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    THE SHREWSBURY ‘SYPHONS’

    May 30, 2022 5 minutes
    ALL PHOTOS TAKEN ON
    APRIL 14 BY GRAEME PICKERING

    MORE than six decades since the first examples entered service, English Electric Type 3s remain a relatively familiar sight on Britain’s railway network.

    While still earning their keep, the growing availability of more modern traction has seen the role of what became known as the Class 37 become more peripheral, but for the three examples redesignated Class 97/3 – based at Coleham depot, near Sutton Bridge Junction, south of Shrewsbury station – the work continues to be intensive and varied.

    Their renaissance as Class 97s was tied into the scheme to introduce the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) with ETCS (European Train Control System)Level 2 on the Cambrian lines, 135 miles of railway, from Sutton Bridge Junction via Welshpool and Machynlleth to Dovey Junction, branching southwards to Aberystwyth and northwards to Pwllheli.

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