Great video but, apart from you turning the key, I didn't have clue what you were doing. Perhaps some captions to explain would have made it an even greater piece of film.
@farmertrg
8 жыл бұрын
Great video of the heat of a class 40. That is some great engineering of British power ;)
@scopex2749
7 ай бұрын
On the old Westerns class 52 you had to fire up the fuel preheater boiler first as well before they would even THINK about starting! But thanks to this they had AWESOME cold start abilities. LOVELY sound next to that EE engine!!
@60secondsserieszach23
Жыл бұрын
That red co2 discharge nozzle @ 2:12, along with the 850 to 900 PSI co2 cylinders are a great feature to these magnificent locomotives. Props to British Rail on the fire protection for this class 40. 😎
@robertasten325
2 жыл бұрын
Its was really good looking at what you where doing,maybe an explanation of what you where actually doing wpuld of been brilliant
@1973ts
Жыл бұрын
Nice that! Used to like watching them get started up on York shed after a weekend .
@haraldpettersen3649
2 жыл бұрын
a Gorgeous Engine , 16 willing cylinders ready for work 💪
@Grid56
10 ай бұрын
Pity it was so heavy, the 37 proved more useful.
@stephenchecksfield3011
8 жыл бұрын
great video
@colinvespa4709
27 күн бұрын
Interesting to observe the start up procedure, I'm guessing you're connecting the battery circuit, switching on the fuel pump, the other switches are possibly minor oil or air injector switches. Looks interesting. I drove a class 37 at ELR last month that waz an i teresting learning experience tapping up and amping down while watching tracks, points and signals, the loco was already set up to go.
@BegudMaximan-zp2tc
20 күн бұрын
Looking at this there is some legwork to do before you can get the thing to start on the these heritage first generation UK diesels. They got it so much easier these days with modern traction.
@thehowlingterror
2 жыл бұрын
Explanation of what is happening would prove helpful.
@andrewpetersen6116
Жыл бұрын
Good exercise starting this loco
@paulfabrique5055
8 жыл бұрын
hardly a good get away vehicle after a bank job
@smiffy1071
8 жыл бұрын
Oh I don't know, Ronnie Biggs thought it was....
@elamparithiparithi3344
Жыл бұрын
Definitely
@Vortigan07
5 ай бұрын
👍 Bruce Reynolds likes this
@train4905
2 жыл бұрын
Butifull
@chrisbow1776
11 ай бұрын
So, what you are saying is that 99.9% of the worlds population won't have a clue how to start one, haha
@janadden8762
Жыл бұрын
Nice Sound
@adammoss5284
2 ай бұрын
Lovely and the supercharger noise too. Amazing loco 👍🏻
@ricardobarth2716
8 жыл бұрын
Hello. Really nice machine. What is those eletric motors inside the nose of the locomotive ?
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
On the right hand side is the traction motor blower and on the left is the vacuum exhauster
@ricardobarth2716
8 жыл бұрын
Oh, so this machine use a vacuum brake system. I thought that was an air compressor.
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
+Ricardo Barth compressors are inside the engine room. It's dual braked, either air or vacuum
@ricardobarth2716
8 жыл бұрын
+Paul Lambert Nice, this machine is really different from the US locos. Is there a traction motor blower and a vacuum exhauster on the other nose as well ?
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
+Ricardo Barth there is yes
@24nov67
Жыл бұрын
is the engine primed with oil before starting?
@peebee143
26 күн бұрын
When he put the Driver's key into the back of the controller and moved the master controller from off to eo the whine you could hear is the oil priming pump. There is an electric fuel pump to raise fuel from the main tank to a header also. If the oil is not up to pressure (I forget) the start contactor will not close.
@GreatRocks37688
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, Its me Bob. I am probably going to come down to ELR on sunday so could u tell me when you get news. Thankyou.
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
Sorry but you need to be 18 to ride the footplate
@GreatRocks37688
8 жыл бұрын
Ok, Could u add me back on facebook?
@basilbrush4518
11 ай бұрын
HOW MANY NOTCHES ARE THERE ON THE ACCELERATOR?
@philld1201
9 ай бұрын
No notches.
@peebee143
26 күн бұрын
There's a notch between off and on then it's step-less all the way to max.
@Totenkreischer
Жыл бұрын
She works today? Maybe TSW should See this. The engine room is Close :(
@philld1201
Жыл бұрын
Yes, here she is in action. kzitem.info/news/bejne/kYuD3qRnh6aJqKQ&ab_channel=37178
@chrisst8922
4 ай бұрын
And I thought it was hard to start the lawnmower.
