Double Up Sunday - Class 37 Diesel Engines

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The sound of a 1750hp English Electric 12CSVT diesel engine rumbling through Greet Tunnel is hard to beat, especially when there's two of them!

Home resident English Electric Type 3 (Class 37) diesel-electric locomotives Nos D6948 & 37215 will be 'Doubling Up' on Sunday on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, both double-heading and top 'n' tailing train services throughout the day, giving visitors and diesel enthusiasts the full 'English Electric' experience.

And there'll be a steam train running that day too.

309 Class 37 locomotives were built by English Electric between 1960 and 1965, with construction being carried out at Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in Darlington. The Class 37s were versatile and reliable locomotives which made light work of heavy freight trains and mainline passenger services on both primary and secondary routes. The locomotives had a low axle load and a route availability of 5 (RA5) meaning that they could travel virtually anywhere on the national rail network, which made them particularly useful for operating services on branch lines across the country. Due to their reliability, a number of subclasses were developed over the years to extend their lifespan, so much so that over 90 locomotives still exist today, either in active mainline service, long term storage, or in preservation.

Road Direction
Toddington Station GL54 5DT. what3words puzzles.throats.expectant
Winchcombe Station GL54 5LD. what3words address is curries.dwarves.blotchy
Cheltenham Racecourse Station GL50 4SH. what3words hobby.rates.stray
Broadway Station WR12 7DF. what3words reworked.frog.canyons

Public Transport
Cheltenham Spa can be reach via the national rail network and stagecoach operate the D and E buses to Cheltenham Racecourse regularly.

Stagecoach run the W bus service stopping at Broadway, Toddington and Winchcombe.

NN Creswell operate a bus to Broadway from Evesham and Stagecoach Midland operate a service to Broadway from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Winchcombe station can be reached by the 606 bus operated by Pulham's from Cheltenham to Chipping Camden, this stops at Winchcombe, Toddington and Broadway.