UK: Abellio Greater Anglia Class 37 powered 'short set' at Norwich, Lowestoft & Reedham Swing Bridge

A selection of clips showing the Abellio Greater Anglia Class 37 powered 'short set' at Norwich, Lowestoft & Reedham Swing Bridge.
All clips were recorded on Monday 14th September 2015.
Clip 1 - 37419 & 37405 depart from Norwich on the 1036 to Great Yarmouth.
Clip 2 (0.56) - 37405 & 37419 arrive at Norwich on the 1317 from Great Yarmouth.
Clip 3 (2.09) - Departing from Lowestoft on board the 1548 to Norwich, hauled by 37405 with 37419 on the rear.
Clip 4 (3.38) - Crossing Reedham Swing Bridge on board the 1548 Lowestoft-Norwich, hauled by 37405
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Abellio Greater Anglia is a train operating company in Britain owned by Abellio (a subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen) operating the Greater Anglia rail franchise. It provides the majority of commuter/regional services from its Central London terminus at London Liverpool Street to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire as well as many regional services throughout the East of England. The service was branded 'Greater Anglia' until December 2013.
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Norwich is a city on the River Wensum in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk.
Norwich's economy was historically manufacturing based, with a large shoemaking industry, but transitioned throughout the 1980s and 1990s to a service-based economy.[citation needed] Aviva (formerly known as Norwich Union) still dominates these, but has been joined by other insurance and financial services companies.
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Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly settlement of the United Kingdom. It is 110 miles (177 km) north-east of London, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich. It is situated on the edge of The Broads system and is the major settlement within the district of Waveney.
It is a port town which developed due to the fishing industry, and a traditional seaside resort. It has wide, sandy beaches, two piers and a number of other tourist attractions.
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Reedham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and within The Broads. It is on the north bank of the River Yare, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Norwich, 12 km (7.5 mi) south-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and the same distance north-west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.
Before the draining of the marshes towards Great Yarmouth,Reedham was a coastal village which included a Roman lighthouse. Fragments of Roman brick and stone can be found in the local church.
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Reedham Swing Bridge, on the site of a Victorian swing bridge, is still in use at Reedham, Norfolk, England.
It carries the Wherry railway line, between Norwich and Lowestoft, across the River Yare near Reedham railway station.
The original single track bridge was commissioned by Sir Samuel Morton Peto in the 1840s to allow the passage of wherry boats, which were too tall to pass under conventional bridges. The current bridge dates from 1902-3 prior to the doubling of the track.
The bridge is operated from the 1904 Reedham Swing Bridge signal box. In a typical year, it is opened 1,300 times.
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The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan.
The Class 37 became a familiar sight on many parts of the British Rail network, in particular forming the main motive power for Inter-City services in East Anglia and within Scotland. They also performed well on secondary and inter-regional services for many years. The Class 37s are known to some railway enthusiasts as "Tractors", a nickname due to the agricultural sound of the diesel engine of the locomotive.
As part of the large scale dieselisation brought about by the British Rail modernisation plan a need was identified for a number of type 3 locomotives of power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to 1,999 hp (1,491 kW). The design was for a general purpose locomotive and initially found service in British Rail's Eastern Region.
The class was designed for both passenger and freight work and was as much at home hauling heavy goods trains as it was on passenger services. Some were fitted with electrical train heating (ETH) equipment in the 1980s to become the 37/4 sub-class, initially for use on the West Highland Line and Far North lines but later seeing use in north/mid Wales and occasionally the West Country.
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