A follow up to Class 37 "Thrash", here's part 2 featuring up to thirty class 37s from the class 37/0, 37/4, 37/5, 37/6 and 37/7 subclasses. Check out part 1 @ • Class 37 Thrash
Dear gawd....that noise!! I grew up close to the railway station at Kyle of Lochalsh and when I was wee they used class 37 locomotives, not like the pishy wee springer thingies of today. The noise and the smell was just epic and I wanted to be a train driver! A couple of miles down the track are gorgeous, sandy coves that as kids we used to spend days at, swimming out to the Islands and generally fannying about. We would walk along the railway line knowing we would hear the trains long before they were anywhere near us, we could just hop out of the way and once they'd gone we'd be on our way again. I love this video - it reminds me of proper train engines, dirty but gorgeous smelling diesel clouds and when you could go to Inverness in comfort rather than being bunched up into the crappy wee trains of today :)
@sdg1970
8 жыл бұрын
that almost brought a tear to my eye as someone who worked on these babies in Preservation..
@jobblejosh9713
8 жыл бұрын
+Melissa Rennie 'Pishy wee springer thingies' is now my favourite word to describe today's sorry excuses for trains
@benconway2721
8 жыл бұрын
+Joshua Pearson dam right locos of to today arnt like the work horses of years ago and look ther still going today
@oddities-whatnot
8 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful post and a great story. Cheers from Lancashire
@Biggles2498
7 жыл бұрын
Melissa Rennie what stopped your ambitions to become a Train Driver ?
@justinobrien3593
2 жыл бұрын
You cannot beat the sounds these beasts make especially when you can hear them ten minutes before you actually see these well built 1960s locos that are still flying about 50 years later and still in service on the mainline 30 years after withdrawal! They are the best loco's ever built for route availability and power and are one of the biggest fleet of surviving locos ever built by English electric or by any other loco builders from the 1960s/70s I love the sound they kick out at power!!! Nice video of these claggy beasts 😀
@colinspeake..8889
2 жыл бұрын
The best sounding locomotive EVER! And I even got to watch one that runaway downline and derail and topple over on its side! .. Diesel everywhere literally but no flames..It was righted up three days later .. will never forget..
@HFStuart
10 жыл бұрын
I spent some time in the highlands of Scotland in the 90s. Every morning I used to hear the sound of the 37s on the sleeper echoing around the mountains - magic
@kiwitrainguy
6 жыл бұрын
I bet it was!
@mercury7590
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like heaven.
@EddieTheGrouch
8 жыл бұрын
Love the audio on this clip. The way the train zooms off under idle says to me, "Yeah, I could pull a shopping mall around the block if I wanted but it's Sunday and I'm just gonna stroll around for a bit then maybe have a nap later."
@BikerDarren24
4 жыл бұрын
I've contributed to at least half of all the views this video has, just magical sounding, just gives me inner peace hearing it 👌
@spuds4t
2 жыл бұрын
I'm with you here: that initial "gurgle" sound on to full powere is magnificent
@wandawizard5605
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never forgotten the sound of these locomotives, class 37. I knew my morning train was going to arrive, as I could hear it before seeing it. Powerful monsters, love them.
@craigsmith9843
3 жыл бұрын
The unmistakable chortle of the 37....now that is an engine.i hear one in the morning sometimes when i open the school gate at the top playing field.it puts a smile on my face knowing that they are still working.
@nigelterry9299
7 жыл бұрын
Love a 37. Simple, reliable, bread and butter locomotives. And ooooooh, what a SOUND!!!!
@colinwhiston2061
3 жыл бұрын
they pump more shit out than steam ever did
@ajf3202
3 жыл бұрын
@@colinwhiston2061 thats why i love em
@colinwhiston2061
3 жыл бұрын
@@ajf3202 ha ha i like em to
@itsonlyme458
6 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to watching these locos pass through Prestatyn as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Memories of me waving to the drivers and being frightening of the engine sound but not moving as I wanted the train driver to wave and most times they did. I love their look, their engine noise and the smell.
