Driving a Class 47 Locomotive on Epping-Ongar Railway! - in VR180

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2019
  • In this third of four VR180 videos I take you onboard a BR Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive and operate it on the Epping-Ongar Railway. Watch in 2D or 3D and look around with 180 degrees of freedom!
    For more information about the Epping Ongar railway visit www.eorailway.co.uk/
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  • @squirrel
    @squirrel  4 года назад +48

    VR180 in a Porsche ► ruclips.net/video/4xvR0DHnoaY/видео.html
    VR180 on the Iron Bridge ► ruclips.net/video/djroW90loO8/видео.html
    VR180 in a Tractor ► ruclips.net/video/YugW0Cmx1iI/видео.html

  • @EvilJason85
    @EvilJason85 4 года назад +618

    I have to say these simulators today are looking veeeeery realistic now...
    ^^

    • @johancouder8013
      @johancouder8013 4 года назад +24

      Meh, the train driver didn't look that real to me :)

    • @deldia
      @deldia 4 года назад +6

      The light ray modelling is particularly good.

    • @ptnnnnn197
      @ptnnnnn197 4 года назад

      i have to say those jokes are so old now...

    • @deldia
      @deldia 4 года назад +3

      VijfBarkie. Not as old as you

    • @jaylenrichards8140
      @jaylenrichards8140 4 года назад +1

      Lol

  • @sella2233
    @sella2233 4 года назад +434

    You can tell that its British made right away when you see that it has a place for a kettle lol

    • @mikemarave2275
      @mikemarave2275 4 года назад +1

      Wahaha! Legend :D

    • @iMeyrick
      @iMeyrick 4 года назад +11

      I know a driver who cooked a steak on a hotplate of a locomotive once

    • @Biggles2498
      @Biggles2498 4 года назад +3

      Even the Class 37s had one but no toilet !

    • @MrStabby19812
      @MrStabby19812 4 года назад +3

      The class 50 had a pasty/pie warmer under the hot plate lol

    • @Richardsrailway
      @Richardsrailway 4 года назад

      The infamous baby belling stoves , they had baby belling stoves everywhere on B.R , mainly up in the signal boxes , many a time I’ve done my grub on one of those on a twelve hour shift

  • @b17marko
    @b17marko 4 года назад +228

    I know Chris, the guy who was instructing you, he was my area operations manager many years ago at First Great Eastern as it was back then, railwayman through and through is Chris.

  • @bl4ckscor3
    @bl4ckscor3 4 года назад +404

    In a couple years we'll see Squirrel operate a cargo ship.

  • @waldnew
    @waldnew 4 года назад +106

    Train sim world 2020 just reached another level !😂

  • @user-927ov1vj3o
    @user-927ov1vj3o 4 года назад +73

    Amazing man. It's just incredible how far you've come with this channel!!

  • @lyndsaysmith
    @lyndsaysmith 4 года назад +38

    this was by far the best one yet. its amazing how the guys there spend their times working to keep the line operatingand for them to allow you to make this video possible GG to them for this and really enjoyed the vid mate.

  • @stephensmith799
    @stephensmith799 4 года назад

    BR got their money's worth out of these excellent locos. As a diehard steam freak this is hard to admit!

  • @herzglass
    @herzglass 4 года назад +9

    The moment you see Paul's big smile, you know it's going to be a fun video.

  • @SamuelHiti
    @SamuelHiti 4 года назад +27

    In this day and age it’s so cool to see something so analog! I loved this

  • @grahamredfern814
    @grahamredfern814 4 года назад

    I was lucky enough to have a footplate ride from Gloucester to Paddington on Class 47 SEVERN many years ago thanks to my father Wilf Redfern and a colleague. Originally only to go part way but no relief driver at Reading. Incredible experience sat on the right hand side dressed in a BR orange vest doing 100mph with one traction motor out.

