Triple grey discovery…
Whilst Paxton Road is largely served by trip workings by the local shunter it is nice to have some larger locomotives in the collection, reminders of the railway of my youth and those books from the library… This pair weren’t intended to happen together - the 37 arrived some time ago and has been slowly progressing. It is destined to become plough fitted 37242 circa 1991 before the headlight was fitted. Finding a donor model wasn’t as easy as I’d hoped - in the end I started with a model of 242 in Mainline blue! This would mean the headlight needed removing and the repair making good - in addition to the filling of hatches and footholds in the body. The 47 arrived because Kernow were selling the DRS one cheap. My first ‘modern’ diesel in OO was a Network SouthEast 47 so I’ve always had a soft spot for the class. This one, with the cut away buffer beam cowling will become 47095, that as released after overhaul and repair In this condition early Spring 1991, just a few months before the ...
