of passenger stock, including EMUs. It was returned to its 1987 guise during a repaint in 2025. 
Tech Specs
Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
25.5
Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
5
Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
3.5
Item Scale
1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
Gauge
OO
DCC Status
DCC Ready 21 pin socket
Livery
Blue
Minimum Curve (mm)
Radius 1
Buffer Type
No Buffers
Coupling Type
NEM Tension Lock
Hornby Decoder Compatibility Primary
HM7000-21TXS: Bluetooth® & DCC Sound Decoder (21-pin)