  • @seaham3d695
    @seaham3d695 2 года назад

    Such a childhood dream, I was born in 1980 in Seaham, a coal mining town. I did get this train for Christmas once so I did get to drive it!

  • @martinnevey7258
    @martinnevey7258 3 года назад

    First time I've seen in a class 47..what a machine..lots still making money today...golden age when boys would always look over bridges etc to get a look at one of these ...aaaah simpler days and all the better for it

  • @leonblittle226
    @leonblittle226 4 года назад +1

    I've actually had this loco on the mainline before it was retired and it was a proper horse. Inside seamills tunnel wide open with all 2580hp blasting out the roof and off the walls. Happy days.

  • @FlavourlessLife
    @FlavourlessLife 4 года назад +34

    That was really enjoyable, and I'm not usually interested in trains.

  • @keithdean5597
    @keithdean5597 3 года назад +1

    I was a Secondman at Kings cross 1974-78 loved driving these locomotives to leeds and Doncaster .Great video brought back some memories.I was not to keen on the boilers though before the days of ETH
    Class 55 Deltics were my Favourite

  • @deenorman1
    @deenorman1 4 года назад +1

    As an EOR working volunteer, I saw the Class 47 being rebuilt to how it is now. well done you guys. Lovely loco.

  • @Steve-bo6ht
    @Steve-bo6ht 4 года назад

    The VR 180 worked a treat it was fantastic to look around the cab as the 47 was moving, and spotting the class 20 just made all the better .

  • @wisewords3629
    @wisewords3629 4 года назад

    As a trainspotting kid of 15i n 1977 i had the pleasure to briefly drive one of these class 47s at Landore diesel depot in Swansea. The asked me to start it up but being a kid i thought one press of the engine start button would be sufficient thinking along the lines of a car starting.I had to hold down the button for a good few moments. Then as we trundled along the rails the driver said brake but i thought hitting the brake lever would stop this monster immediatly...Oops! The shouts of brake brake brake from the panic stricken driver as we hit the points which were in the wrong position saw us jump and derail. Not quite sure how he explained that one but i didnt hang around to find out...Ahh the good old days of british rail...

  • @wentonmastermind
    @wentonmastermind 4 года назад +1

    I was very pleased with the quality and content of the video - and with the results of the volunteers' hard work. I did travel once on the Epping-Ongar line. Around 1979-1980, two work colleagues and I took a whole day off to travel on the line, meeting at Oxford Circus. The booking clerk made out a set of green paper travel passes - no normal cardboard tickets (someone else in the queue thought I was renewing a season ticket. It was quite clear that London Underground was pretending that the line was not part of the Tube network: it wanted to close it. Thank goodness that the line was taken over. Perhaps I will fit it in next time I am in London. Toronto is a bit too far for a weekend in Ongar! All the best to Squirrel and the railway.

  • @RikAindow
    @RikAindow 23 дня назад

    Great video! It's my first VR180 video, although in 2024 I'm late to the party! I always wondered what that noise was as I remember hearing it when these were in use on the WCML.

  • @AussieArvos
    @AussieArvos 4 года назад

    The best use of VR on RUclips so far!! Brilliant video!

  • @sullybiker6520
    @sullybiker6520 4 года назад +1

    My son saw the intro and went mental. "WOW SQUIRREL DOESN'T JUST DO TRAINSIM"

  • @TheWolfieK
    @TheWolfieK 4 года назад

    Squirrel and The Epping to Ongar railway are just round the corner from me, well worth a day out on one of the open days. The heritage bus fleet takes over local bus services as a nice treat.

  • @derrickgreen9020
    @derrickgreen9020 4 года назад

    Well, this was just absolutely fascinating! I loved how Chris the instructor simply trusted you to operate the controls as per his advice, giving you the confidence and not limiting your input. The icing on the cake is the ability to move my iPad around to be involved in the scene and in the cab.Very clever...thanks so much.

