HORNBY Loco R3583TTS RailRoad Class 37 Railfreight '37040' with TTS Sound
HORNBY Loco R3583TTS RailRoad Class 37 Railfreight '37040' with TTS Sound
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RailRoad BR Co-Co '37040' Class 37 BR Railfreight with TTS Sound RAILROAD RANGE
Entering service as the English Electric Type 3, the British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in a Co-Co configuration, based on locomotive designs for export markets. Built to undertake both freight and passenger work across all BR sectors, these engines proved highly reliable and, after overhaul, many survived in service across the network into the 1990s.
British Rail first placed an order for forty-two Class 37 locomotives in January 1959, the first of which was delivered in November 1960, entering service on 2 December with the last of this original batch complete by mid-1962, by which time subsequent orders had been placed. The last of the 309 locomotives built was delivered to the Western Region on 9 November 1965, originally numbered in the range D6700-D6999 and D6600-D6608.
In 1987, the Railfreight Sectors were launched, incorporating a new livery of 'three tone grey'; a light grey lower bodyside, medium grey cantrail and a dark grey roof, along with a bright Sector logo (Coal, Metals, Petroleum, Distribution and Construction) and our model is depicted in the Metals Sector livery.
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CONVERT YOUR LOCOS TO DIGITAL
The HORNBY DIGITAL system differs from the conventional analogue type of control in that it is the individual locomotives that are controlled internally rather than the controlling of a locomotive's speed and direction by varying the current to the track.
The Hornby 'Select' and Hornby 'Elite' digital units when connected to the track pass not only a constant 15V AC voltage along the rails but also information signals to all locomotives and accessories that are on or are connected to the track.
Each locomotive that is DCC controlled must have internally fitted a small micro processor based receiver called a decoder.
IN BRIEF: Digital gives you multiple train control on all parts of a model railway layout with minimal wiring, from a single controller.