The Growler Group

In a change to the publicised roster, with its compressor swap and B Exam completed, and a need to accumulate some mileage before the Gala, 37215 will now cover the Purple TT diesel turn on Thursday, 29th June 2023 instead of sister loco, D6948. click to continue reading

The 25th September 2023 brings a big anniversary for 37215 – 25 Years in active preservation! Bought from BR in 1994 and transported down from Inverness TMD, where it had been taken for component recovery, 37215 would move under its own power for the first time in preservation at Toddington on 5th July 1998, but it wouldn’t be until the 25th September before ‘215‘ would work its first service on the GWSR. click to continue reading

The loco roster for our Class 37s is now live on the site with the running being solely allocated to D6948 while 37215 awaits the completion of its B Exam. click to continue reading

Wednesday, 11 May, 2023 saw the Wednesday Gang complete the replacement of the compressors in the nose of 37215. The ‘new’, overhauled, bottom compressor had been refitted the previous week, but the trickier top one now had to be eased into place before the pipework was reattached and the system tested. click to continue reading