  • @ReggieRailSystems
    @ReggieRailSystems 3 года назад

    Once in 2017 I was let into the cabin of a Class 222 in Nottingham while the train was on service for East midlands Railway.
    I loved that moment!

  • @MrCaptainjack1988
    @MrCaptainjack1988 4 года назад +1

    Spotted the little stove and a pair of legs to the left :D Love all the sounds these things make, the squeal of the brakes, the hiss of the air systems, what a brilliant adventure!

  • @alantorr4761
    @alantorr4761 4 года назад

    I almost felt like crying... such nostalgia there. Simply brilliant!

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid 4 года назад

    Wow haven't seen so many RT's in one sitting since my bus spotting days down Catford garage O.o Do love the 47, only diesels I ever drove were the 73 and pretend "drives" with my uncle in his 33 as a kid, the 73 was on the Tonbridge-Redhill line I was hitching a lift of on a night mail train and the driver says to me "you want a go?" and I am like "ooooooh yeess" and it was over so quickly as we neared into the outskirts of Redhill. I found it was like powering a heavy boat, a little tweak here, a little brake there and the thing lumbered on its own merry way :) Cool to see the old line, I only ever went on it in LT times.

  • @LaBrantt23
    @LaBrantt23 4 года назад +13

    Squirrel, you might be on to something. It's cool to actually be able to look and see when you point at something off-screen.

  • @djburland
    @djburland 4 года назад

    Love the VR180

  • @ch4mp5hd71
    @ch4mp5hd71 4 года назад +2

    this series has been amazing, this vid and the porche one, being favorites, must be amazing to have these experiences!

  • @omega3556
    @omega3556 4 года назад

    What a great experience!
    Beautiful part of history kept so well preserved!
    Thank you Squirrel.

  • @RobMR3
    @RobMR3 4 года назад

    This was FANTASTIC Paul!!! I'm so glad you got to do this. I'll have to add this to my bucket list when I'm finally able to bring my wife to the UK!

  • @thdgoesutube
    @thdgoesutube 4 года назад +1

    How cool is this, this is the first time I'm seeing this on youtbe ! Great video and I love moving around it makes it more realistic. Great job !

  • @Huddison
    @Huddison 4 года назад +1

    This was absolutely brilliant to watch!

  • @fueu2617
    @fueu2617 4 года назад

    Great video. Love the cab view and the fact that I could look about like I was in the cab. Thanks

  • @johnsomerset1510
    @johnsomerset1510 2 года назад

    Great video and very interesting information and first time I've seen VR180!

  • @1963TOMB
    @1963TOMB 4 года назад

    Good to see the line in use. I was on the Central Line Project Team in the 90s when this section was closed due to lack of use. I spent two years in Derby on the 92TS tube train design team: these trains are still running on the Central Line. I then came down to London to upgrade the London underground train radio systems.

  • @RobinBeckett
    @RobinBeckett 4 года назад +2

    Amazing video. So doing this next year.

  • @talkingpens
    @talkingpens 3 года назад

    I really enjoyed this.

  • @myk6694
    @myk6694 4 года назад +2

    Really enjoyed that well done on the filming

  • @lewis72
    @lewis72 4 года назад

    What a fantastic machine !

  • @buddogg86
    @buddogg86 4 года назад

    That was an awesome experience thank you for sharing. There’s something so satisfying about doing it in real life that the Sims can never capture. When I was doing my flight lessons in the helicopter had so many hours in flight simulators but that first feeling of leaving the ground there was something magical to it I’m sure it was the same with the train. I would love to see one of these in a truck.

  • @Motogamna
    @Motogamna 4 года назад

    Just watched this on the go and it was amazing.

  • @cresshead
    @cresshead 4 года назад

    brilliant video, thank you!

  • @ssstewart1
    @ssstewart1 4 года назад

    This is fantastic

  • @techmantra4521
    @techmantra4521 4 года назад

    Old boys are so important for the memories of our heritage. Great video.

  • @delewan
    @delewan 4 года назад

    That was treat. Thanks, Paul!

