Class 37 Driver's Eye View: Exeter St. Davids to Kings Norton (Birmingham)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Join us on board light locomotive 37 219 on its journey from Exeter St. Davids to the Birmingham suburb of Kings Norton. This journey takes us out of Devon, into Somerset and through Bristol and onto Birmingham through the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire countryside. The audio is recorded from within the engine room which may not be to everyone's taste, but you can certainly hear that English Electric powerhouse working to get us up to speed nice and quickly. This was done as there was another driver in the cab.
One of my uncles was a driver based in Dunfermline (62C) and back in the late 60s I returned home from school to find him visiting. The next day I had an important French exam and needed to study for it but he told me he was taking a goods train that evening from Dunfermline to Alloa and back and asked if I'd like to do the trip. I hesitated for a couple of seconds and then agreed. It was a Class 37 and I even got the chance to drive it on the way back. Great memory. Oh, and by the way, I passed the exam the next day.
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If it had been me, I would have turned down the trip because of the exam and then gone on to fail it. You made the right decision.
@@kiwitrainguy The story is very believable isn't it
@@chiefstain Mine is better My uncle was one of Concorde pilots he also let me take control of a flight from London to New York great memories .....................
@@sammydingdong4540 😂😂😂
The driver's eye view of the extended nose & the engine sounds are the two reasons why i love this video.
Every now and then, in the early hours, I hear the sound of a “Growler” going northbound. It remains one of the most iconic traction sounds going.....and after the best part of thirty years on the Railway / Underground, the only thing that I truly miss not Operating......Long Live the Class 37’s! ❤️
yeah whe was a kid heard them in distance middle of summer nights chugging through cardiffs suburban lines...not so much today
I love the sound of those engines. It's the best place you could have put the microphone for me. Thanks for a fantastic ride down memory lane.
Class 37s when in motion sound like a rapid succession of wet farts.
Thank you for this post. The class 37 was such a common sight when I was a kid in the early 70s, its great to see that some have survived.
Funnily enough I was sat in a white van going up the M5 and saw this go past at the 10min mark I'm the passenger of the van 👍
Nice Van
You're comment is one of the reasons I love You Tube. You get almost real time eye witness reports.
Class 37 cab view - I'm in heaven
I have never been interested in trains but have discovered the 37 videos…absolutely brilliant! Thank you.
This has to be the best sounding of all your excellent vids ! 👍
1700 horses is super quick without a load on.
This has to be one of the most anticipated cab rids I’ve been waiting for. Thank you so much 😊 ❤
My favourite traction of all time is the Class 37. My friend father was a driver and sometimes we would catch a lift with him to Tonypandy, Porth or Pontypridd if he was leaving Treherbert while we were waiting for our train. We were really high off the ground, , Our visibility was almost non existent (at 13 years old in 1973 I would perhaps expect so), it was really noisy and when he applied the brakes it was even more ear-splitting. But we loved it.
This is a really therapeutic video! So restful with such a magnificent backing track.
A fantastic video. Thank you to everyone involved in the making of it. The 37 made short work of the Lickey. 😊
Excellent work, fascinating to hear the engine at work, a restless beast.
My Grandfather owned the station masters house at Blackwell on the top of the Lickey Incline, so as I kid I have many happy memories of the 37,s coming up there. Happy days !!!
It sounds absolutely effortless like it's just ticking over. Lovely piece of kit that.
my sentiments too...they dont struggle at all...maybe laden on hills but rarely lol
These vids are so relaxing, don’t know why
yep I agree
Awesome video, the sound is just incredible! Thankyou.
Love this Ben, we've just recently found a photograph of my Grandfather in the mid 60's driving a Class 40 which now numbered 40013 and is still very much active in LMS fleet, I know this is a 37 but I imagine its quite a similar view as in a 40, we are hoping to catch up with the loco in February and to try an recreate the photograph.
Excellent Ben love the sound of a class 37 at full belt. Thank you.
Class 37s when in motion sound like a rapid succession of wet farts.
Wonderful... Its hard to believe that some guys are actually getting paid to for driving this wonderful vintage 37 through wonderful countryside..... I'd pay the company for allowing me to do it 😂..... The guys driving those passing boring passenger trains must be green with envy 😂. Wonderful vidio 👍
I really enjoyed this excellent video. I've always had a special affection for 37s with their unique character. They hauled us on so many of our most memorable journeys. I wad at Exeter University too in their era so this was doubly evocative.. Thank you for making this.
Why do I like watching these
Thank you Ben. I llked the audio being done this way, for what it's worth :)
Doing 100 light is still a marvellous acheivement for one if these. I like the new cab sound insulation.
Fantastic to see part of my local mainline from the view of a drivers cab!
Thank you for a great video Ben, the sound track is awesome. Nothing beats hearing an engine at work, especially if it's an English Electric in a 37!!
Brilliant video Ben.. you just gotta love a 37..
