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The original design was based on the LMS "twins", 10000 and 10001, which often worked in pairs. They had doors in each nose, so that crews could pass between (just like the corridor tenders in the A4s), and so run non-stop London to Glasgow. Hence, most (about 140) were built with these doors. There were also variants with discs as headcodes, and also split box types. Later, most had the doors welded shut, or removed so that the central headcode boxes could be fitted.michaelhendle wrote:Hi
That's looking good thanks for making it,It will come in very handy for the routes I use the most,and didn't the split head code boxes came first.
Mike
Your getting your class 37 mixed up with the class 40 methinks.brysonman46 wrote:The original design was based on the LMS "twins", 10000 and 10001, which often worked in pairs. They had doors in each nose, so that crews could pass between (just like the corridor tenders in the A4s), and so run non-stop London to Glasgow. Hence, most (about 140) were built with these doors. There were also variants with discs as headcodes, and also split box types. Later, most had the doors welded shut, or removed so that the central headcode boxes could be fitted.michaelhendle wrote:Hi
That's looking good thanks for making it,It will come in very handy for the routes I use the most,and didn't the split head code boxes came first.
Mike
Nick
No 37's had discs. Centre head-code 37's were built like that from the start, as were some of the later class 40's, although a few Scottish examples of class 40 had their discs replaced with a centre headcode.Oops, so I have! Did not look too carefully as I was just going out. Mind you, the explanation still holds in that the door connections were useful for those locos working in tandem. And just like the Cl 40s, the doors were welded shut after a few years.holzroller wrote:Your getting your class 37 mixed up with the class 40 methinks.brysonman46 wrote:The original design was based on the LMS "twins", 10000 and 10001, which often worked in pairs. They had doors in each nose, so that crews could pass between (just like the corridor tenders in the A4s), and so run non-stop London to Glasgow. Hence, most (about 140) were built with these doors. There were also variants with discs as headcodes, and also split box types. Later, most had the doors welded shut, or removed so that the central headcode boxes could be fitted.michaelhendle wrote:Hi
That's looking good thanks for making it,It will come in very handy for the routes I use the most,and didn't the split head code boxes came first.
Mike
Nick
AFAIK Railright have said that they'll be focussing on the /4, /5 and /7 subclasses to begin with, so it'll likely be various variants of Railfreight liveries...kirkheath wrote:Speaking of which, Railright who brought us the 40, are actually working on a class 37 pack and sub variants. Maybe they will include a super standard full green livery upon it's release
You are correct on that. They did mention other sub variants to followUSRailFan wrote:AFAIK Railright have said that they'll be focussing on the /4, /5 and /7 subclasses to begin with, so it'll likely be various variants of Railfreight liveries...kirkheath wrote:Speaking of which, Railright who brought us the 40, are actually working on a class 37 pack and sub variants. Maybe they will include a super standard full green livery upon it's release
