Class 60 trials at Mickleover 1989
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2010
- Part of the Class 60 Trials being carried out at Mickleover test track in 1989, 60001 Steadfast (or Stuckfast as named by the Brush Engineers at one stage!) is being used. Brush engineers where on board taking readings of the engine and electrical loads for fine tuning etc!! Note the twin exhaust outlets on the locomotive later changed to a single exhaust outlet and the deflectors without the cut outs to clear the 3rd rail when working on the southern region
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I remember when they abandoned the test track and left it to rot, I went inside that shed thing @ 0:19, which was pretty empty, but there were all sorts of tools lying around. I was only about 10 years old at the time, wish I'd taxed some of them for the memories.
I hear the voice of ex Derby driver manager John Sumner in that cab. The guy is a true gentleman, and a legend.
Nice video! Such a brilliant locomotive!
Very handsome machine that commands a presence was a bad day when they parked most of them up ...🤔🤔🤔🤔🇬🇧🇬🇧
Excellent bit of historical filming. I was there on location taking stills lineside on occasions in my lunchbreak. - happy days.
Tony, Derby.
Tony Griff
Moved to Arnold when I was 4, and later discovered an abandoned railway which was occupied by mile after mile of (mainly) 16 ton coal wagons. The western end of Mapperley Tunnel was blocked by debris and a small section of the track had been removed. Beyond the Eastern end of the tunnel was Gedling Colliery which probably closed in the late 80s? These views of 60001 are at the Western extremity of the former Great Northern route from Colwick to Egginton Jn, Derby.
What a beast!
The clag is monstrous, I wonder what they would sound like without silencers. Great video anyway.
Great video this buddy
The test locomotive used has a twin exhaust box and seems to make more noise? Guess they modified the system for the later locomotives?
Top video....always find any archive film of the old GN Derby Friargate line fascinating...have walked most of the remaining trackbed across to Nottingham (where possible & in stages !) did the Mickleover - Eggington section back in 2004... Yet this video seems so recent but ironically distant time wise when you consider it is now 22 years old & the class 60's are being run into ground by EWS / DBS. Still think this line could have had some sort of future with a mainline connection at one end...
Baby at 03.19???
cute!
The red board seen on the right of the loco at 6:41 is still there!!!
Seems only yesterday that the 60s were brought in. I remember sending them out of Toton on trial runs up the 'wash. Shame that this is all now long gone
whats with the baby.is he the driver?
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Have a question.... why do British Locomotives not have main-driving headlights?
Can I ask where this footage came from?
i no and these 60s still look futureistic bloody shame
Wicked
An old collegue of mine now retired used to drive these class 60s and to this day still says they were superior all round compared to a class 66, so why are they parked up, surely this needs looking in to, I thought the idea of privatisation was to cut down on waste, the jobs certainly not what it was.
they have environmentally unfriendly engines
Man 60001 is very smokey.
CM Headbanger cold engine, no load, also had been idling the previous day
.Mirrlees engines are design and made to WORK!
Class 60s where work horses back in the day, seens most are sitting at Toton yard waiting for a new life or scrap. The Mirrlees engine was design for use in ships I think, maybe the smoke is because the engine is very big and probably uses alot of fuel.
CM Headbanger the MB275 engine has better fuel consumption than modern engines as it was designed for economy as against emissions! 60001 had been doing lots of lightly loaded runs while Brush sorted out there software, the engine needed some hard work to clean it's throat!
60 is better on fuel than 66 working exactly same job . Also 60001 is still going strong regularly working 3200 ton trains still one the best UK freight locos when its behaving its self