37402 "Stephen Middlemore"
Class 37/4 - 37402 Outshopped by Loram in February 2016, 37402 was the second member of the Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 fleet to be returned to the BR large logo scheme, after 37401 Mary Queen of Scots, which had led the way after being repaired and repainted into this iconic paint scheme by the SRPS at Bo’ness in late 2013. 37402 was released from Derby wearing non-standard numbers and with its Stephen Middlemore nameplates still in their ‘Compass’ livery position below the radiator, although these were fortunately both fixed at Kingmoor before the locomotive entered traffic a few weeks later, going straight into action on the Cumbrian Coast loco-hauled services between Preston, Barrow and Carlisle. 37402 became a regular on these popular workings and while they ended in May 2018, DRS had plenty of employment for its expanding fleet of heritage liveried Class 37/4s. This included Network Rail test, saloon and railhead treatment trains, the Greater Anglia ‘short set’ passenger services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, nuclear flask, engineers, railtours, stock moves, ‘thunderbird’, route learning and other duties. By the end of 2018 the sight of pairs of large logo 37/4s either top and tailed or working together became almost commonplace all over the network. The detail configuration of this locomotive is identical to our other large logo ETH-fitted ‘tractor’, 37409, with the main spotting features of these DRS era machines being the revised LED tail lights, multiple working socket on the nose, toughened windscreens, cab step and door kickplates, and – for those machines that previously wore Compass branding – the plated central window on both sides of the body. Notably though, 37402 was provided with a large Eastfield ‘westie’ logo in the classic position, an embellishment never given to 37409. 2018-present BR Large Logo livery Centre headcode nose with headlight, large LED tail lights and MW socket Refurbished 'split' nose grilles Nose aerial Cutaway bufferbeam cowling with oval buffers ETH bufferbeam configuration with ETH/air/vac/control/MW pipes Toughened windscreens with as built cab layout Plated bodyside windows (both sides) Welded roof with plated boiler exhaust and small cab roof vent Fabricated bogies Boiler water tank converted to long range fuel tank Late EE cantrail grilles Plated bodyside water filler and associated steps Optional miniature snowploughs Triple cab door kickplate Common Features: Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2 Heavy die-cast metal chassis Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to; Bogies (Fabricated and three variations of Cast) Fuel tanks (As built and with later smooth-sided long range fuel tank) Early Class 37/0 features frost grille, boiler filler panel and access steps Early Class 37/0 features illuminated split headcode displays with a selection of different four-character headcodes Class 37/6 have operational WIPAC light clusters and top headlight and numerous different nose slides all including multiple working socket Three styles of buffer: large round Oleo, oval and squared oval Three styles of nose grilles: as built, refurbished ‘split’ and refurbished ‘single piece’ Boiler exhaust, and two styles of plated boiler panel With or without bufferbeam skirts With or without cab roof vents and bodyside windows Nose and roof aerials and antennas (where applicable) Three styles of windscreen: standard, centre toughened and all toughened Three styles of cab interior: as built, refurbished and modern DRS locos Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations Door kickplates where applicable Multiple body and nose slides to accurately represent almost every member of the class, including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704), later EE and RSH Four roof styles: Original double riveted, single riveted, welded and welded with antennas Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more. Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille Scale width wire handrails Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework Bogies feature separate footsteps, etched footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges) Numerous other locomotive-specific details yet to be revealed! RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5] Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound DCC Sound Versions include; ESU LokSound V5 DCC Chip Customised Dual-Speaker Technology with; Large accurathrash Bass Speaker Smaller 'iphone' style cube for higher frequencies High Performance traction, to include; High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running All wheel drive and all wheel pickup Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including: Directional lighting on DC and DCC Fully functional Headlights per prototype Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover) WIPAC light clusters where appropriate with day and night-time settings Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement Switchable red tail lights RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)