InvernessTMD
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Here's a question... A long time ago I posted about 37214, the parts donor at the B&KR, asking about her future, which is obviously inevitable at this point. Never been clear on her backstory, though.
What on earth happened to her?! She seems to have had a very typical 37 life. Stored unserviceable in the late 90s under Transrail, inherited by EWS who put her up for sale.
She was then acquired by West Coast which looks like great news, she's safe! She runs around a bit for a year ish, doing your average WCRC 37 things, a few galas, her final workings seeming to be the Royal Scotsman (open for someone to correct me if I'm wrong there?). Then, according to some pictures accompanied with descriptions I found on Flickr, she failed at some point thereafter, was sidelined at Carnforth and... died. Left rotting in the corner until the Scottish 37 Group picked her up and started stripping her for parts to keep their tractors in good nick, after having sat as a forgotten maroon lump at Carnforth for over a decade.
What a travesty. Her heritage career cut short before its time. What failure was so catastrophic that WCRC just gave up, and yet left her traction motors, bogies and 12CSVT in good enough condition for the 37 Group to use on 025, 261 and 403? I'm always sad to see her, it feels like such a waste. They recently painted over the peeling maroon with BR Blue as what amounts to busywork for probably some of the younger/more junior volunteers with extra paint from 025's refurbishment. It feels morbid to me...
Not blaming the SRPS/37 Group for using her as a parts donor though. Her bodywork was absolutely, thoroughly knacked after having sat at Carnforth for all that time, it would seem. More frustrated with West Coast.
What on earth happened to her?! She seems to have had a very typical 37 life. Stored unserviceable in the late 90s under Transrail, inherited by EWS who put her up for sale.
She was then acquired by West Coast which looks like great news, she's safe! She runs around a bit for a year ish, doing your average WCRC 37 things, a few galas, her final workings seeming to be the Royal Scotsman (open for someone to correct me if I'm wrong there?). Then, according to some pictures accompanied with descriptions I found on Flickr, she failed at some point thereafter, was sidelined at Carnforth and... died. Left rotting in the corner until the Scottish 37 Group picked her up and started stripping her for parts to keep their tractors in good nick, after having sat as a forgotten maroon lump at Carnforth for over a decade.
What a travesty. Her heritage career cut short before its time. What failure was so catastrophic that WCRC just gave up, and yet left her traction motors, bogies and 12CSVT in good enough condition for the 37 Group to use on 025, 261 and 403? I'm always sad to see her, it feels like such a waste. They recently painted over the peeling maroon with BR Blue as what amounts to busywork for probably some of the younger/more junior volunteers with extra paint from 025's refurbishment. It feels morbid to me...
Not blaming the SRPS/37 Group for using her as a parts donor though. Her bodywork was absolutely, thoroughly knacked after having sat at Carnforth for all that time, it would seem. More frustrated with West Coast.