Thanks for a wonderful cab ride, Ben. Great to hear the sound of the 12 CSVT without the exhaust. More interesting to hear how the power is regulated on a light engine run like this. I see the photographers were out for the Western. You'll have to get us a cab ride on Champion next!!
Thx for uploading this. What a beast.
Brilliant video and I enjoyed the sound from the engine room rather than the cab
It must be fantastic to drive one of these deisal trains with a fantastic birds eye view and the great scenery.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed it very much here in USA.
This was brill - thank you for sharing this video cab ride!
Another great video, Ben. This is a very different perspective of the line from being down a little lower in the cab of a MU. This is like riding on top of the world.
So enjoyable. I remember travelling this route many times in the 70's behind a Peak. This is a great piece of work you have done and much appreciated. Thank you very much. It is a real treasure.
Enjoyed that, thanks. I have good memories of seeing 37s and 55 Deltics running through Peterborough in the 1970s when I went with my father to collect my grandfather from the station.
Great video, especially seeing you go though bridgwater, happy memories of days gone by.
Lets have some more please
Great video. Impressive acceleration out of Bromsgrove station - a nice sharp reminder never to judge a diesel loco by it's age.
Now this will be epic!
Fabulous video ben
Another great video ben 👍 thank you for this I grew up with these engines class 37/31/43 and of course the iconic class 55's the Deltic's
The sound of the 37's is fantastic that English electric
But stood next to a deltic that was powering to pull away from Darlington Station was something else
Once again thanks for this video it brought back lots of fond memories of my youth 👍👍
Brilliant! Thank you.
Love this all of 185 litres of pure heaven
Also good stuff, good quality footage and I like the idea of having the mic in the engine room
As a lorry driver I find these videos very interesting and follow them on a road map its great getting a different view of the country .Class 37 is my favorite loco and sounds much like driving a long nose cat powered Western Star .
As a signaller i definitely chose the wrong career 🙃 brillant video 👍🏼
Enjoyable to watch. In particular, it was interesting to see what the relatively recent alterations to the signalling north of Cheltenham are like.
It is a very good 3 hours of authentic ( how do you say "clagg and thrash" ) the journey isn't half bad either. You certainly get about,geographically speaking Ben. Very enjoyable thank you 🙂👍
My preferred cab ride channel nowadays 👍
I have my own private railway and related channel Ben,we are a small group of like-minded individuals,with members from as far afield as Portugal,Indonesia and the UK. One of the members also enjoyed your latest offering. We had a chat about it,he had to turn the volume down on his smart tv,is it right the soundtrack was made in the 37's engine bay ? 🙂
Another great video. I noticed loads of people out along the line, it's almost like there was something else running, maybe a 52 on test.
ROFL!!!
Loving where the camera is nice one Ben
Brilliant loved watching the video fabulous sound love the 37s 👍
A proper jolly for the driver.
This Is my Fave Video for 2024 , so far , i watch a lot of youtube ! train spotter at 14 /15 , Filton Junction our Fave spot , Thanks for all the Noise , just how i Rememerd it , Thank You 😄👌❤
Thanks Ben and team
Not bad for a 60 year old (very nearly). Great video Ben
The new OLE is such an eyesore.
Love the drivers view showing the front. Great video 👍
3 hours of non stop English Electric thrash.... LUV IT!!!!
These 37’s sound awesome.
Wish we could have a speedo like a dashcam but maybe that'll come in future, nice video.
It's too difficult for me to do that really. The GoPro does have a speedometer overlay but it looks rubbish on the video. One of my freight videos does have it, I think it was Speke to Arpley if you go and have a look
Thanks, love these. I do miss the whistle off and and through the crossings like in the US. I'm a "car counter", I like to count the cars of passenger and freight trains we pass.
It is quite interesting to hear inside the engine room as you don't often get to hear it from that perspective.
I don’t really know about the technicalities of locomotives but I like this footage very much.👍
Looking forward to this
Another brilliant video shot, edited and uploaded in an incredibly rapid sequence. Thanks so much.
You create the material almost as quickly as they used to have to do film injects for TV news: the film was shot at the news event location, developed and then wet projected in the telecine equipment because there wasn't time to dry it after processing. That's going back a few years, obviously, but amazing how much more convenient digital methods have made it!
I remember Cam and Dursley station being built / opened, they had campaigned for it for years
Brilliant.
And ever a quick glimpse of a Western at stoke Giffords.
Thanks Ben. Another winner.
Phwoarr, the graphics on this version of trainsim is epic.
So relaxing. Thanks Ben.
The growel of that engine at the start. Its a dragon.
I rember early 80s going from Glasgow to my gran up in tain in Xmas holidays always seemed to be snowing I think that's sound and raw power has stuck in my I'm not a typical train spoter but the sight & sound of a 37 always turns my head I live near the old coal loading station near hunterson so used to be lucky to see the od one now that's gone can't remember last time I saw one up close enjoyed the video 😊👏
hiya excellent video, great to see the view from exeter and especially around eckington...
tremendous video. really enjoying this but have paused at Bristol Parkway for a work break 😀 will resume at the next available opportunity to finish my journey! i gotta say, the engine sounds amazing, the whole video is epic 👍
Now this is a 37 video.. quality stuff. 😊 I get to use them on heritage, so it’s cool to see them at full send rather than 25mph.
