Class 37
Class 37`s? Ok, I don`t hate them, and they are better than a 66, but they are just so over-rated! If you like a nose, give me a 40 any day! Or even a Peak! Having said that, if one is passing me locally, I will photograph it, even if it`s an UGLY DRS one! And over the years, I have taken literally thousands of photographs of them, but most of these were when they were more common, and not on everyones hit lists!
Class 37 Pictures

Not one to put in a frame on the mantlepiece, but this shot shows the 37`s popularity as the train re-enters...

37411 powers past Claydon Crossing on the 17th February 2007 on it`s way to Quainton Road with the 1Z38 working. 37425 is at ...

37422 heads out of Water Orton as she works the 6G36 Bescot-Birch Coppice enterprise. 26th April 2007

37410 awaits departure from Northampton Castle on the final leg of the 'Silverlink Swansong' tour on the 3rd of November...

37038 and 47802 as the 0Z37 Wembley-Crewe move. The Growler sounded fantastic as it makes its way up the WCML at Shilton on...

On the 1st of April 2008, 37423 and saloon approaches Wellingborough, and is photographed at Harrowden Junction with the 2Z03...

Returning from Euston, 37602 heads 1Q18 for the return working back to Crewe, and is seen at Watford village on the 7th of...

As they moved from Didcot to Bescot, 37401 and 37417 pass Hatton North Junction. 27th September 2008

37423 propells 2Z65 09:05 Bedford-Sheffield-Bedford. It is seen heading away from Wellingborough at Harrowden Junction, 25th ...

The 12th of December 2008, and 37069 is seen passing Barby Nortoft. The SERCO is returning from Northampton.

37706 heads 5Z47 Carnforth-Southall, and is running about 20 early as it approaches Long Buckby on the 11th of March 2009....

37314 is photographed at Woodthorpe as it works 2A36 Loughborough-Leicester North on the 12th of September 2009.

Alas, the 'Hoover' did not make another appearance as expected, and I almost didn`t bother with the 37, but I decided it...

37688 and 37229 top 90001 and 90026 with the 0L90 10:16 Crewe-Norwich working on the 4th of December 2009. This is Barby...

Although I had originally scrapped this one, I`ve decided to add it to the gallery. Not because it`s a good shot (it`s not)...

37608 hauls a Stobart Restaurant car pass Ashton, Northamptonshire. This was the 5Z37 Crewe-Wembley trip on the 30th of June ...

37667 and 37510 pass Kangaroo Spinney, Wellingborough, as they work 6Z70 Sheerness-Stockton scrap. 23rd April 2010.

37611 and 37038 are seen in the dull at Great Bowden with 6Z90 Stockton-Sheerness scrap. 28th April 2010

I didn`t get the 86`s on 4M54 in any sun, but at least this ugly pair of 37`s makes for somewhat of a consolation...

37`s on the sugar again, and for the second time running, an ugly pair........... 37059 is today paired with 37611 on 4M71...

The 19th of June 2010, a very dull looking day, but with the odd crack in the clouds. Although the chances of anything...

My bad luck continues!!! 3 seconds (Yes THREE seconds) after this shot, it was full sun............... Oh well, there`s alway...

37409 propels 'Caroline' along the West coast Mainline with 2Z01 10:08 Tilbury-Liverpool on the 3rd of August 2010, and seen ...

37706 with a rake of 5 coaches passes Great Brington with a Southall-Carnforth stock move. 19th August 2010.

20th August 2010. On the way home from a work call up north, I popped to Great Bowden for 6z92 Stockton-Sheerness (scrap...

37218 has 4 choppers in tow as 0Z41 Eastleigh-Crewe, and the convoy is passing Wormleighton crossing on the 3rd of September ...

37197 out in the 'Garden' at Barrow Hill. A shame the more interesting D213/40013 wasn`t in view like this. I wonder if this ...

37688 'Kingmoor TMD' works 6Z66 Dollands Moor - Crewe CLS, conveying a single French Nuclear flask wagon. It is seen crossing...

I was a little disappointed when I learned that 1Z59 05.45 Glasgow - Southampton was not to be behind a pair of 47`s, but...

On the way home, I thought I`d try for the Tunstead cement, but I missed that at Hillmorton. I then received a text to say...

97301 heads 3Z68 Derby RTC-Euston. Church Brampton, 16th January 2011. I really wanted a shot of this at Watford village, but...

37601 leads 1Z19 Hither Green-Derby RTC. 37059 is on the rear. The train is passing Church Brampton on the 19th of February...

37261 passes Holmes House Farm, Bishops Itchington with 1Q13 Derby RTC-Old Oak Common. 25th March 2012.

37682 heads south at Tupton working 6Z14 06:45 Carlisle Kingmoor-Derby RTC. The snow train now, unsuprisingly, finished with ...

It had been over 10 days since my last photo of a proper train, and on the 10th of April 2012, 37610 and 37605 were...

The next day, 1Q18 Derby-Euston ran via Northampton. However, my usual luck applied, with full sun for all preceeding...

After our steam-hauled ride from Pickering to Whitby, we returned to Grosmont on a nasty and jam-packed 156, with no...

Miserable old me isn`t happy with this photo, and for two reasons: Firstly, it was supposed to be on the slow, but it left...