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Pre-Order Deposit Accurascale ACC3154 Class 37 - Colas - 37421
Pre-Order Deposit Only
£5 Deposit will be deducted from total price of £189.99
Expected Delivery Q4 2025

Description Provided by Accurascale
37421 Colas Rail 
 
Stored by EWS at Motherwell in March 2005 and sold for preservation at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway in 2009, No. 37421 was one of four Class 37s that was purchased by Colas Rail in 2013 for a return to the main line, along with Nos. 37116, 37175 and 37219. While the latter pair debuted for their new owner in the middle of 2014, it would be another year before No. 37421 would re-enter traffic along with BR green-liveried former Harry Needle Class 37/0 No. 37057/D6757, just in time to assist on the newly acquired Network Rail infrastructure monitoring contract.
For the next four years, the Colas Class 37/4 was a solid performer on various test formations, until called to South Wales in May 2019 to provide power for Cardiff-Rhymney line commuter turns along with hired-in Nos. 37025 and 37418. This followed a fallow few months when the locomotive was under repair and eventually returned after a bogie swap with No. 37175. The Rhymney workings ended in March 2020 and it was back to test train work, mixed in with NR saloon duties with No. 975025 Caroline and the odd infrastructure duty.
Cosmetically, towards the end of that same year it swapped its Colas ‘hard hat’ logos for new diamond stickers, although it has stubbornly retained its unique arrangement of single lamp irons on different sides of the locomotive at each end. Despite the increasing number of Colas HST power cars on the NR services, No. 37421 is still a regular atop PLPR (Plain Line Pattern Recognition) and UTU (Ultrasonic Testing Unit) formations and is expected to remain a key component of the operator’s fleet for several years to come.

Pre-Order Deposit Accurascale ACC3154 Class 37 - Colas - 37421

£5.00Price
Expected Delivery in Quarter 4 2025
    • Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
    • Heavy die-cast metal chassis
    • Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys
    • Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
    1. Bogies (Fabricated and three variations of Cast)
    2. Fuel tanks (As built and with later smooth-sided long range fuel tank)
    3. Early Class 37/0 features frost grille, boiler filler panel and access steps
    4. Early Class 37/0 features illuminated split headcode displays with a selection of different four-character headcodes
    5. Class 37/6 have operational WIPAC light clusters and top headlight and numerous different nose slides all including multiple working socket
    6. Three styles of buffer: large round Oleo, oval and squared oval
    7. Three styles of nose grilles: as built, refurbished ‘split’ and refurbished ‘single piece’
    8. Boiler exhaust, and two styles of plated boiler panel
    9. With or without bufferbeam skirts
    10. With or without cab roof vents and bodyside windows
    11. Nose and roof aerials and antennas (where applicable)
    12. Three styles of windscreen: standard, centre toughened and all toughened
    13. Three styles of cab interior: as built, refurbished and modern DRS locos
    14. Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations
    15. Door kickplates where applicable


    Multiple body and nose slides to accurately represent almost every member of the class, including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704), later EE and RSH

    Four roof styles: Original double riveted, single riveted, welded and welded with antennas

    Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.

    Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille

    Scale width wire handrails

    Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples

    Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

    Bogies feature separate footsteps, etched footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain

    Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges)

    Numerous other locomotive-specific details yet to be revealed!

    RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately

    Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs

    Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings

    Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam

    Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound

    • High Performance traction, to include;
    1. High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels
    2. Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
    3. Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)
    4. DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running
    5. All wheel drive and all wheel pickup


    All models include our motorised roof fan with dedicated silky smooth coreless functionality on both DC and DCC.

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