  • @LunaRayToo
    @LunaRayToo 4 года назад

    Cool, looks like fun.

  • @loexel59
    @loexel59 4 года назад

    Thanks for this great video. It was almost like driving it myself.

  • @bombadilian
    @bombadilian Год назад

    Great video! I thought the cameraman had been on the drink before you mentioned it was a 3D video. :D
    Drove one of these myself at Wensleydale Railway (47715) for a driver experience and I'll remember it as long as I live, it was incredible.

  • @SP1RITF8NG
    @SP1RITF8NG 4 года назад

    Another great video. I just had to look forward cos of the great landscape.

  • @frankiemorris5866
    @frankiemorris5866 3 года назад

    Brilliant. Thanks 👍

  • @gregsmith1719
    @gregsmith1719 4 года назад

    Cool! Thanks!

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper 4 года назад

    My favourite british diesel loco!

  • @fredrikalmqvist6700
    @fredrikalmqvist6700 4 года назад

    Thanks for this video!
    It made my day, seing this piece of history. 👍

  • @andyashton7061
    @andyashton7061 4 года назад

    Blimin brilliant.

  • @davidrowlands9079
    @davidrowlands9079 4 года назад

    Another great video, well done!

  • @bagpuss998
    @bagpuss998 4 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant video thank you 🙏

  • @seaham3d695
    @seaham3d695 2 года назад

    This is a brilliant video.

  • @norbertnedsworth7172
    @norbertnedsworth7172 4 года назад

    Fantastic Squirrel. Wish this tech was available when I mad my cab footage vids. Truly awesome, thanks for sharing. Subscribed

  • @c11p
    @c11p 4 года назад +1

    Excellent content.
    Loved the Underground reference marker fact.

  • @norfolkrover
    @norfolkrover 4 года назад

    This is fantastic. I watched it on my oculus go. To see the loco straight ahead whilst being able to turn and watch the commentator worked really well. Well done👍

  • @muddysledge
    @muddysledge 4 года назад

    Epic video of Epping.

  • @ob1983
    @ob1983 4 года назад

    Fantastic video - thanks so much. 🍺

  • @jonassonbacon3388
    @jonassonbacon3388 4 года назад +1

    EPICO!

  • @MrRockwellrob
    @MrRockwellrob 4 года назад

    Absolutely awesome

  • @gordonclark7632
    @gordonclark7632 3 года назад

    Good video. I could hear the discussion very clearly.

  • @blakeswatch
    @blakeswatch 4 года назад

    Wow! What an experience!

  • @tgk300xx4
    @tgk300xx4 4 года назад

    Awesome video, I really enjoyed it.

  • @Yanmotion
    @Yanmotion 4 года назад

    I used to be a volunteer at Epping Ongar Railway, but haven't got a chance to drive one these locomotives there!

  • @DanMufc-jt9le
    @DanMufc-jt9le 4 года назад

    Honestly squirrel when i started watching you a couple of years back now when i first saw the euro truck sim videos i thought man this is cool, and made me build my first pc rig just for ets2, And didnt think you would ever do something like this, but after watching that this is next level stuff, yes i dont have a vr headset my self but my nephew does so ill have to try it on his, But even just moving the mouse around the cockpit if you like its so realistic and immersive, It felt like i was in the cab with you as a passenger, And thats the first time ive ever seen inside of a train cab, and watching you do the controls, theres more to it than just pushing a button, But honestly squirrel what an amazing video, and that you have enabled it with VR is even cooler, Looking forward to rest of the vr videos, just wish i had a vr headset myself, even though ive said before am not a fan of it but after trying my nephews one, its made think again just wow

  • @lucadelauw9039
    @lucadelauw9039 4 года назад

    it is impossible to dislike this video

  • @michaeljackson2838
    @michaeljackson2838 3 года назад

    My favourite diesel! Seems much quicker than 25mph though.