@NotSoCrazyNinja
6 жыл бұрын
I love the sound of big diesel engines. Hold it steady at the right RPM and it will put me to sleep. In fact, if I were the richest man in the world, I would probably buy a large property, build a railroad loop on it, get the best sounding locomotive, hire a crew, build a custom sleeping car, and pay them to ride around the loop for eight hours while I sleep.
@chrisbroesky2932
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@romfordwisp
Жыл бұрын
As I young boy my mums work backed onto barking station east London and when I went there in the school holidays I could see the trains over the garden fence , I could tell when a 37 was coming through the station usually quite slow the noise was still deafening and as it got closer and closer i’d stay as long as I could until I’d run indoors from fear and excitement. I love them 37’s
@scopex2749
4 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS the best sounding locos! Our local station pilot was a real bashed out old 37 shed but she still ran. I lived 3 miles away but in the summer we could hear her shunting in the mornings!
@thepvporg
7 жыл бұрын
There's an awful lot of Nuclear waste flasks you have caught on film...
@blitzbrain
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and oh that efficiency... two engines, both full throttle, tow one trailer... but the sound is epic... we only had Maybach Diesel engines in Germany... they sound nice... but the 37 is somewhat peculiar... and the clag anyway...
@thepvporg
4 жыл бұрын
@@blitzbrain Diesel train = Fossil Fuel moved Nuclear Waste... See the irony there. If it had been a train of the electric variety that got its power from a nuclear power station, see where I'm going with this?
@blitzbrain
4 жыл бұрын
@@thepvporg It might… but where there is no cable… there ist no Electric engine… haha... this is the Problem with all Electric engines… in the end the good ol' Diesel or steam still runs on the tracks, when the nuclear plant did break in pieces.
@Bahamas-rd8le
4 жыл бұрын
blitzbrain they have two in case one fails
@scodeknight3178
3 жыл бұрын
Well engines like these were built on the cheap, why do you think they call them diseasels
@74HC138
3 жыл бұрын
I used to live on the western mainline a bit down from Reading, they'd frequently come through double headed with (I think) an oil train making an incredible racket. They would always set off all the car alarms in the station car park, it was like the cars were saluting these magnificent machines.
@tjordulf
4 ай бұрын
The sound is a Norton Dominator and a Supermarine Spitfire all rolled into one, you hear it and instantly have a longing for Fish n Chips, or Crumpets with Marmite and Cheddar a packet of Jammy Dodgers, or some Tunnocks caramel wafers and a pot of Tea. You couldn't make it any more British if Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise or The Two Ronnies, were driving it! 💚🇬🇧
@howardleah8401
9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic collection of 37's, Really capturing the awesome 37's sound. No locomotive exists with a greater sound.
@nottudyug
7 жыл бұрын
Thrastastic....these old loco's have stood the test of time !!
@liselotteweiespulver6817
11 жыл бұрын
I feel in love with British vintage diesels! THAT is sound!
@supercuda1950
2 жыл бұрын
I love the sounds, the scenery, and the double ended engines.
@soundnicetome
8 жыл бұрын
Nice piece of footage captured....where the little boy held by his mum shouts to the driver,and the driver acknowledges with a wave a horn blast,and plenty of clagg. You don`t see these sort of things happen very often today...the `young uns` are too busy on their laptors
@johnpeters229
8 жыл бұрын
soundnicetome r
@coaldust01
7 жыл бұрын
how right you are!
@granthardy2813
7 жыл бұрын
soundnicetome Cough up that diesel plume in your spume, good to see the trains carrying their own flasks like the train spotting lads.
These engines sound remarkably similar to the Alco models I grew up with (and are still in short line use) in Canada 🇨🇦. Awesome 😎
@pakosinbad830
7 жыл бұрын
If only this soundtrack was played in nightclubs I'd still be going out😔
@JaredRouse8465
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video mate 👍😃! I love the br class 37 and these sounded absolutely magnificent.
@marcconyard5024
6 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine three of these triple heading a goods on the Cowan Bank!! That 12CSVT is an amazing bit of kit.
