British Rail Class 37 renumbering
The 309 members of the class 37 underwent many changes in their long career on British railways. Under the TOPS system each change was reflected in a change of identity. This table attempts to catalogue those changes.
D6850 / 37150 / 37901
Fleet list
Some locomotives were allocated numbers on TOPS but never actually carried them, these have been struckthrough.
The names shown are those carried at some stage in the locomotive’s career. Names in italics are unofficial.
The D prefix was generally dropped after 1967.
| BTC "D number" |
Initial TOPS Id |
First renumbering |
Second renumbering |
Post TOPS renumbering |
Further renumbering |
Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D6600 | 37300 | 37429 | Eisteddfod Genedlaethol | |||
| D6601 | 37301 | 37412 | 1) Loch Lomond 2) Driver John Elliott | |||
| D6602 | 37302 | 37416 | 1) Mt Fuji 2) Sir Robert McAlpine / Concrete Bob | |||
| D6603 | 37303 | 37271 | 37333 | |||
| D6604 | 37304 | 37272 | 37334 | |||
| D6605 | 37305 | 37407 | 1) Loch Long 2) Blackpool Tower | |||
| D6606 | 37306 | 37273 | ||||
| D6607 | 37307 | 37403 | 1) Isle of Mull 2) Ben Cruachan 3) Glendarroch | |||
| D6608 | 37308 | 37274 | ||||
| D6700 | 37119 | 37350 | D6700 | National Railway Museum | ||
| D6701 | 37001 | 37707 | ||||
| D6702 | 37002 | 37351 | ||||
| D6703 | 37003 | 1) First East Anglian Regiment* 2) Tiger Moth | ||||
| D6704 | 37004 | Second East Anglian Regiment** | ||||
| D6705 | 37005 | 37501 | 37601 | 1) Third East Anglian Regiment** 2) Teesside Steelmaster 3) Class 37 - Fifty | ||
| D6706 | 37006 | 37798 | ||||
| D6707 | 37007 | 37506 | 37604 | 1) The East Anglian Regiment 2) British Steel Skinningrove | ||
| D6708 | 37008 | 37352 | Hornet | |||
| D6709 | 37009 | 37340 | ||||
| D6710 | 37010 | |||||
| D6711 | 37011 | |||||
| D6712 | 37012 | 1) Derwent 2) Loch Rannoch | ||||
| D6713 | 37013 | Vampire | ||||
| D6714 | 37014 | 37709 | ||||
| D6715 | 37015 | 37341 | ||||
| D6716 | 37016 | 37706 | Conidae | |||
| D6717 | 37017 | 37503 | British Steel Shelton | |||
| D6718 | 37018 | 37517 | ||||
| D6719 | 37019 | |||||
| D6720 | 37020 | 37702 | L30 | Taff Merthyr | ||
| D6721 | 37021 | 37715 | British Petroleum | |||
| D6722 | 37022 | 37512 | 37608 | 1) Thornaby Demon 2) Andromeda | ||
| D6723 | 37023 | 1) Stratford 2) Stratford TMD Quality Approved | ||||
| D6724 | 37024 | 37714 | L031 | L26 | ||
| D6725 | 37025 | Inverness TMD Quality Approved | ||||
| D6726 | 37026 | 37320 | 1) Shap Fell 2) Loch Awe | |||
| D6727 | 37027 | 37519 | Loch Eil | |||
| D6728 | 37028 | 37505 | British Steel Workington | |||
| D6729 | 37029 | D6729 | ||||
| D6730 | 37030 | 37701 | ||||
| D6731 | 37031 | |||||
| D6732 | 37032 | 37353 | D6732 | Mirage | ||
| D6733 | 37033 | 37719 | ||||
| D6734 | 37034 | 37704 | ||||
| D6735 | 37035 | |||||
| D6736 | 37036 | 37507 | 37605 | Hartlepool Pipe Mill | ||
