what a sweet sound love the whistle off the turbos i used to lie awake in bed as a kid listening to them waiting for a green light on the kidsgrove to crewe branch line and you knew when they got it all hell would be unleashed and as a young man had the horrible task of taking an o/a flame cutter to some at crewe loco works so sad !!!!
@kevleisa: The Class 40 is a legend and thankfully there is about 5-6 in preservation. Shame they all went in favour of DMU's but I do like the Class 150's. But nothing beats a good old Class 40 loco hauled train which used to be a regular thing at Nene Valley Railway. Though since Gerald Bowden passed away in February this year, D306 is now stored at Washwood Heath.
what a sweet sound love the whistle off the turbos i used to lie awake in bed as a kid listening to them waiting for a green light on the kidsgrove to crewe branch line and you knew when they got it all hell would be unleashed and as a young man had the horrible task of taking an o/a flame cutter to some at crewe loco works so sad !!!!
kevleisa 1 year ago
@kevleisa: The Class 40 is a legend and thankfully there is about 5-6 in preservation. Shame they all went in favour of DMU's but I do like the Class 150's. But nothing beats a good old Class 40 loco hauled train which used to be a regular thing at Nene Valley Railway. Though since Gerald Bowden passed away in February this year, D306 is now stored at Washwood Heath.
EWS60008 8 months ago
What a great sound!
J0nnyGT 2 years ago
It certainly is mate.
EWS60008 2 years ago
Of course, with that class 20 in the background, it's hard to distinguish the 40 properly...
smiffy1071 3 years ago
@smiffy1071: The Class 20 shown wasn't running mate (or atleast it wasn't when I was filming this beast).
EWS60008 1 year ago
Aye these are among my favourites as I used to ride on these machines a lot back in the 80's when I was a kid mate.
EWS60008 3 years ago
Midlands!!!! Dont say that the locals will beat ten shades out off you.
spire1997 3 years ago
LOL! :D.
EWS60008 3 years ago