British Diesel locomotive Guide 1970 - 2000 Classes 40 to 55
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Photos and video (taken in the 90s) of various classes of diesel locomotives both on British Rail and on preserved railways in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Some in cab footage is included.
I was in class 43 heaven for a while there! But I have to admit never seeing one with buffers fitted like that on 43-123. I will never forget my first trip on the HST, must have been around 1983 from Paddington to Bristol, will never forget just how quiet and smooth it was. I never realised we had started to move until I looked out of the window. Just a totally different experience to the EMU's I was used to living in Surrey. For comfort you really cannot beat a loco hauled train, no noisy traction motors under your coach, just a quiet and relaxing travel experience. If your a 43 fan, Paddington was the place to be back then - standing at the end of the platform listening to those turbos spinning up on the old Paxman Valenta power units, a wonderful sound indeed! Thanks for bring back some great memories.
It's a shame when there's 15 minutes of HST footage but we are left with a handful of still images of class 40 Whistler's and Peak class 44, 45,46 locos.
Its interesting reading so many so comments enthusing about the HST's. Growing up with Westerns and Deltics the HST's were seen as not much more than diesel multiple units replacing real locos. Funny how things change
The Inter City livery and the screaming Valenta engines made the HSTs wonderful.
This takes me back...
Stunning footage, thanks for uploading!
+bowlingkingpin You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
It's funny to think, I'm 40 years old and those class 43 HSTs are older than I am and still in service in some places. The noise is something I can still recognise anywhere, for most of my life a long distance train journey meant an HST.
Thank you for posting this. I wish it was as exiting now watching those HSTs . I used to go from Truro to Paddington regular a real treat. What memories.
ah the HST's. One of our finest hours!
Used to love the diesels back in the 80's. I lived very near the WCML and my favourites were ( and still are) the 40's, shame you had no footage as that engine noise sent chills up my spine, I think railways were in my blood though, my grandad was a railwayman till he retired in the mid70's, I always thought these were some of the best looking workhorses around.
Totally agree with you. when we were kids we used to go to Tamworth with Peaks on the High level and class 40 Main Liners (my favourites) on the Low level (Lion and Falcon as well) coming through flat out. Wonderful sounds. Modern passenger trains just sound like fast hairdryers!
Wonderful collection of shots, especially the screaming HSTs!
+DaveClass47 Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the footage.
Beautiful collection, especially those screaming Valenta's.
Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I love all the Liveries of the HST but my favourite's are GNER&Grand Central. My model's are the GNER HST, GNER the White Rose.
Very nice. Did the HST at York, impersonating a 747 on takeoff, actually set off the car alarm at 10:27?
+David Geraghty I think that was mere coincidence but I can't be sure!!
To be honest, i was never a big fan of the Class43, although it did plug the holes of a sinking BR ship, i believe it was only a stop gap engine while the designers were struggling with the APT. But in the end the HST has had the last laugh, being 1 of the most reliable & clocked up more running hours than any-other BR engine?
Back when trains where worth watching damn them screaming Valentas are music to my ears
They were unique!
No class 44?
used to love the high whistle of the engines oh HST Class 43
Interesting trains! Really great engine sound...just love it! Very nice video! Thanks David Othen!
Thank you. Glad you found the video enjoyable.
1:28 Clearly, that´s Thomas´ bigger diesel brother..
Never knew a Deltic had been to Llangollen. Really miffed now. 😡
Nicely put together vid.
Not a lover of the Hst's.
Was brought up with 24/25 Rats, Peaks , Westerns, and of course the Deltics along with 20 26 27 31 33 37 40 47 50 56 & 58s. Damn we had it good.
All 66s now lol.
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Good film, though this is, it could hardly be accused of indulging in peak Peak, if you catch my drift.
Wonderful shots.
Great video. ☺
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. Fascinating and very interesting, thank you for sharing this.
+Kenneth Willis Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Kenneth Willis wats ugly?
ive been to the seven valley railway numerous times
You missed Class 41. I'm not referring to the Warships, but the prototype HST PCs.
Hi Dave. Some filming done on my Birthday I see,28 May.Worked with some of the equipment shown Paddington/Exeter years ago.Did you by chance do any filming in the Westbury area,the first stamping ground of the Canadian built class 59 Yeoman freight locos ?.
Hi Stan:
I worked at the East Somerset Railway for a few days but didn't get a chance to video the main lines in the area or Merehead Quarry!
As a kid me and my mate hated the HST's, for killing off Deltics, less loco hauled stuff, loss of Mark 1 stock,etc. But now with all these electric garbage trucks. Bring em all back, all is forgiven!!
Excellent thank you.