@cliveharman7762
Жыл бұрын
Remember seeing class 37s on Medway valley line(strood to paddock wood)on engineers trains.also the class 37 in this video ( 37254) is now a mainline locomotive or was.
@YsanneOshea
11 жыл бұрын
Mechanical Music to my ears bringing fond memories of the West Highland line, a bleak Rannoch Moor and snow drifts that needed three tries to pass!
@gimmibigpower3888
11 жыл бұрын
thank you very much 4 this posting, it has to be the best sounding turbo diesel powered train on the planet, thanks from australia :)
@ThatsViews
6 жыл бұрын
I know they don't sound as good as steam locos, but there's something very satisfying about the throaty roar of a Class 37!
@KenBrownekb71000duke
11 жыл бұрын
Awesome and very well edited video mate - that's a mega like and fav from me of my fav diesels. Full marks to DRS for keeping them going and in great condition too! Little did I know when they began appearing at Polmadie and Eastfield MPDs Glasgow back in the 60s that they would still be going strong in 2013!! 50 years and counting - amazing locos and thanks for the upload. Cheers. Ken
@rogertycholiz2218
6 жыл бұрын
Napier Deltics had a really unique sound - like a pleasant growl. They were a really smooth running engine.
@voidjavelin23
4 ай бұрын
except this whole video isnt a deltic locomotive
@no.6123
8 жыл бұрын
Just love the contrast between the Chaffinch and the 37 near Rainham
@marcconyard5024
7 жыл бұрын
Love to see a triple header of these over here in Australia, slogging it out on Cowan Bank!
@jetstream454
5 жыл бұрын
🙌
@tallyhochaps3216
9 жыл бұрын
One of the best compilations of class 37 'canings' i have seen!! great stuff!
@johnhiggins8221
7 жыл бұрын
There really isn't much else that compares to the sound of a 37, they used to scare the shit out of me when i was a kid waiting at the station lol
@soundnicetome
8 жыл бұрын
Nice lot of footage of my old favourite class of diesel...beats East Enders any time....and top marks for the content..well done.
@84asrd84boxy
11 жыл бұрын
A great compilation of 37 sights and sounds, great stuff, thanks for sharing...Bill
@phanson96
11 жыл бұрын
What a noise, dont really have any similar sounding locos' here in America, imagine how it feels to just hoon a 120+ ton locamotive around?!? Great vid!
@chrisbroesky2932
3 жыл бұрын
You'd think for safety reasons they wouldn't put such quiet mufflers on ours. Can't even hear them coming.
@phanson96
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisbroesky2932 Good thing they have horns, but even that's not enough for some. Older models certainly were louder, naturally.
@29boilersunderthesea99
3 жыл бұрын
British engineering back in the day something you could be proud of
@alanhutchins5916
2 жыл бұрын
Japan were already building the bullet train.......
@29boilersunderthesea99
2 жыл бұрын
@@alanhutchins5916 true but I was never saying it was cutting edge just good engineering that was reliable compared to modern day or atleast some modern day British engineering
@alanhutchins5916
2 жыл бұрын
@@29boilersunderthesea99 I love Class 55's and 37's as much as anyone....but we could have done more with Rail, even France are way ahead...
@29boilersunderthesea99
2 жыл бұрын
@@alanhutchins5916 yep tbf both France and Japan had their railways flattened by ww2 and needed to rebuild from ground up and as such were able to overhaul them
@alanhutchins5916
2 жыл бұрын
@@29boilersunderthesea99 Unions destroyed National Rail, Government and greed destroyed privatized Rail......🙄
@chrisbroesky2932
8 жыл бұрын
That's the meanest sounding locomotive I've ever heard.
@TrainTrackTrav
8 жыл бұрын
There is a reason they are called "Growlers".
@22fret
7 жыл бұрын
Isn't a growler some kind of - say - lady's garden...?
@mrvontrips
7 жыл бұрын
Or tractors
@samhope6310
6 жыл бұрын
37's are called Tractors, Growlers a metropolitan line electric locomotives.
