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Hornby R30435TXS

RailRoad: BR - Class 37 - '37093' Police Livery (DCC Sound Fitted)

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Prototype Eras
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Fictitious Livery - Prototype eras are merely an indication of when this item may have run, if it really existed!

Manufacturer description

Recognised for its memorable role in a television advert – flagging down a speeding HST power car, this highly detailed model of Class 37 No. 37093 comes presented in its unique ‘Police’ promotional livery.

Complete with a roof-mounted working blue light and DCC sound-fitted with Class 37 and effects, functions, and an authentic police siren straight out of the box.

Equipped with NEM tension lock couplings and plastic buffers, this Co-Co diesel is built to perform on second radius curves or greater.

History

Built at English Electric’s Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works, this locomotive entered BR service as D6793 in 1963, allocated to Gateshead. Re-numbered 37093 in February 1974, it was painted into ‘Police’ livery, complete with blue light, for a BR television advertising campaign in July 1985, before returning to a more traditional livery at Stratford in August.

It was renumbered 37509 in June 1986 and in 1989 allocated to the Freight Metals sector Thornaby pool. It finished its career with EWS and was cut up at Cardiff Canton in August 2005.

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Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Hornby RailRoad BR Class 37 ‘37093’ Police Livery is a DCC‑sound fitted model locomotive. It measures 255 mm in length, runs on a minimum 2nd radius curve (438 mm) and is equipped with separate plastic buffers and NEM tension‑lock couplings. The model is presented in the British Rail ‘Police’ livery and includes a roof‑mounted blue light, authentic Class 37 sound effects and a police siren. It is a Co‑Co diesel with a HM7000 DCC decoder fitted, and its manufacturer part number is R30435TXS.

The prototype was built by English Electric at the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works and entered British Rail service as D6793 in 1963, allocated to Gateshead. It was renumbered 37093 in February 1974 and repainted in the ‘Police’ promotional livery with a blue light for a television advertising campaign in July 1985, before returning to a standard livery at Stratford in August 1985. The locomotive was renumbered 37509 in June 1986, allocated to the Freight Metals sector at Thornaby in 1989, later operated by EWS and was cut up at Cardiff Canton in August 2005.