8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Locomotive Class_Class 37 attention turned to transportation requirements

attention turned to transportation requirements for the company’s own diesel fuel oil supplies

preceded by four blue examples

hopper door controls

Original 5-rib body style with roller bearing axle boxes

single riveted

8750 Class - 9600 - BR Lined Black Early Emblem - DCC Sound Fitted Locomotive Class_Class 37 attention turned to transportation requirements9600 was the first loco from lot 352, which completed at Swindon in Feb of 1945. An engine that didnt have to travel far to its first allocation of Swindon shed! It moved to Bristol SPM (82B) in 1961 before moving on to South Wales. Withdrawn from Ebbw Junction (86B) and was withdrawn in September 1965. Luckily it was purchased by the national coal board and moved to Merthyr Vale Colliery where it would work until 1973. From here it was purchased by