@adammoss5284
2 ай бұрын
If you had a lawnmower with that engine the job would be done quick but pushing it might be a problem 😆👍🏻
@BobSmith-ui4qu
2 жыл бұрын
You think it would be easier. You need a map just to figure out what to turn!
@laszlofyre845
Жыл бұрын
Even more so with a steam generator in use. Happy days. I could still do it.
@CRISIS550166
8 жыл бұрын
Fire bell ringing during turnover? New batteries required then...
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
Never fails to start nor does it sound like they are getting low but it still rings!
@marshallman7608
2 жыл бұрын
They usually did. 40s were still around when I started on the footplate in 1980. Remember the last 40 I was on, didn't get a mile when it failed and had to be hauled back to the yard!
@laszlofyre845
Жыл бұрын
Typical EE trait, more pronounced on 37's.
@peebee143
26 күн бұрын
That would occur on many classes.
@davehooper5115
11 ай бұрын
All that to start up a bloody train stroll on lol
@geoffmullinger3469
9 ай бұрын
In BR days the driver would put the battery switch in and switch in the light switch then put the key in Move the reverser engine only then wait 30 seconds then push the button
@CreRay
8 жыл бұрын
What are those 4 red cocks you turn before starting the engine?
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
+CreRay they are turbo drain cocks. Basically they are there to drain any rain that accumulates in the turbos via the exhaust. Close them before starting the engine, then reopen at the end of the days running
@CreRay
8 жыл бұрын
Paul Lambert Thanks, I was already guessing that's what they are. In a few video's of an English Electric starting up a pronounced hissing sound occurs after starting up, I guess one of them was left open then?
@ryanjam07
8 жыл бұрын
+CreRay hissing noises with the engine running would be one or more engine decompressors left open and is not related to storm drains
@burntoutsmusicclub1861
Жыл бұрын
After all that, just to turn it back off again! 🤦
@tinkertaylor6965
2 жыл бұрын
Far from straightforward. No wonder the train robbers couldn't get D326 to move.
@stephensmith4480
2 жыл бұрын
The difference being, that Loco was already in running order. The weak link was the Idiot they hired to Drive it, he didn`t know that you needed a Master Key and that the AWS isolating handle had been pulled out. A simple task for a man who was properly trained.
@laszlofyre845
Жыл бұрын
i disagree. These were the simplest mainline diesels I ever worked on. You couldn't really leave anything off compared to what is there already. But turbo gallery oil drains?? Less smoke, less chance of surging. But where's the fun in that!
@davinsmith7543
Жыл бұрын
The dolt they hired was a retired railway driver that had only ever driven small steam shunters like a jinty, not mainline locomotives.
@dannycarter1966
2 жыл бұрын
That's ridiculous. At the same point in history, the Japanese simply pressed a button and off the locomotive would go.
@Colonel_Blimp
2 жыл бұрын
Did they? My employer purchased Mitsubishi Diesels in this time period. There were no buttons involved. Startup was equally involved.
@dannycarter1966
2 жыл бұрын
@@Colonel_Blimp oh yes, it's true. Then again we British have always been slightly behind the game. When the Datsun 240 came out, all we could offer in competition was the Morris Oxford.
@Colonel_Blimp
2 жыл бұрын
@@dannycarter1966 well as a retired driver qualified on both EE and Mitsubishi diesels I dispute your contention that that pushing a button will start a late 60's Japanese unit. Fortunately my railway learnt the error of its ways and went solid Yankee.
@tavi9598
Жыл бұрын
You apparently have absolutely no idea how involved cold starting the average diesel locomotive is. Even today there is no "push a button and it goes" because there are things like battery disconnectors, isolation switches and breakers involved in getting one running from a cold shutdown. What you see here is why locomotives are left idling so often. Because cold starting takes several minutes and can, in fact, fail to work even on an engine that was running only minutes ago. This is not your car. It doesn't turn on with a button. And neither did the ones in Japan.
@dannycarter1966
Жыл бұрын
@@tavi9598 here endeth the sermon number 959.
@SRILANKATRAIN
Жыл бұрын
super video broo licked your titel 💙 subscribed your channel ,super job 👻😊
@kaiwenwu1947
8 ай бұрын
Why does nobody ever explain what starts the thing ? Electric ??? Air ???? Power of thought ?? 😅. As like the class 37. They turn over for a long time from cold ".
@peebee143
26 күн бұрын
A contactor closes and connects the generator to the batteries to motor it and, with it, the power unit.
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