Originally known as the English Electric Type 3, the class was ordered as part of BR’s modernisation plan, with 225 examples built at its Vulcan Foundry Works and 84 at its subsidiary, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns. Designed for freight work and also secondary passenger routes, all 309 were introduced between 1960 and 1965. No. 37086 entered service at Gateshead in December 1962 as green-liveried D6786. It was later painted blue with full yellow noses and given the number 37086 under TOPS in February 1974, the condition in which the model is presented. It would later receive modifications and be renumber 37516 in the sub-class 37/5 in 1985. It is still in operation with West Coast Railways.
Specific to TT3057
- Intermediate split headcode front end with plated box lights.
- Original front end grills.
- Original windscreen design.
- Fabricated bogies.
- Original fuel tank design.
- BR blue livery.
- Optional snowploughs and air/vac pipes included in the accessory bag.
Common TT Class 37 Features
- High detail TT Scale model based on extensive research including 3D scanning and original works drawings.
- Heavy diecast chassis. Model Weight is 170 grams.
- Powerful 5 Pole Skew wound motor with dual flywheels.
- Dual bogie drive via a cardan shaft arrangement with a total of 12 driving wheels.
- Brass axle bearings.
- All wheel electrical pickup.
- Front and rear kinematic coupling arm system.
- Pre-fitted acoustic speaker chamber.
- Next-18 Decoder socket.
- Cab interior lighting (requires a DCC decoder to be fitted).
- Night/Day Headlights (requires a DCC decoder to be fitted).
- Separately controllable taillights (requires a DCC decoder to be fitted).
- Directional lighting.
- Diecast metal buffers.
- Separately applied metal grills, pipework and handrails.
- Body removal tool for easy decoder access.