432477/1959 - British Railways No. 83 - BR Green - DCC Sound FittedRuston 432477 was built new for British Railways, being delivered to the North Eastern Region Civil Engineers Department at Etherley Tip in Witton, County Durham on 5 January 1959. Expired track ballast and materials were dumped at Etherley in the post war years, with the ballast being removed from the wagons, then passed over a screen to separate the 'fines' and muck from the bigger bits of stone. The fines would be dumped in the nearest low spot,

Mid 1980s period

March depot's 37140 was one of the first Class 37s to gain the high visibility headlight

Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations

Dual motorised Pantographs with full DCC control

DGM 12 Hopper - BR Grey

The second batch of Hill’s ‘improved’ 0-6-0T locomotives

Recommended Min Radius 2 Curves

Two types of end stanchion tooled: NER wooden or LNER metal ‘T’ bar type from 1925 onwards

Horn position: top of nose

which became a QXA brake force runner for the Civil Engineer’s Mobile Track Assessment fleet in early 1987 and usually operated with DB 977339

Internally the vessel support structures are designed to carry a wider range of flask designs

Bogies Fitted : Cast