| D6737 | 37037 | 37321 | Gartcosh | |||
| D6738 | 37038 | |||||
| D6739 | 37039 | 37504 | 37603 | British Steel Corby | ||
| D6740 | 37040 | |||||
| D6741 | 37041 | 37520 | ||||
| D6742 | 37042 | |||||
| D6743 | 37043 | 37354 | Loch Lomond | |||
| D6744 | 37044 | 37710 | ||||
| D6745 | 37045 | 37355 | ||||
| D6746 | 37046 | |||||
| D6747 | 37047 | |||||
| D6748 | 37048 | |||||
| D6749 | 37049 | 37322 | 37343 | Imperial | ||
| D6750 | 37050 | 37717 | 1) Stainless Pioneer 2) Maltby Lilly Hall Junior School Rotherham Railsafe Trophy Winners 1996 3) St Margaret's Church of England Primary School City of Durham Railsafe Trophy Winners 1997 4) Berwick Middle School Railsafe Trophy Winners 1998 | |||
| D6751 | 37051 | Merehead | ||||
| D6752 | 37052 | 37713 | ||||
| D6753 | 37053 | 37344 | ||||
| D6754 | 37054 | |||||
| D6755 | 37055 | Rail Celebrity | ||||
| D6756 | 37056 | 37513 | ||||
| D6757 | 37057 | Viking | ||||
| D6758 | 37058 | |||||
| D6759 | 37059 | Port of Tilbury | ||||
| D6760 | 37060 | 37705 | ||||
| D6761 | 37061 | 37799 | L030 | L27 | Sir Dyfed / County of Dyfed | |
| D6762 | 37062 | |||||
| D6763 | 37063 | |||||
| D6764 | 37064 | 37515 | ||||
| D6765 | 37065 | |||||
| D6766 | 37066 | Valiant | ||||
| D6767 | 37067 | 37703 | L023 | L25 | ||
| D6768 | 37068 | 37356 | Grainflow | |||
| D6769 | 37069 | Thornaby TMD | ||||
| D6770 | 37070 | 025031 | ||||
| D6771 | 37071 | |||||
| D6772 | 37072 | Venom | ||||
| D6773 | 37073 | 1)Tornado 2) Fort William / An Gearasdan | ||||
| D6774 | 37074 | |||||
| D6775 | 37075 | |||||
| D6776 | 37076 | 37518 | ||||
| D6777 | 37077 | Hurricane | ||||
| D6778 | 37078 | |||||
| D6779 | 37079 | 37357 | Medite | |||
| D6780 | 37080 | |||||
| D6781 | 37081 | 37797 | Loch Long | |||
| D6782 | 37082 | 37502 | 37602 | 1) British Steel Teesside 2) T.S. Eliot** | ||
| D6783 | 37083 | |||||
| D6784 | 37084 | 37718 | L021 | L22 | Hartlepool Pipe Mill | |
| D6785 | 37085 | 37711 | Tremorfa Steel Works | |||
| D6786 | 37086 | 37516 | ||||
| D6787 | 37087 | 1) Vulcan 2) Keighley & Worth Valley Railway | ||||
| D6788 | 37088 | 37323 | Clydesdale | |||
| D6789 | 37089 | 37708 | ||||
| D6790 | 37090 | 37508 | 37606 | |||
| D6791 | 37091 | 37358 | P&O Containers | |||
| D6792 | 37092 | |||||
| D6793 | 37093 | 37509 | ||||
| D6794 | 37094 | 37716 | L034 | L23 | British Steel Corby | |
| D6795 | 37095 | |||||
| D6796 | 37096 | Spitfire | ||||
| D6797 | 37097 | Old Fettercairn | ||||
| D6798 | 37098 | |||||
| D6799 | 37099 | 37324 | Clydebridge | |||
| D6800 | 37100 | 97301 | ||||
| D6801 | 37101 | |||||
| D6802 | 37102 | 37712 | 1) The Cardiff Rod Mill 2) Teesside Steelmaster | |||
| D6803 | 37103 | 37511 | 37607 | Stockton Haulage | ||
| D6804 | 37104 | |||||
| D6805 | 37105 | 37796 | ||||
| D6806 | 37106 | |||||
| D6807 | 37107 | Fury | ||||
| D6808 | 37108 | 37325 | Lanarkshire Steel | |||
| D6809 | 37109 | |||||
| D6810 | 37110 | |||||
