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As 2024 draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the incredible progress made by the Class 37 Locomotive Group this year. From completing various tasks at Dereham to the highlight of our rebuilt engine being put back into 003 in April, it’s been a truly productive and memorable year. Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to bring you updates on the startup and the next phase of project. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support of Andy Buckley and his team at UKRL, as well as our dedicated members and followers. From all of us at the Class 37 Locomotive Group, thank you for your continued support, and we wish you a Happy New Year!

Leicester Work continues at a steady pace reassembling all the pipework and cabling, as this is being done during downtime periods at UKRL. There are still a few outstanding little jobs to do to 003 before we move on to starting it up and on to load bank testing. Dereham The small team at Dereham are still working their way through a number of small components that will be needed once we move onto the next phase of the project. Recently Nick Johnson 'The Norfolk Tinman' has made us up 4 replacement marker light front panels, sadly our original ones have seen their better days and have got to the point where the metal is so thin it was just the paint holding them together. The new ones just need a strip welding to the inside of them which holds a rubber seal in place to make them watertight. Once that's done they can then be drilled and made ready for installing on 003 once the bodywork phase is started. Sadly all the original hinges that go with these have also seen better days and we are now in the process of trying to get a new set cast by a local foundry. A full in depth report on the loco and the progress will feature in the next edition.

Finally, after a bit of a delay (for various reasons), Syphon 190 will be sent out to members this week. The last delay to publication was to show the cover photo, along with the news that with the engine, turbos and intercoolers now a complete unit we can finally get 37003 reunited with its power plant! This is great news and a major element of the rebuild out of the way... phew! If you want to help us get 37003 back up and running and would like to be a member of the group, then please visit www.c37lg.co.uk for details on Membership. a fantastic start to 2024!