PRIVATELY owned Class 37 No. 37263 operated its first passenger trains in preservation on June 13 at the Telford Steam Railway. It worked a series of top-andtailed trains with Class 08 No. 08757 for the Branch Line Society's 'Gronk and Growler' event.
Three round trips were undertaken with Mk.2 stock, running from Horsehay & Dawley to Spring Village via Lawley Village, as well as photographic run pasts.
Class 37 No. 37263 departs from Lawley Village on the Telford Steam Railway with its first run with a passenger train in preservation. Trains had to stop short of the platform as it had shifted and is currently out of gauge. This was also the first working of the 'Growler' since February 16, 1998, although it had made a few test runs on the TSR previously.
ALISTAIR GRIEVE