How nice it is to just sit at ones computer and watch trains go by...particularly if Class 37s are involved! I've just created a new playlist on my channel called "Class 37s" and I have added this vid to it.
I remember when 37's were regarded as utter crap and everyone was foaming at 40's. Had a good one once though, 37010 from Sheffield to Chesterfield. Reckon it was running late as the driver gave it a good thrash and it was a fun ride.
Keynsham-Trains. Thanks for the info, I'll view the other videos soon but I've subscribed to your excellent channel - lots of great vids there! Does Keynsham refer to where you live (near Bristol?). Ken
Thanks for viewing that train is a network rail test train from Derby the yellow coach at the front is a DBSO which has a drivers cab in the front so the 37 can push the train from the rear this cuts out the need for a 2nd loco on the other end of the train .
I just looked up the Class 37 on Wikipedia and it says they were made between 1960 and 1965 - so are they really still being used in 2018, nearly 60 years later?
Thanks for viewing . Yes that is right the class 37 is over 60 years old and still going strong now used on test trains & small freight workings and private railways .
@@keynsham-trains And thanks to a number of crossing incidents taking out class 156 and class 170, we have had them on some rural passenger routes in Norfolk and North Suffolk (Norwich-Lowestoft, Norwich - Gt Yarmouth). Although probably not for much longer. Seeing one of these go over the swing bridges or through the gates in Oulton Broad is a sight soon to be lost. And what a noise....
Thanks for viewing . That coach is a inspection coach used by Network rail it is called Caroline it can be pulled or pushed by a loco it takes workers on a tour of the railway network so they can have a good look and have some lunch on there too.
What puzzles me is why two power units are needed just to shift 4 coaches? I've seen two units pull a 2 mile coal train in the US. Are Class 37s actually rather feeble?
The class 37 is now almost 60 years old . They only have 1'750hp engine and the tractive effort they put down to rail is not as good as todays more powerful locos so they are used now on test trains for Network rail . Doing rail tours & charters and stcok moves ie electric units from one depot to another .
The yellow stock was departmental so the trailing loco could either have been in case of breakdown or to add weight to the train as a whole or even to just make it easier when going the other way. Locos at either end were often used on the line out of Inverness through Achnasheen and on the Edinburge/Glasgow push pulls on the '80's.
To avoid running the loco around at destinations plus most single track lines don't have loco release anymore as operated by mutiple units. Some are stock movements of coaches and 2 engines. The nuclear waste trains have to have two locos for insurance as having a nuclear train broken down awaiting a rescue loco would create bad press in UK. Especially at a busy station!
The fact that these are almost 60 years old and still running strong is amazing!
Thanks for viewing . It will be nice to see if some of the new modern locos can still around in over 60 years.
Some off them are 61, they started production in 1960!
@@keynsham-trains most of our 60s that we only built around 30 years ago are already in storage and to the scrap.
This is one of my favorite British diesels. And they sound gorgeous!!! 😃
They are!
How nice it is to just sit at ones computer and watch trains go by...particularly if Class 37s are involved!
I've just created a new playlist on my channel called "Class 37s" and I have added this vid to it.
Many thanks for viewing . Nothing better than the class 37 hard at work
All day long 🇬🇧👍
Still good to see some of these train `tractors` still earning a living. Good video,really enjoyed watching.
Many thanks for viewing . The class 37 is still working strong almost 60 years old .
They are quintessentially the most amazing trains out there & they are magnificent! The trash of the 37’s is the best 🇬🇧👏👍
Many thanks for viewing you can not beat a 37 for noise .
@@keynsham-trains they are the best 👏🇬🇧
Fab Video of Thrash 😍
Thanks for viewing .
I remember when 37's were regarded as utter crap and everyone was foaming at 40's. Had a good one once though, 37010 from Sheffield to Chesterfield. Reckon it was running late as the driver gave it a good thrash and it was a fun ride.
Lots of fun by the sounds of it . I have been on a few 37 hauled trains many years ago .
Ah yes the EAR-SHATTERING rumble at 2:35
Thanks for taking a look . Yes the class 37 will shatter any ones ears .
Lovely 37 videos here👌
Many thanks for viewing .