| D6811 | 37111 | 37326 | Glengarnock | |||
| D6812 | 37112 | 37510 | ||||
| D6813 | 37113 | Radio Highland | ||||
| D6814 | 37114 | 1) Dunrobin Castle 2) City of Worcester | ||||
| D6815 | 37115 | 37514 | 37609 | |||
| D6816 | 37116 | 1) Comet 2) Sister Dora | ||||
| D6817 | 37117 | 37521 | English China Clays | |||
| D6818 | 37118 | 37359 | ||||
| D6819 | 37283 | 37895 | ||||
| D6820 | 37120 | 37887 | Castell Caerffilli / Caerphilly Castle | |||
| D6821 | 37121 | 37677 | ||||
| D6822 | 37122 | 37692 | The Lass O` Ballochmyle | |||
| D6823 | 37123 | 37679 | ||||
| D6824 | 37124 | 37894 | ||||
| D6825 | 37125 | 37904 | ||||
| D6826 | 37126 | 37676 | ||||
| D6827 | 37127 | 37370 | ||||
| D6828 | 37128 | 37330 | ||||
| D6829 | 37129 | 37669 | ||||
| D6830 | 37130 | 37681 | ||||
| D6831 | 37131 | |||||
| D6832 | 37132 | 37673 | ||||
| D6833 | 37133 | |||||
| D6834 | 37134 | 37684 | Peak National Park | |||
| D6835 | 37135 | 37888 | L024 | L31 | Petrolea | |
| D6836 | 37136 | 37905 | 1) Vulcan Enterprise 2) Mirrlees Pioneer | |||
| D6837 | 37137 | 37312 | Clyde Iron | |||
| D6838 | 37138 | 025032 | ||||
| D6839 | 37139 | |||||
| D6840 | 37140 | |||||
| D6841 | 37141 | |||||
| D6842 | 37142 | |||||
| D6843 | 37143 | 37800 | L025 | L33 | 1) Glo Cymru 2} Cassiopeia | |
| D6844 | 37144 | |||||
| D6845 | 37145 | 37313 | 37382 | |||
| D6846 | 37146 | |||||
| D6847 | 37147 | 37371 | ||||
| D6848 | 37148 | 37902 | British Steel Llanwern | |||
| D6849 | 37149 | 37892 | Ripple Lane | |||
| D6850 | 37150 | 37901 | Mirrlees Pioneer | |||
| D6851 | 37151 | 37667 | 1) Wensleydale 2) Meldon Quarry Centenary | |||
| D6852 | 37152 | 37310 | British Steel Ravenscraig | |||
| D6853 | 37153 | |||||
| D6854 | 37154 | Sabre | ||||
| D6855 | 37155 | 37897 | ||||
| D6856 | 37156 | 37311 | British Steel Hunterstone | |||
| D6857 | 37157 | 37695 | ||||
| D6858 | 37158 | |||||
| D6859 | 37159 | 37372 | ||||
| D6860 | 37160 | 37373 | Lightning | |||
| D6861 | 37161 | 37899 | L022 | L21 | County of West Glamorgan / Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg | |
| D6862 | 37162 | |||||
| D6863 | 37163 | 37802 | L32 | |||
| D6864 | 37164 | 37675 | 1) William Cookworthy 2) Margam TMD | |||
| D6865 | 37165 | 37374 | ||||
| D6866 | 37166 | 37891 | ||||
| D6867 | 37167 | 37383 | 37383 | |||
| D6868 | 37168 | 37890 | The Railway Observer | |||
| D6869 | 37169 | 37674 | St Blaise Church 1445-1995 | |||
| D6870 | 37170 | 97302 | ||||
| D6871 | 37171 | 37690 | 37611 | Pegasus | ||
| D6872 | 37172 | 37686 | ||||
| D6873 | 37173 | 37801 | L032 | L29 | Aberthaw / Aberddawan | |
| D6874 | 37174 | |||||
| D6875 | 37175 | |||||
| D6876 | 37176 | 37883 | L28 | |||
| D6877 | 37177 | 37885 | L033 | L24 | ||
| D6878 | 37178 | 97303 | Meteor | |||
| D6879 | 37179 | 37691 | 37612 | |||
| D6880 | 37180 | 37886 | Sir Dyfed / County of Dyfed | |||
| D6881 | 37181 | 37687 | 37610 | 1) The Malcolm Group 2) T.S. Cassady | ||