A gala of livery's. Classic Intercity, virgin, midland mainline, early first, GNER, early great western ETC
Brilliant video and very informative, nice one.
What NO classic class 40 viewage only photos but tons of HST shit - WOW man you missed the fun when we had a proper railway!.
I can remember riding class 43 when GNER was still running
Class 44?
Why does ,43 123 have buffers?
looks like the deltic is giving the helping the hand on the steamer
Where is BR class 44?
What I really want is a Video About Every BR locomotive. Every BR diesel and Electric type from the BR class 1 diesel shunter, all the way up to the largest Number for a BR class locomotive. And it better have Nothing missing.
I bet there were diesel smoke in the air back then. Something you noticed? I mean, the smell etc.
No Class 50 footage
Oh, that's a point, that Warship, D821, I always thought that was named Greyhound but it seemed to have a different name plate. Can anyone explain, thanks?
It should have been called Greyhound. Going by those perfectly hideous faceboards, we may have been watching a tribute to the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Now, I read the name as "Boco", which DID appear in that series. The engine in question there was a Metropolitan-Vickers design from 1950's which turned out to be spectacularly bad, and had a unique wheel arrangement; a bogie of 3 axles independently powered at one end, and an independently powered bogie of 2 axles at the other. This awarded it the wheel arrangement of 'Co-Bo'. I believe all these things have gone to the Great Scrapyard In The Sky now (in 1970's, a couple had been retained for non-running heating duties), so somebody may have decided that the Warship was to masquerade as the "Co-Bo",and inflict a near unforgivable insult upon a loco that was a joy to behold for just about any Western Region enthusiast.
I wonder how long it'll take before we start to see 43's on heritage lines...
Jake Darling lol imagine that that
Good old class 43 in its original blue white livery. Intercity black white livery. New names when Intercity bit the dust
William Radford, GWR brought back the swallow and blue intercity livery on 2 of there power cars to celebrate the HSTs 40th birthday
Class 50 warranted a whole 15 seconds!!
15 seconds more than the class 44
...14 more than they deserved...
12:25
I recognise this Paint scheme. I'm 22, nearly 23, and feel I shouldn't aha.
I never want to see real Thomas the tank trains again
Class 42 Diesel Ten..
18:13 Class 47s "thrash till death" lol \m/
12:22 43168 not 108 :)
class43matty Thanks for the correction. Good detection - neither the video nor my eyes are as sharp as I would like!!!
where are the class 44 s ??????
+Stefon Kemp Sorry I never saw any.
+David Othen OK just wondered.
Stefon Kemp wat about 45 and 46s ?
Hi David, may I apologise for this comment. It was not made by me. Someone has been using my i pad and made this comment. This is beyond reproach. I would never make such an abusive comment. Apologies again!
+Janet Cramp Hi Janet: Apologies accepted. Thanks for letting me know.
Class 52 looks like a vw bus.
In the day, they were called 'Warships'! There were 2 or 3 different types.
@@RichardASK Incorrect. The "Warships" were class 42/43, the 52's were always "Westerns"
I like sound engine diesel .
+Teerachai chupong Different diesel engines have different sounds especially two stroke versus four stroke!
At the end there, why would they couple a steam train to a Deltic? Took me back this video, remembered most classes but there's some there I didn't. All I see locally now is class 56's and 60's (?). Not sure about that last one, who cares, they've no character, like modern cars.
Shame it was filmed with a calculator... ;-)
First one is deisel 10 lol
I want to attend Thomas the Tank Engine day.
Bogies! Honestly, of all the words they could've chosen.
What word would you prefer?
David Othen If i gave it any thought, there are probably thousands of alternatives. The English language, full of alternatives. I'll think about it, especially for you.
1:29 diesel 10 ;_;
I don't get it...
No offense, but how did the UK manage to consistently design the ugliest locomotives on earth ?
One ugly beast after another...
By contrast, EMD's E and F series units are damn near perfect.
Belleville197 After the E&F series things went downhill!
David Othen I also like EMD's GP/SD series, with both 'standard cab' and Canadian style 'wide cab'.
Although I would have made one small adjustment to the standard cab design...
I would have angled the front windows outward slightly like they did with the GP30.
The sense of 'flatness' while riding on the inside of a standard cab is strange.
CN's wide cab design from the 70's angled the front windows outward, as did all subsequent cab designs from both GE and EMD.
+Belleville197 Yes, cause american locos are pretty aren't they?
+Belleville197 Well you can't write off all British Locomotives as ugly, that just seems to be ignorant. It's like me saying that all American locos are ugly (obviously untrue).
I don't see how they are ugly. I may be a steam fan but the diesels are also nice. So think before speaking because I could just say all American locomotives are ugly. But I won't because I'm not rude like that