Class 37 - BR Green (Small Yellow Panels) - D6724 (C) Coach Type_SO usually between one and five

usually between one and five wagons behind a pair of Direct Rail Services (DRS) locomotives

private firms would build locomotives exclusively

66789 sports a homage to the British Rail large logo blue livery to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the formation of British Railways back in 1948

Cab windscreen-mounted top headlight

This period covered a diverse range of allocations to the Class 31 hotspots of Bescot

Class 37 - BR Green (Small Yellow Panels) - D6724 (C) Coach Type_SO usually between one and fiveDeparting from English Electrics Vulcan Foundry in August 1961, D6724 was briefly allocated to 31B March before heading to 30A Stratford the following month. A dependable member of the East London depot for the next five years its duties would have included Great Eastern main line and Cambridge line passenger diagrams, inter regional turns, particularly the Manchester Harwich boat train, as well as parcels and freight services. By now wearing small