Sounds like the brakes are not coming off properly before the power is applied.... maybe it was Mr Aitken playing to the crowd lol.... tremendous sound though from a beast of a loco... where are you now 427???
Very poor driving technique though in reality and will have done little for the health of the loco. You should wait for the brakes to come off properly before applying that amount of power. When the train is underway with the brakes released, the old girl doesnt really struggle too badly.
well, considering it is a 1050 tonne load I am surprised the 37 got it going at all! They werent deisgned to haul trains this heavy, and even a 37/7 heavyweight would have struggled to a degree.
So it's not bad driving technique, its the dead weight of the train.
Frankly thats not true at all as the maximum load for a standard 37 over this route is more than 1050 tonnes. They WERE designed to haul trains of this weight and had a very long and fruitful life in South Wales hauling lengthy and heavy coal trains over highly indifferent permanent way on steeply graded tracks. The trick is to get the brakes off with the controller marginally open so that the train doesnt roll backwards and then (watching the brake pipe carefully) slowly apply more power.
Aye, they don't call them Growlers for nowt.
D335Media 2 months ago
what's not to like about this...heavy train, noisy diesel....match made.
yogzrail 6 months ago
Hellfire!!!
350LMDesiro 7 months ago
ABSOLUTE MONSTER THRASH,,
He wanna read the brake gauges first mind ;-) what a crank and 427s my fav beast amongst the /4s
Best wake up they ever had in hereford town..
60037 2 years ago
that is absolutely incredible
and very worthy of these 5*
465fan 2 years ago
Ohh my that was lovely, the sound was amazing 5*
50019Ramilles 2 years ago
cool video love the sounds of the loco moveing off.
5*****
train0077 2 years ago
5/5 ace footage
robinwoods1 2 years ago
What a fantastic piece of footage. Some very sticky brakes! MY LOOOORDZZZ!!!
Bish66 2 years ago
Now thats an instant fave! 5* there, thanks for sharing.
ValentaLamenter 2 years ago
Sounds like the brakes are not coming off properly before the power is applied.... maybe it was Mr Aitken playing to the crowd lol.... tremendous sound though from a beast of a loco... where are you now 427???
simonpilk 2 years ago
Motherwell I do believe, either that or toton. It's on a WNXX pool code, so not much happening with it at the minute.
D335Media 2 years ago
Very poor driving technique though in reality and will have done little for the health of the loco. You should wait for the brakes to come off properly before applying that amount of power. When the train is underway with the brakes released, the old girl doesnt really struggle too badly.
simonpilk 2 years ago
well, considering it is a 1050 tonne load I am surprised the 37 got it going at all! They werent deisgned to haul trains this heavy, and even a 37/7 heavyweight would have struggled to a degree.
So it's not bad driving technique, its the dead weight of the train.
73129Dude 2 years ago
Frankly thats not true at all as the maximum load for a standard 37 over this route is more than 1050 tonnes. They WERE designed to haul trains of this weight and had a very long and fruitful life in South Wales hauling lengthy and heavy coal trains over highly indifferent permanent way on steeply graded tracks. The trick is to get the brakes off with the controller marginally open so that the train doesnt roll backwards and then (watching the brake pipe carefully) slowly apply more power.
simonpilk 2 years ago
Hellfire!
PartFare 2 years ago
My favorite Syphon of all time .. What a noise MUSIC to my ears ... Dreadful...:o)
pjunzi 2 years ago
Superb mate, only the kind of level I would accept. A million times better than the usual youtube crap!!!!
hughesy45108 2 years ago
Beast
D335Media 2 years ago
Have some of that ! Great video.
bathboysteve 2 years ago
Wow! Great capture mate!
class313 2 years ago