@multipreach2674
4 жыл бұрын
And it's the meanest sounding one you will ever hear, they don't make them like that anymore.
@leeosborne3793
10 жыл бұрын
Great video! Brings back fond memories of night time runs along the North Wales Coast Line in the late nineties, enjoying the thrash. :)
@craig1102003
10 жыл бұрын
same here Lee, except was between Brum Int'l and Crewe for me lol!
@AllenORourke1954
7 жыл бұрын
I remember lying in bed and hearing double headed 37’s labouring up the slope at Annfield Plain with the iron ore trains to Consett in County Durham, a sweet sound...👍👍👍
@akastonefaceddog
8 жыл бұрын
3:18 to 3:44 is immense.
@RPKGameVids
2 жыл бұрын
The sights and sounds are marvelous, the only thing that's missing is the smell.
@LilianMRailway
11 жыл бұрын
Great video and good locations, thanks for sharing and only wish that my 5" gauge 37 produced smoke like that!
@steveluckhurst2350
3 жыл бұрын
why?
@wellingtonnorthjunction3911
Жыл бұрын
I love the sounds of 37s
@whitemoor66
11 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Can't get enough of English Electrics finest! Andy
@thomaslauffenberger5795
11 жыл бұрын
The Deltic has such a distinctive sound, and the Class 37 has such a distinct look; it's like a two-faced pig grunting constantly! Much different from the EMCs and such in North America. I need to study that engine more...
@charleskirby6143
3 жыл бұрын
Bloody beautiful sight and sound!!!!! I'm sure the tree hugging environmental nutters go berserk seeing the exhaust at throttle up. Great video!!!!!!
@multipreach2674
4 жыл бұрын
Great vid....i hope these locos will run for many more years.
@peterwilms1395
2 жыл бұрын
Such a Beautiful Noise!
@terrelmchenry9524
3 жыл бұрын
FUEL RODS , TEA AND DELTIC. I LOVE ALL THREE.
@cmeonthemove
11 жыл бұрын
10 minutes of one of my favourite diesels - excellent! I'm intrigued by the shot of 37682 at Appledore running flasks solo - were these empties?
@Goofyboi2002
4 жыл бұрын
me i just like the engine sound...at 2:35 that loco just floored it!!
@craig1102003
10 жыл бұрын
amazingly edited! awesome! must check out part 1!
@21C123
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. There is a part 3 on my channel now.
@craig1102003
9 жыл бұрын
Cheers for that mate, must check it out :)
@marcconyard5024
8 жыл бұрын
Love to see some of these make their way to Australia.
@perthsaint66
4 жыл бұрын
Bet they could make it on a single tank of diesel.
@animal6287
3 жыл бұрын
The Aussie B class has a much more sweet sound.
@CS80undermybed
5 жыл бұрын
What a bloody delicious racket! I want one - although Christ knows where I would keep it! I know - I'd set it up as a static display in my garden, then crank it up on quiet Sunday mornings.. much to the delight of my neighbours! I'm sure they wouldn't mind when I told them it was a classic :-))
@christinebaker8754
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! Would love a 37 in the back garden just to gawp at. Have to be a blue baby, I think, cos I love the contrast with the big yellow snoot. And those sad eye windows - OMG, going into overload here just thinking about it. Where can I get one??????
@stevekelly5166
Жыл бұрын
Loads of nuclear flasks here. 40 odd years ago they used to haul iron ore to Llanwern steelworks in South Wales triple headed.
@SMX815
2 жыл бұрын
Music to my ears & these are the business 👏🇬🇧
@chloedevereaux1801
4 жыл бұрын
such an amazing distinctive engine sound.... love it :D
@billybellend1155
4 жыл бұрын
What a masculine pair of legs. 🤮
@JonWhitton
8 жыл бұрын
Guessing the double headed locomotives with the nuclear containers are in case one of the class 37's engines fails?
@21C123
8 жыл бұрын
That's right.
