Canonical locomotive pilot record
British Rail Class 37 and D6851
The strongest pilot relationship joins D6851 to a named and dated Carlisle–Millerhill freight, with a timed observation at Shankend.
Established individual and dated working
Stable identity
What this record identifies
Classification, design and individual identities are kept separate so later numbers or related engines do not create duplicates.
- Classification
- British Rail Class 37 · English Electric Type 3
- Individual
- BR No. D6851
- Built
- 1963
- Later numbers
- 37151 · 37667; exact dates unresolved
Canonical record identifiers
srr:locomotive-classification:br-class-37srr:locomotive:d6851srr:service:1969-01-04-0830-carlisle-millerhill-freight
Dated railway relationship · Established
A locomotive connected to a specific service
WRHA records D6851 working the late-running 08.30 Carlisle–Millerhill freight northwards on Saturday 4 January 1969 and passing Shankend at 10.55. The licensed 2022 photograph documents the same individual in modern operation; it is not an image of that working.
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Evidence before certainty
Direct links support the published relationship. Remaining gaps stay alongside the record rather than being filled with typical or assumed details.
Still unresolved
- Exact dates for later numbers 37151 and 37667 are unresolved.
- The historic 1969 photograph remains copyright and is not reproduced.
- The present record does not infer the freight load or formation.
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