| D6882 | 37182 | 37670 | St Blazey T&RS Depot | |||
| D6883 | 37183 | 37884 | L34 | 1) Gartcosh 2) Cepheus | ||
| D6884 | 37184 | |||||
| D6885 | 37185 | 1) Buccaneer 2) Lea & Perrins | ||||
| D6886 | 37186 | 37898 | Cwmbargoed DP | |||
| D6887 | 37187 | 37683 | ||||
| D6888 | 37188 | Jimmy Shand | ||||
| D6889 | 37189 | 37672 | Freight Transport Association | |||
| D6890 | 37190 | 37314 | Dalzell | |||
| D6891 | 37191 | |||||
| D6892 | 37192 | 37694 | The Lass O` Ballochmyle | |||
| D6893 | 37193 | 37375 | ||||
| D6894 | 37194 | British International Freight Association | ||||
| D6895 | 37195 | 37689 | ||||
| D6896 | 37196 | |||||
| D6897 | 37197 | |||||
| D6898 | 37198 | |||||
| D6899 | 37199 | 37376 | ||||
| D6900 | 37200 | 37377 | ||||
| D6901 | 37201 | |||||
| D6902 | 37202 | 37331 | ||||
| D6903 | 37203 | |||||
| D6904 | 37204 | 37378 | ||||
| D6905 | 37205 | 37688 | 1) Great Rocks 2) Kingmoor TMD | |||
| D6906 | 37206 | 37906 | Star of the East | |||
| D6907 | 37207 | William Cookworthy | ||||
| D6908 | 37208 | 37803 | ||||
| D6909 | 37209 | Phantom | ||||
| D6910 | 37210 | 37693 | 1) Sir William Arrol 2) Saint Margaret | |||
| D6911 | 37211 | |||||
| D6912 | 37212 | |||||
| D6913 | 37213 | |||||
| D6914 | 37214 | |||||
| D6915 | 37215 | D6915 | ||||
| D6916 | 37216 | Great Eastern | ||||
| D6917 | 37217 | 97304 | John Tiley | |||
| D6918 | 37218 | |||||
| D6919 | 37219 | Shirley Ann Smith | ||||
| D6920 | 37220 | Westerleigh | ||||
| D6921 | 37221 | |||||
| D6922 | 37222 | |||||
| D6923 | 37223 | |||||
| D6924 | 37224 | 37680 | ||||
| D6925 | 37225 | |||||
| D6926 | 37226 | 37379 | Ipswich WRD Quality Assured | |||
| D6927 | 37227 | |||||
| D6928 | 37228 | 37696 | ||||
| D6929 | 37229 | 1) The Cardiff Rod Mill 2) Jonty Jarvis | ||||
| D6930 | 37230 | |||||
| D6931 | 37231 | 37896 | ||||
| D6932 | 37232 | Institution of Railway Signal Engineers | ||||
| D6933 | 37233 | 37889 | ||||
| D6934 | 37234 | 37685 | ||||
| D6935 | 37235 | Coal Merchants Association of Scotland | ||||
| D6936 | 37236 | 37682 | Hartlepool Pipe Mill | |||
| D6937 | 37237 | 37893 | ||||
| D6938 | 37238 | Spitfire II | ||||
| D6939 | 37239 | 37332 | ||||
| D6940 | 37240 | Golden Heart | ||||
| D6941 | 37241 | |||||
| D6942 | 37242 | |||||
| D6943 | 37243 | 37697 | ||||
| D6944 | 37244 | |||||
| D6945 | 37245 | |||||
| D6946 | 37246 | 37698 | Coedbach | |||
| D6947 | 37247 | 37671 | Tre Pol & Pen | |||
| D6948 | 37248 | 1) Midland Railway Centre 2) Loch Arkaig | ||||
| D6949 | 37249 | 37903 | ||||
| D6950 | 37250 | Gladiator | ||||
| D6951 | 37251 | The Northern Lights | ||||
| D6952 | 37252 | |||||
| D6953 | 37253 | 37699 | ||||
| D6954 | 37254 | 1) Driver Robin Prince MBE 2)Cardiff Canton | ||||
| D6955 | 37255 | |||||
| D6956 | 37256 | 37678 | ||||
| D6957 | 37257 | 37668 | Leyburn | |||
| D6958 | 37258 | 37384 | ||||
| D6959 | 37259 | 37380 | ||||
| D6960 | 37260 | Radio Highland | ||||
