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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D6838	26/04/1963
TOPS (37/0)	37138	04/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
37	26/04/1963

Wheels

Co-Co

Builder

English Electric Vulcan Foundry

Fittings (as built)

Train Brakes	Vacuum Brakes fitted
Multiple Fitting	Blue Star
Other Details	Central Headcode Box

To Service

26/04/1963 to Cardiff Canton (88A)

Withdrawn

19/05/1996

Time in Service

33 yrs , 23 dys

Cut Up

on 16/07/2004

Cut At

Harry Needle Railroad Company (at Toton Training Compound)

Status

Scrapped

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
GSYP	Green bodywork with small yellow warning panel	26/04/1963
GFYE	Green with full yellow cab front or nose	by 10/1970

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
88A	Cardiff Canton (New)	on	26/04/1963
64B	Haymarket	5w/e	24/09/1966
65A	Eastfield	4w/e	28/09/1968
CF	Cardiff Canton	2w/e	12/10/1974
	Withdrawn	on	19/05/1996

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
26/04/1963	vb	Vacuum brakes, Steam heat

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
26/04/1963	To Service	To service as British Railways number D6838 Built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry Allocated to Cardiff Canton (88A) Livery applied: Green bodywork with small yellow warning panel
24/09/1966	Allocation	Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)
28/09/1968	Allocation	Reallocated to Eastfield (65A)
10/1970	Livery	Change of livery to Green with full yellow cab front or nose
04/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 37138
12/10/1974	Allocation	Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (CF)
19/05/1996	Withdrawn	Condemned as 37138
16/07/2004	Scrapped	Broken up by Harry Needle Railroad Company: at Toton Training Compound

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