Derby RTC Yard Full of Class 37 & 97 TRACTORS - Including 2 x Returning BANANA Test Rigs 13/08/22

An early morning visit to Derby Station & RTC to see 2 x Class 37's hauling Banana test trains returning to RTC after a busy nights work across the network.
See these trains position through Derby Station to be able to access to RTC sidings.
A visit to the RTC sidings reveals a large number of stabled ROG class 37's and also Network Rail liveried Class 97's. This is the highest number of 37's and 97's I've seen at RTC for a long time.
It was an early morning so light levels we're challenging however hopefully you enjoy the video!
Thanks for watching
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[@GoodfordModelRailway]

Fantastic video, perfect inspiration for modelling. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@justinobrien3593]

Nice video of tractor action 🤩🥰😍

[@justinobrien3593]

My favourite locos who would have thought that 20 years after a mass scrapping off all locos that these beasts wound still be flying up and down our railway networks on the mainlines 😍🥰😍

[@justinobrien3593]

Nice tractor sounds out on a test train 🤩

[@justinobrien3593]

It looks mad with the one blue ex drs coach lol 😆

[@stevem-h3562]

Theres been one in Rugby carriage sidings for the last few days.

[@MrJimbaloid]

Great vid mate and astonishingly a colas loco ACTUALLY pulling a train.

[@conceyullena]

Like 16 beautiful video, greetings from Asturias 🚂👍🙋‍♂️

[@colingarwood9971]

Enjoyed watching your video, i havn't been to Derby for quite a while now, in fact it was covered in blue hoardings last time i was there. Thanks for showing.

[@trainsplanes]

Thanks Colin - Glad you liked it 👍

[@royfearn4345]

Sad to see how Derby Midland has been butchered by progress. At least I can recall the days when diningcars were cut-in and out of through trains using the scissors crossovers down platforms 1 & 2, the Bellowing Fell setting out on its test runs to Manchester, loco changes, heavy iron ore trains lumbering behind platform 6 from Northants to Sheffield & Rotherham. They were the days!

[@ngauge22]

Engine 37099 at the beginning sounds bad, like it's misfiring, is that they way they sound?

[@trainsplanes]

Yes - Thats the way they sound. 👌👍