Early-build Class 37 37004 [D6704] seen at the refuelling point at Stratford TMD Open Day in July 1983
<b>Sat. 9th July 1983 Stratford TMD Open Day</b> - one of many excellent depot open days held in the 1980s :)

This shot shows early-build English Electric Type 3 (Class 37) 37004, with two other members of the class, at the refuelling point at Stratford TMD. Not sure what the DMU was doing there - can't remember now if any were allocated to SF at the time?

<b>Locomotive History
D6704 / 37004</b>
Released from English Electric Vulcan Foundry - Works Number EE/VF2867/D583 in 1960 as D6704 - into British Railways service 6th January 1961 allocated to Stratford MPD. It remained in East Anglia until the autumn of 1967 when between October and December D6701 -09 transferred to Wath being swopped with D6960 – D6968 which transferred from Wath to Stratford. Its time at Wath was short and it quickly transferred to Tinsley before transfer to Thornaby in May 1970. It remained at Thornaby for eleven years before transfer to Stratford in March 1981. It was back to the North East in September 1984 with a transfer to Gateshead before moving on to Scotland in September 1986 when transferred to Eastfield. It was back to Stratford in November 1987 and then off to the Western Region with transfer to Cardiff in July 1991. The next move for this well travelled locomotive was back to Scotland in September 1992 with transfer to Inverness, however its time was running out as by August 1993 it was stored unserviceable. It was eventually broken up by MC Metals, Glasgow during early June 1996, a few days before it was officially withdrawn on the 12th June 1996. Detailed history courtesy of <a href="/photos/pics-by-john/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">John Woolley Photos</a> 

<b>Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!</b>
The original slide was rescued from a box of 'duds' that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)

Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. <b>Scanned from the original slide with minimal digital restoration</b>

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