Class 37 - RF Construction - 37414 Magnesite Ore Wagons Split spoke

Split spoke

This conversion included changing the profile of the front deflector plates

It was fitted with a Giesl ejector and underfeed stoker sometime in 1966 before transferring to Bickerhsaw Colliery in Leigh and allocated the rather catchy number 63/000/432

renumbered with few obvious external or internal differences from Brake Second Open M9453 in May 1992

Class 37 - RF Construction - 37414 Magnesite Ore Wagons Split spoke37414 Railfreight Construction The introduction of Class 156 Super Sprinters on the West Highland from January 1989 and on the Far North Kyle lines in the May triggered an exodus of Class 37 4s to freight work. By the end of that year, Laira, Motherwell and Tinsley had gained allocations, while Immingham and Thornaby both acquired three locos each in the middle of 1990, by which point half the sub class were south of the border. One of these was No.