Intercity ‘Mainline’ was an intermediate (unbranded) livery that was carried between the original Intercity
livery and the then new Intercity Swallow livery. Only 20 Class 47s carried this livery and 47832 was one
of these locomotives. When newly outshopped as a Class 47/8 with extended range fuel tanks in 1989,
Intercity ‘Mainline’ livery was carried with only the smaller black numbers on its cab side and it ran in this
condition from 1989 until at least 1991. This is the chosen period in which the model is portrayed.

Initially allocated to Crewe Diesel depot after its conversion, it soon found its way back to its former
Western Region haunts, as in June 1989 it once again returned to Bristol Bath Road depot and would have
been used on internal and inter-regional InterCity passenger services.

47832 has carried a variety of liveries since being built in 1964 and is still in existence today and is in use
with West Coast Railways.

Class 37 No. D6734 was built at English Electric’s Vulcan foundry in 1961 and allocated to the Eastern
Region at Hull Dairycoates. Under TOPS the locomotive was renumbered to No. 37034 in December
1973 and with this number change came a repaint into BR’s corporate blue livery. Allocations at March
and Stratford followed, before the locomotive enjoyed a brief stint north of the border at Motherwell and
Eastfield during 1985/86. No. 37034 was then transferred to Cardiff Canton in August 1986 where it was
selected for refurbishment to become a Class 37/7 ‘heavyweight’. Refurbishment was carried out at Crewe
Works with the locomotive emerging as No. 37704 in January 1987, having lost its head-code boxes and
now carrying Railfreight Coal Sector livery.

Upon Privatisation the locomotive came under the ownership of the newly formed English, Welsh &
Scottish Railway (EW&S) and was one of the first to receive the bright new gold and maroon livery in
November 1996. Our model captures this colourful livery which the real locomotive carried throughout its
remaining years in service. No. 37704 was eventually cut up at TJ Thompson’s, Stockton in June 2009.