Class 37 - Railfreight - 37903 - DCC Sound Fitted37903 Flying the flag for their as converted condition in Railfreight grey is 37903, the former 37249 D6949. Outshopped from BREL Crewe in February 1987, the former Eastern Regional machine quickly readjusted to its return to South Wales, having been delivered to Cardiff Canton in December 1964. Dedicated to Railfreight Metals duties, albeit with the odd coal turn, it was one of the first pair of Class 37 9s to gain the Roundel triple grey livery in

This pack contains two IIA Biomass Bogie Hopper Wagons

4mm back-to-backs

CAWD 92771

Unfortunately a power unit failure the following year in put it out of action until 2015

It was one of several locomotives hired by DRS and as such carries DB modifications like auto couplers and wing mirrors but the house colours of new operator DRS

These impressive wagons were built by Bombardier/Prorail of Wakefield in 1998 and designed to carry spent nuclear fuel from Royal Navy nuclear submarines from their bases at Devonport and Rosyth to Sellafield for disposal and typically ran with double headed Class 37/6 locomotives (also available from Accurascale here)

it was withdrawn from Aberbeeg shed in 1962 and scrapped

The widespread withdrawal of 21t hoppers from the mainline network led to many being repurposed by BR or sold on to private companies for internal use

the only J68 to receive the ‘late’ British Railways crest

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Water Filler : Original

towards the end of that same year it swapped its Colas ‘hard hat’ logos for new diamond stickers