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TITLE
37295 on train at Loch Achanalt, August 1992
EXTERNAL ID
PC_HRS_TRAINS_001_341
PLACENAME
Lochluichart
DISTRICT
Muir of Ord
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
ROSS: Contin
DATE OF IMAGE
19 August 1992
PERIOD
1990s
SOURCE
Highland Railway Society
ASSET ID
28351
KEYWORDS
locomotives
trains
37295 on train at Loch Achanalt, August 1992

A Class 37 diesel, 37295, on crossing the viaduct at Loch Achanalt about one mile east of Achanalt station in August 1992. The service is bound for Kyle.

37295 was built by English Electric in 1965. It spent the vast majority of its working life in Scotland and Wales. Its last journey was from Kyle to Inverness on 9 June 2007.

A total of 309 Class 37 diesel locomotives were built for British Railways between 1960 and 1965. They are sometimes referred to as English Electric Type 3 locos and nicknamed 'Tractors' due to the distinctive sound of their exhausts.

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37295 on train at Loch Achanalt, August 1992

ROSS: Contin

1990s

locomotives; trains

Highland Railway Society

Highland Railway Society - Trains 3 (1948 to the present day)

A Class 37 diesel, 37295, on crossing the viaduct at Loch Achanalt about one mile east of Achanalt station in August 1992. The service is bound for Kyle.<br /> <br /> 37295 was built by English Electric in 1965. It spent the vast majority of its working life in Scotland and Wales. Its last journey was from Kyle to Inverness on 9 June 2007.<br /> <br /> A total of 309 Class 37 diesel locomotives were built for British Railways between 1960 and 1965. They are sometimes referred to as English Electric Type 3 locos and nicknamed 'Tractors' due to the distinctive sound of their exhausts.