Class 40 Andania throbs up Shap with The Whistling Highlander : Day 1 24/02/24

British Railways Class 40 D213 Andania (40013) was the motive power for todays two day Inter-City Railtours - The Whistling Highlander from Crewe to Inverness, we see Andania with ten on and 47805 on the rear from Salterwath, thanks for watching.

[@stephenbrass1808]

Very tasty shots there Nige, good choice of location and that zoom is tremendous, cheers Steve . 👍🎥🙂

[@nige7577]

Thanks Steve, had done Salterwath for some time so thought we have a go, the zoom picked up the exhaust vapour nicely with the 40 working hard, cheers 👍

[@kevinheaton9213]

Brilliant video nige good to see the 40, regards kevin😊

[@nige7577]

Many thanks Kevin, it’s always good to see these old girls running, cheers nige👍

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

.Nice video, Like.

[@nige7577]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed watching, cheers 👍

[@spectrumanalyzer3093]

No assistance from the 47 I would say!

[@kipsome45]

None whatsoever. She’s dragging the equivalent of load 13.

[@nige7577]

Certainly didn’t sound like any from the trackside

[@chrisredding6673]

Very little. Just covering its own weight on Notch 2 at most.

[@allthingstrainsuk]

Cracking video Nige 😊

[@nige7577]

Thanks Rebecca, it was good to see you all at Salterwath, cheers 👍

[@allan5919]

Fantastic sounds from the Class 40 Nige. Super video shots. Cheers - Allan. 👍

[@nige7577]

Thanks Allan, it was good to see the 40 making herself heard climbing Shap again, cheers nige 👍

[@bobnweaver]

Cracking video Nige, great to see Andania heading north again. Cheers, Jeff.

[@nige7577]

Thanks Jeff, it certainly was and making a fine sound as well, cheers nige👍

[@StephenDrysdaleBroughtylad]

Marvellous sounds from the bipolar Class 40. Growls when working hard and whistles when meandering along.👍

[@nige7577]

Thanks Stephen, yes just love the sound of a 40 working hard, cheers 👍

[@TickholeProductions]

Great chatter from the 40 class. excellent video.

[@nige7577]

Thanks Richard, a wonderful soundtrack working hard up the bank, cheers 👍

[@Knappist]

Nice one Nige, love that sound keep em coming 👍

[@nige7577]

Thanks Paul, a lovely distinctive sound that’s sadly missing for today diesels, cheers

[@JoshHemingwayMetcalfe96]

Great video

[@nige7577]

Thanks Josh, glad you enjoyed watching, cheers nige👍

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

Whilst we all love the sound of a steam train there's nothing like a diesel giving it large lol - thank you for sharing this with us much appreciated

[@nige7577]

Thanks Louise glad you enjoyed this one, so much better than your modern boring diesels this old girl likes to be heard, cheers 👍

[@derekpennymainlineproducti4885]

Excellent capture, and soundtrack picking up the unmistakable sound of an EE Type 4. Unforunatley the Brush Type 4 was doing a bit more north of the border.

[@nige7577]

Thanks Derek, certainly making a grand sound up Shap and not a whisper from the rear, cheers nige👍

[@acw71000]

Good clips of the 40 Nige, making a fine sound on the climb

[@nige7577]

Thanks Austin, doing all the work by the sound of it, cheers 👍

[@tattoo1084]

Nicely done Nige. 40 making good noise.👍

[@nige7577]

Thanks David, it certainly was not like the boring modern traction, cheers 👍

[@grahamhall5211]

Superb nige like it 😊

[@nige7577]

Thanks Graham, you turned up at the right time, cheers 👍

[@michaeltaylor1869]

Nice video nige great camera work as usual I am really looking forward to seeing your next video I hope you get a nice video next time also when is your next video going to be on CZcams also do you know what loco it is on Saturdays winter Cumbrian mountain express

[@nige7577]

Thanks Philip for your lovely comments always appreciated, will be out Saturday for the two steam charters but at the moment no idea what will be on the WCME, cheers 👍

[@martsmiscmix]

... great video as always, but what curious choices of rolling stock/liveries we were "treated" to day from those two excursions!🙄

[@nige7577]

Thanks Martin, I thought the 40 might have the Scotrail liveried stock on this with it going to Scotland for two days but obviously not and with WCRC being restricted to using stock with central door locking at present it was decided Pathfinder would use the Riviera blue/grey stock as Riviera own Pathfinder tours so that saves Pathfinder hiring in stock, hope that helps, cheers 👍

[@nickh4735]

👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@nige7577]

Thanks Nick, much appreciated, cheers 👍

[@RaggyAl1971]

Where's the turbo whistle gone,sounds more like a 50 now.

[@nige7577]

Definitely a lack of whistling while working up the bank but plenty of throbbing.

[@AndreiTupolev]

It's only really prominent when it's idling

[@bob-sb2zu]

Why the full yellow end ????

[@nige7577]

I’m presuming because that’s how the 40s livery looked towards the end of the sixties before the introduction of blue livery.

[@bob-sb2zu]

Stating the obvious ! When these locos were working the west coast crack expresses 1958-62 they had green livery with no yellow ends,then just small ones till around 66/67, by the time they acquired full yellow ends they no longer were top link machines and most only ran like this for a short time till blue took over .I would like to see one as it was in it's heyday plain green hauling a named train over Shap &Beattock .

[@nige7577]

@@bob-sb2zu Thanks for that Bob, yes and so would I as that would be a grand sight to see.

[@user-ie5ro8fn3i]

Hi nige,Nice one.....Dave.🙂👍👍👍👍🚃🚃🚃🚞

[@nige7577]

Thanks Dave, glad you liked it, cheers nige👍

[@user-ie5ro8fn3i]

Hi nige , thanks for reply ....Dave😄@@nige7577 👍👍👍🚃🚃🚃