Silver Bullets, Class 37s on China Clay for Scotland

Just a short collection in the 90s with 37s seen on the China Clay slurry 'Silver Bullets' tanks. Once known as the UKs longest distance freight train from Burngallow - Irvine. Notriously with double headed 37s the train was often heavy loaded taking the banks along the way of Devon, Welsh Marches and those in the North. Shots are all on the Welsh Marches at Moreton-on-Lugg, Hereford and Shrewsbury.

[@steffiebee5224]

Love the sound of those 37s..

[@MrThrash37]

Sounds great don’t they! Thanks for watching Steve!

[@tattoo1084]

Wicked shots and great thrash!👍👍

[@MrThrash37]

Glad you enjoyed it David!

[@antman09ful1]

Great days Tom.

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks for watching as always Mike.

[@DiggerEvans]

awesome footage very nice to see

[@MrThrash37]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PaulAFulcher]

Lovely stuff !!👍👍👍

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks for the visit Paul, top locos!

[@JordanClass37Fan]

Cracking footage mate

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks for watching1

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Fantastic 👍

[@MrThrash37]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@AndreiTupolev]

These are some excellent archive footage you have. Very fortunate that yourself and all the others who've recorded these things have saved it for the time when it can now be shared with the world.
😄 at the photobombing Sprinter at Shrewsbury

[@MrThrash37]

Glad you enjoyed it, its my dads footage! That sprinter was a pai!

[@antoninmarek7229]

Fantastic shots with wonderful double class 37 on cisterny trains! Good job mate! 😁

[@MrThrash37]

Many thanksQ

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Superb 👍

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks for liking

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

excellent

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks Keith!

[@englishelectric07itstencen88]

Very good footage:)

[@MrThrash37]

Thank you very much!

[@cidertom5140]

I’ve got the video on China clay with 37905 clagtastic thrashtastic loco master profiles or videos ( I think ) may have got loco number wrong.not sure. The thrash is VERY different to a EE CSVT V12.

[@foxhillrailway2252]

nice following the train mate, shame that 150 photo bombed at the end

[@MrThrash37]

Totally, pesky units!

[@LaytonJunction]

very nice video enjoyed thanks for sharing cheers, for now, stay safe and well all the best al 😁🙋‍♂️👍🚋

[@MrThrash37]

Thanks, you too!

[@ashbickley]

Brilliant footage :) does anybody know the route they took through scotland to get to Irvine? would they have gone over Shap and Beattock with such a heavy load?

[@MrThrash37]

I think they did Ash, Llanvihangel bank on the Marches was a good climb let alone the Devon banks!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Would have been electric haulage north of Warrington, I expect

[@contemporaryrailwayscenes8125]

@@AndreiTupolev not on this run, it was worked by 37s all the way. No point switching to electric power when you would need to switch back to diesel to get to the mill at Irvine.

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

After Leyland they take the Blackburn line then Clitheroe up to Settle then back onto the WCML at Carlisle and accross to Dumfries and on to the Ayrshire coast 👍

[@rocksreynolds3642]

Back in the days when they really were silver.

[@MrThrash37]

If only they still were!

[@NClass468]

Know where 3:40 is?

[@MrThrash37]

Shrewsbury