Accurascale ACC3159-EXL Class 37 - Europhoenix - 37901 - OO Gauge DCC READY

Accurascale ACC3159-EXL Class 37 - Europhoenix - 37901 - OO Gauge DCC READY\n\nAccurascale ACC3159-EXL Class 37 - Europhoenix - 37901 - OO Gauge DCC READY\n\n37901 Mirrlees Pioneer\n\nWhen the six-cylinder Mirrlees Blackstone MB275T power unit was first lowered into carbody of the former 37150 it is unlikely that anyone involved in the re-engineering project envisioned it would still be working 38 years later, especially as the Class 38 project for which the engines were intended would be cancelled only a few months later. Built as D6850 in 1963 and already 23 years old when it was plucked from obscurity to become 37901, the doyen of the Class 37/9s, the conversion at BREL Crewe Works was completed in October 1986. Finished in Railfreight grey and quickly named Mirrlees Pioneer, like all six members of the sub class it was allocated to Cardiff Canton, who intensively diagrammed their new charges on Railfreight Metals sector services. This included doubled up on the heavy iron ore trae