| D6961 | 37261 | Caithness | ||||
| D6962 | 37262 | Dounreay | ||||
| D6963 | 37263 | |||||
| D6964 | 37264 | |||||
| D6965 | 37265 | 37430 | Cwmbrân | |||
| D6966 | 37266 | 37422 | 1) Robert F. Fairlie Locomotive Engineer 1831-1885 2) Cardiff Canton | |||
| D6967 | 37267 | 37421 | 1) Strombidae 2) The Kingsman | |||
| D6968 | 37268 | 37401 | 1) Mary Queen of Scots 2) The Royal Scotsman | |||
| D6969 | 37269 | 37417 | 1) Highland Region 2) RAIL MAGAZINE 3) Richard Trevithick | |||
| D6970 | 37270 | 37409 | 1) Loch Awe 2) Lord Hinton | |||
| D6971 | 37271 | 37418 | 1) Pectinidae 2) An Comunn Gaedhealach 3) East Lancashire Railway | |||
| D6972 | 37272 | 37431 | 1) Bullidae 2) Sir Powys / County of Powys | |||
| D6973 | 37273 | 37410 | Aluminium 100 | |||
| D6974 | 37274 | 37402 | 1) Oor Wullie 2) Bont y Bermo | |||
| D6975 | 37275 | 1) Stainless Pioneer 2) Oor Wullie | ||||
| D6976 | 37276 | 37413 | 1) Loch Eil Outward Bound 2) The Scottish Railway Preservation Society | |||
| D6977 | 37277 | 37415 | Mt Etna | |||
| D6978 | 37278 | |||||
| D6979 | 37279 | 37424 | 37558 | Isle of Mull Avro Vulcan XH558 | ||
| D6980 | 37280 | |||||
| D6981 | 37281 | 37428 | David Lloyd George | |||
| D6982 | 37282 | 37405 | Strathclyde Region | |||
| D6983 | ||||||
| D6984 | 37284 | 37381 | ||||
| D6985 | 37285 | 37335 | ||||
| D6986 | 37286 | 37404 | 1) Ben Cruachan 2) Loch Long | |||
| D6987 | 37287 | 37414 | Cathays C&W works 1846-1993 | |||
| D6988 | 37288 | 37427 | 1) Bont y Bermo 2) Highland Enterprise | |||
| D6989 | 37289 | 37408 | 1) Loch Rannoch 2) Nick Dodson / Sue Dodson 3) Cwmbran | |||
| D6990 | 37290 | 37411 | 1) Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 2) Tŷ Hafan 3) Caerphilly Castle | |||
| D6991 | 37291 | 37419 | 1) Mt Pinatubo 2) Carl Haviland 1954 - 2012 | |||
| D6992 | 37292 | 37425 | 1) Sir Robert McAlpine / Concrete Bob 2) Pride of the Valleys | |||
| D6993 | 37293 | |||||
| D6994 | 37294 | |||||
| D6995 | 37295 | 37406 | The Saltire Society | |||
| D6996 | 37296 | 37423 | 1) Sir Murray Morrison 1873-1948 Pioneer of the British Aluminium Industry 2) Spirit of the Lakes | |||
| D6997 | 37297 | 37420 | The Scottish Hosteller | |||
| D6998 | 37298 | Victor | ||||
| D6999 | 37299 | 37426 | 1) Mt Vesuvius 2) Y Lein Fach / Vale of Rheidol |
* Name never carried in traffic.
** Names allocated but plates never fitted.
See also
References
- Ian Allan ABC of British Motive Power, several editions
- British Rail Locomotives, Platform 5, several editions
- Today's Railways monthly updates, Platform 5
- Kenny Barclay, British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s: Diesel Locomotives and DMUs, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2017 ISBN 1445670062.
- Andrew Walker, Class 37 Locomotives, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2016 ISBN 1445657384.
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