@madcatdaveh
7 жыл бұрын
I was in Ravenglass and saw many a train with the flasks with two engines assuming the same, the sound and the power you could feel as they traveled past was an experience !!!!
@nigelterry9299
7 жыл бұрын
They are cheaper than a modern loco and spared are plentiful, thanks to the many that have fallen by the wayside.
@SASH155
6 жыл бұрын
Are these so loud and dirty because they are fundamentally underpowered? They seem to struggle to get going and produce steam engine quantities of smoke. Is it mainly because the prime movers are cold at startup?
@kiwitrainguy
6 жыл бұрын
How about a single 37 hauling the Nuclear Flask train at 9.08 ?.
@bally55andy
10 жыл бұрын
37th heaven of thrashing, excellent footage. cheers
@nathanlawrence5939
10 жыл бұрын
What a sweet sound, beautiful locos!
@gbjvc6098
6 жыл бұрын
Nathan Lawrence
@prof.hectorholbrook4692
5 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT sound quality too. Suggest listen with good headphones.
@confuzzled5770
9 жыл бұрын
The sound is as iconic as a Spitfire but with more Thunderous power that sets of car alarms :)
@jimlord1622
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent enjoyable and brought back memories use to be an engineer at B R
@19DaRrEn85
10 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant,some excellent footage there 5*!!
@21C123
11 жыл бұрын
On the day of 37682 running solo, 37510 which had been running with it failed with some sort of wheelset problem, and was taken off the train at Tonbridge when it was enroute to Dungeness.
@marcconyard5024
7 жыл бұрын
I remember the fantastic sound of the 1620 class on Queensland Railways. Nothing beats the sound of an EE at full notch. Beats a GM hands down!
@cidertom5140
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t stand ying yings never mind ssangyoung Ming mings😂rexton
@peteotoole8383
3 жыл бұрын
the avro Vulcan of the tracks beautiful to look at and listen to
@dronegirl2024
4 жыл бұрын
luv the sound of a class 37 working hard they sound awesome
@ScaniaVabis580
7 жыл бұрын
I nearly had a crisis when 37518 started to show off!
@ABCDEF-yf4yu
3 жыл бұрын
The class 40s were almost the same shape with the big nose and three piece windscreen, but were bigger and the engines made a whistling sound. Most were scrapped in the 1980s. The modern class 66s that replaced many class 31s, 37s and 47s look dull and no distinctive sound.
@steveluckhurst2350
3 жыл бұрын
the 66s have a very distinctive sound. Washing machine on spin cycle!
@MrHeesbeen
6 жыл бұрын
While I fully appreciate that a cold start for a diesel engine is a smoke-filled experience, I was always of the view that a properly set up and adjusted diesel engine, didn`t smoke when at operating temperature but gave a light blue haze out of the exhaust. After all, if diesel engined lorries gave out as much of the dirty stuff when being worked hard, our roads would be permanently smoke logged. Can somebody please explain to me, why locomotive engines are different ?
@Runeakb
6 жыл бұрын
I think the same. If they are not worn out engines it must be due to badly adjusted governors that feeds too much juice relative to the RPM. I also find it strange that these 4 stroke engines (also Alcos) in general smoke way more than their 2 stroke EMD counterparts
@thatswindonrailenthusiast3448
5 жыл бұрын
@@Runeakb And also train engines are much bigger, as well as 37 engines being older than today's lorries and therefore less modern with more emissions
@steveluckhurst2350
3 жыл бұрын
@@thatswindonrailenthusiast3448 crap. They're old engines and are either worn out (black smoke) or badly adjusted (grey smoke).
@juanra4483
7 жыл бұрын
Hermosas maquinas. Muy potentes. Saludos desde Argentina.
@marseljurenec3875
6 жыл бұрын
Try with headphones!
@fabianthomas7312
8 жыл бұрын
for such a big bit of kit they move well and the growl I loved that sound as a kid!!
@mrisor892
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see a single 37 pulling a nuclear flask as by law there are supposed to be 2 power units in case one breaks down, a flask of nuclear material must not be in a vulnerable situation where it could be hit by another train.
