37s to scrap

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:31 am

British Railways Class 37 diesels headed to scrap at the Brush Works in the UK. Faces only a mother could love.

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?s ... CF0102.jpg

hi-plains · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:42 am

Wow, aren't those the famous "Deltic" diesels (featuring prime movers with a unique triangular cylinder arrangement)?

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The Class 37s were typically nicknamed "Growlers" for somewhat truck-like acoustics. There have been almost as many "Growlers" saved as, say, F-units or Geeps, proportionally speaking--big Co-Co trucks, but seemingly many, many lines in the UK have a 37 shoved aside as a future project or on spec. By comparison, doing the same with a Deltic would sort of be akin to running a Baldwin Centipede or E9 on the Strasburg!