  • @keimahane
    @keimahane 4 года назад

    This is a wonderful video, I would love to be able to be in the cab. Thank you for sharing this experience

  • @Chickengbs
    @Chickengbs 4 года назад

    these graphics are phenomenal!!!

  • @bamboobat3304
    @bamboobat3304 4 года назад

    Very interesting video, looking forward to see how far you can develop these types of videos.

  • @MaTTK74
    @MaTTK74 4 года назад

    Wow that’s really cool! well done!

  • @DJ-SAAB
    @DJ-SAAB 4 года назад

    Imagine finding a piece of railroad and it is building many many years ago. Love history.
    Good video, love to see the others too.

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 4 года назад

      We call them railways in the UK, not railroads.

  • @SteveH-TN
    @SteveH-TN Год назад

    Thanks for sharing

  • @craigymac5386
    @craigymac5386 4 года назад

    Excellent video, I really enjoyed this 👍

  • @thearchitecturalgamer6652
    @thearchitecturalgamer6652 4 года назад

    Oh this was awesome to see

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 3 месяца назад

    Beautiful sound ❤

  • @spark9540
    @spark9540 4 года назад

    Literally just been this summer and paid a fiver for a ride in the 20. It's a lovely line and I was quite pleased when this popped up!

  • @JamesMossR33
    @JamesMossR33 4 года назад

    What a fascinating video, great to watch in the Rift for the 3D goodness! The first production Class 20? Wow. I remember sitting in th car at the crossing many times as a kid in the 70s on my way to school, waiting for 20s to shunt coal wagons about at Linby pit. I can still hear that fantastic chopping sound in my head now. I'd love to see one being driven again. Thanks Squirrel!

  • @marlenealexander7705
    @marlenealexander7705 4 года назад

    I Love this video!!!!

  • @nigel2093
    @nigel2093 4 года назад

    Awesome video

  • @northlondonmodels
    @northlondonmodels 4 года назад

    I love this line , especially busy at North Weald movement wise on event days like their spring/autumn Diesel galas-well worth a visit and easy access from London. For the diesel guys they usually have present 2x class 03, 20, 31, 33, 37, 45, 47 ,dmus inc thumper and static shunter at Ongar station approach plus usually at least 1 guest loco. I think they also still have a 25 but it has been off site for ages.

  • @MacMcCardle
    @MacMcCardle 4 года назад

    I love the fact there's a hob there for a kettle and steamin cuppa tea!

  • @JonDingle
    @JonDingle 4 года назад

    Well Squirell that was a brilliant video. Although I live in North Yorkshire, I am really tempted to go on a driver experience day like you did. Many thanks for a truly great upload!

  • @JessedeGrootTV
    @JessedeGrootTV 4 года назад

    Fantastic video Paul!

  • @jameshardy4354
    @jameshardy4354 4 года назад

    Brilliant video squirrel mate well done

  • @pablordu66
    @pablordu66 4 года назад

    Great video

  • @deldia
    @deldia 4 года назад

    Fabulous video sir. This is what RUclips is all about.

  • @fleacaesar7144
    @fleacaesar7144 4 года назад

    Wow, never seen this tech on RUclips. Great stuff. Just like Train Sim but real. The Cass 47 is one of my fave locos. Lost faith when you asked what a class 20 was not even noticing the Class 45 behind it. Good to see some 70s blue grey rolling stock as most today is steam era. Still great stuff and glad you enjoyed it. Chris was full of knowledge, have to get up there for a drive, I will start saving now.

  • @LaZeRJET
    @LaZeRJET 4 года назад

    Hey Squirre I Love this Video and I Love The Channel i love your Work and Keep it up... From LaZeR JET ;)

  • @kevingraham2733
    @kevingraham2733 4 года назад

    Hope you had a lot of fun driving the 47, i miss driving the 47, they were a good work horse.

  • @RetroSpectrumGaming
    @RetroSpectrumGaming 4 года назад

    Fabulous! You lucky lucky boy!