Fantastic Video Ben Thanks so Much
What a soundtrack... thanks Ben!
Interesting video from a class 37. I have over the years been on many call outs on this entire route shown up as far a Spetchley .
thanks for taking the time. x
Thank you Ben for a great video.Hope I haven’t caught a chill up on that roof.
Query. when I was on the footplate it was Up to London and down away, but we seemed to be on a up line most of the time.Kind regards 🚂🚂🚂
Can't tell if you're joking, but you know the camera isn't on the roof right? Those cabs are HIGH compared to the modern stuff though. I think only a Deltic would be higher. North East from Exeter is definitely "up" but I'd have to agree with you - Bristol to Birmingham is kinda parallel to London but I would have thought it would be "down". Doesn't matter I guess - it's just a man made convention.
@@garybroadhurst3548 Bristol to Birmingham was Midland Railway and I believe that, as far as they were concerned, Derby was the centre of the universe. Other than the London line, I believe that it was always 'up' to Derby.
On the Midland cross-country route Derby was the focal point, so it was "up" to there (not on the Midland main line though, where it was up to London in the conventional manner)
1:36:25 Lovely chug up the incline. Great sound!
unusual route not seen before, lovely engine, great video and audio... loved every minute or it.. Thanks Ben
That was so smooth and clear it was like Train Sim.. found myself trying to look out the side windows at times.
The exit from Bromsgrove must have put a smile of the face, and a ring in the ears, of the spotter you stoppeed next to.. rocket machine when running light!
Longbridge is a sad reflection of its former railhead.
It did!! Memories of the steam bankers of years gone by!!
Oh for a four-cylinder 0-10-0!!!
Fabulous video, thanks so much for posting. Lots of familiar places having lived in Devon and now in Yate. Judging by the number of spotters I’d guess this was the day that the Western was doing it’s load trial? TonyS
It was, you will see the Western waiting just before Bristol Parkway
Fantastic video Ben
37219 used to be a regular local loco fitted for RETB workings, many a happy hour working her 👍
You choose a nice day to film.
Excellent, many thanks.
Full Chuff Ahead Captain!
Growing up yards from the pit yard I was used to seeing these Diesel engines pulling coal..I always thought it looked very intimidating the that truck of Dual 😂
No music, perfect!
Thanks Ben. This makes a lovely "retro" change from the modern stuff although that's just as interesting. What a shame the 37 wasn't hauling 500 tonnes of freight - that would have made for some great sound effects, especially up the Lickey! Not a complaint of course, just an observation.
Is 37219 still used on test-trains? I know you have a link to that operation so it would make sense. I've seen photos of her with the front mounted cameras.
This really is outstanding! The sound of the loco is mesmerizing and just as fascinating as the cab view. Very grateful for both and thoroughly enjoyed listening and watching. Thank you! I wondered, would you consider making the audio track available for download on its own? Somewhere like Soundcloud or similar. I'd be happy to make an appropriate contribution. It really is that Good! 👍
Saw Western Champion double heading a 66 on its test run back to the SVR at Stike Gifford 👍👍
Fortunately, the class 37 driving cab was relatively a quiet place to be, even when driving from the fan end with the regulator wide open, so the sound of the engine revving definetely gives the wrong impression of the cab environment. i worked on 37/4's for many years on passenger trains in South Wales, so i know all about the regulator being wide open. Now happily retired after 41 years... & not particularly missing the railway... Nice video of the varying countryside from the best seat on any train...
Excellent video. One small request. When you get looped to let another train past, can you just show what you were waiting for
Problem is when you are looped for half an hour it's not just one train passing!
classic locos like 37 growling then coasting reminds me when a kid when we out on our bikes, pedal like fek then coast and pedal like mad when slowing lol....exactly same ha ha top locos...100mph and sounds as if its idling amazing 37`s...im sure ive seen somewhere they well capable of 140+mph ?
I wish the company I work for had these. I’d love to have a go, for the noise they make above all else.
They really do sound like something Darth Vader would drive.
Filmed on the 10th by any chance? If so, the 323 at Northfield at 2:57:00 was me 👋
Hi Ben, many thanks for the Exeter video. I know the stretch to Bristol well, my home station was Highbridge and you brought back many memories I don’t live in Somerset now and so it was great to see my old ‘stamping ground’.
On another note, have you any footage of Highbridge Loop. Some very unusual movements there according to Real-time Trains? I remember a 47 hanging around there after ‘loosing’ a con rod. Unless my memory deceives me it was the County of Somerset!
great video thanks
Thanks Ben; super video. Excuse my ignorance but I presume that ‘light locomotive’ means it’s not pulling anything. It certainly doesn’t feel or sound as if the 60 year old is having to work very hard.
Indeed, light locomotive means it's just the loco.