Excellent set of clips! Ta mate. Cheers. Ken.
Thank you . I have got another video of the class 37 .
Keynsham-Trains. Thanks for the info, I'll view the other videos soon but I've subscribed to your excellent channel - lots of great vids there! Does Keynsham refer to where you live (near Bristol?). Ken
Thats ok . Many thanks for your nice comments . Yes i do live in Keynsham..
1:09 I thought it was the diesel doing that!
Thanks for viewing . Very smokey when the 37 & steamer went past .
@7:47- that green signal takes a long time to go red!!!! The train is well past it.
Thanks for viewing . I have not noticed that before .
1:30 what Is that steam Locomotive at the back of the diesel
Thanks for viewing . The steam loco behind the 37 was 70013 Oliver Cromwell. It is now kept at York .
@@keynsham-trains thank you
Can anyone please tell me what kind of train that is 9:44
Thanks for viewing that train is a network rail test train from Derby the yellow coach at the front is a DBSO which has a drivers cab in the front so the 37 can push the train from the rear this cuts out the need for a 2nd loco on the other end of the train .
I swear if Greta Thunberg saw even a second of some of these she’d probably have a heart attack
Thanks for viewing . Some of the 37s can be very smokey .
You got the wrong locomotive - these are growlers tractors slugs depending on if they are say a 37300 or 905+6 with mirrlees engines or Ruston.
I just looked up the Class 37 on Wikipedia and it says they were made between 1960 and 1965 - so are they really still being used in 2018, nearly 60 years later?
Thanks for viewing . Yes that is right the class 37 is over 60 years old and still going strong now used on test trains & small freight workings and private railways .
@@keynsham-trains And thanks to a number of crossing incidents taking out class 156 and class 170, we have had them on some rural passenger routes in Norfolk and North Suffolk (Norwich-Lowestoft, Norwich - Gt Yarmouth). Although probably not for much longer. Seeing one of these go over the swing bridges or through the gates in Oulton Broad is a sight soon to be lost. And what a noise....
Just been reinstated to run on the Rhondda valley lines too 🖒
Super !
Thanks for viewing
You're welcome !
what was that at 8:25? never seen that coach before
Thanks for viewing . That coach is a inspection coach used by Network rail it is called Caroline it can be pulled or pushed by a loco it takes workers on a tour of the railway network so they can have a good look and have some lunch on there too.
Great video mate really enjoyed it and could I have a shout out
Thanks
Anything from Hereford?
Thanks for viewing . Nothing from Hereford in that video . If you want to see Hereford my latest video is on .
What puzzles me is why two power units are needed just to shift 4 coaches? I've seen two units pull a 2 mile coal train in the US. Are Class 37s actually rather feeble?
The class 37 is now almost 60 years old . They only have 1'750hp engine and the tractive effort they put down to rail is not as good as todays more powerful locos so they are used now on test trains for Network rail . Doing rail tours & charters and stcok moves ie electric units from one depot to another .
The yellow stock was departmental so the trailing loco could either have been in case of breakdown or to add weight to the train as a whole or even to just make it easier when going the other way. Locos at either end were often used on the line out of Inverness through Achnasheen and on the Edinburge/Glasgow push pulls on the '80's.
To avoid running the loco around at destinations plus most single track lines don't have loco release anymore as operated by mutiple units. Some are stock movements of coaches and 2 engines.
The nuclear waste trains have to have two locos for insurance as having a nuclear train broken down awaiting a rescue loco would create bad press in UK. Especially at a busy station!
@@vincitveritas3872 if the train broke down it would make everyone go nuclear as they missed their trains.
@@cidertom5140 exactly
Why take the centre doors out the Mk 1 coaches nothing is left alone today
Thanks for viewing . Sorry not sure about that .
Wow not very common to see the intercity livery class 37
Thanks for viewing . Since i filmed the inter city livery 37 i have not seen it not sure if it is still in that livery .
Can't really understand, why you would use 2 of a two-way locomotive, on such small trains..
Waste of precious resources
Thanks for viewing . 2 locos are often used just in case one breaks down even more modern class 68s on the flask trains run in pairs .