@alanmunro
7 жыл бұрын
love the 37 thrash thanks
@James2Pedro
11 жыл бұрын
I thought it was in case the first loco broke down. Dosen't matter how reliable a train is, it can still fail. They are not allowed to just stand while waiting for a replacement loco (Thunderbird)
@davidfrobel7582
10 жыл бұрын
the best UK locos ever,,,nice video
@Isochest
9 жыл бұрын
David Frobel I'm sure you are right on that. Ivatt designed the LMS 1750hp Diesel Electrics which may have formed the basis for this class. A Right First Time without a doubt:-)
@Moodster020
8 жыл бұрын
+David Frobel I get to work on them for a living..!, currently refurbishing a batch of them for the UK test/infrastructure trains.
@kiwitrainguy
6 жыл бұрын
The best locos ever.
@takethehighroad5027
4 жыл бұрын
The 37 is just like the antonov planes they have the distinctive noise thats easily identifyable
@Bevoin1970
9 жыл бұрын
You captured some of your video clips from excellent vantage points. Awesome sounds and video footage. :-)
@BobbyTM10
11 жыл бұрын
Awesome engine sound here. Big Like !
@madspaniel4271
4 ай бұрын
I don't know what the outcome of the universe will be. Our solar system will end in about 5 billions years from now. What I DO KNOW, is that the class 37 was just about the best noise mankind ever made! :)
@patkins8319
3 жыл бұрын
37's for the win. Sadly I doubt I will ever have the cash to own one and would rather own a 37 over BMW/Audi/supercar/hypercar
@Mog435
8 жыл бұрын
i worked on the replacment engine modifications some years ago in crewe loco works had some fires on them cutting out the old internal battery boxes must of been 25 years ago !!
@iainhunneybell
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone know why the 37s seem to have survived so well vs. say the 40s, 45s or once ubiquitous 47s?
@noooo_safechat2589
2 жыл бұрын
Didn’t Epping Ongar buy the old 1938 tube stocks that were running the island line? If so, are they in service on the railway yet
@Hammertime054
4 жыл бұрын
Love the sounds of these beasts, cant beat it👍👍👍shear power
@nigelterry9299
8 жыл бұрын
Love a good type 3 and there's plenty of them here......
@MartyMNZ
10 жыл бұрын
That must of been a lot of work to put all that together. Nice job mate. Very cool. Thanks!
@21C123
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. It did take a while to put together but worth it!
@MrWesternDuke
11 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful!
@jamienorman2622
11 жыл бұрын
My favourite clip at 2:01
@488scooby
11 жыл бұрын
cant beat the sound of a growling tractor.i miss 37408,
@Mog435
11 жыл бұрын
loved working on them
@DomZa100
2 жыл бұрын
awesome sound
@vivekbarchha
7 жыл бұрын
So I have a question about these locomotives, why do they rev intermittently? As soon as they start to smoke the throttle cuts off for a second, is that the on board electronics preventing the air fuel mixture from getting too rich and choking the turbo? We have these retro fitted in most old Indian locomotives but the ones without electronic throttle restrictiors can be slammed straight from notch 3 to 8 and that creates huge clouds of black unburnt diesel which looks gorgeous (although I'd imagine Greenpeace wouldn't be too happy).
@andymathieson3678
6 жыл бұрын
Often wheel slip causing power to be cut then very basic engine governor applying power to fast . Class 37 governor is fairly basic opens fuel racks rather fast no ramping of power like better governors . If you ever listen to cold 37's they ages to settle down ie really bad hunting ie revs up and down .Also driver can make them smoke when i have driven them soon as you pull for power you instantly hear roar of engine and lots smoke .Not much in way of electronics on most 37's apart from some of the rebuilt ones has electronic load regs but still clag the same though We use to double head them on fairly heavy train and had steep incline after speed restriction you should seen them powering up there . They had diverts going in and out at different times offl loading with slip all at different time on each loco .Did not work together very well lol
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