A visit to the GWR to drive a class 37

[1madaboutguitar]

FAKE

[mrg2507]

Thank god that 'instructor' had nothing to do with my MP12 all those years ago.....

[Darkstylerz]

i guess you were like floating on a cloud :-D

[Ayman170Turbostar]

how old d'you have to be to drive it?

[Victorialine67]

driver for a fiver awsome, only problem is they never seem to let anyone thrash the 37 up on these driver courses

[matthew376]

Wow i've driven one of those on Trainz but they put the brakes the wrong way round on there!

[EastMidlandsSteam]

@matthew376 Trainz is all wrong anyway,especially the sound. Railworks really gives you a feel of really driving one. No power felt in you though =P

[Palmidor]

Wow, that looks totally cool... ;)

[EWS60500]

Nice, cant wait till i get driving on the Main line

[EastMidlandsSteam]

@EWS60500 NICE!! give some good toneage to spotters and you'll be a legend on Youtube =D!!

[Dean57010]

Great vid shame about your mate messing about. Anyone could have stepped out infront of you there.

[pacccv]

AWESOME

[theamateurbasher]

This reminds me very much of having a bash at driving 37109 about nine months ago at the ELR... What a day that were...

5*

[tony4790]

I would recommend a trip down to Bodmin and Wenford on a driver exp day . Took their 37 in BR blue , light engine twice and with ecs twice which was great as its a full power thrash out of Bodmin Parkway (after the 5mph slack ) up the hill to Colsloggett Halt . Happy days .

[expressboy1983]

Top stuff guys! 5* & Fav'd

[Bevoin1970]

Wow that looked brilliant, made me want a blast at it and Im not a train driver or a spotter, I do like trains mind.......

[type2thrash]

I loved your vid! Its the cainines gonads!! I am real gutted I missed out on this! I love driving 37's at these events and heres a Vid response of me driving 109 at the East Lancs.... Directional controller in 'foward', Proportional brake in 'Running', powerhandle 'on', straight air 'off' Powerhandle wide open! HELLFIRE!!

[gronkstergronk]

Hi Kev, Yeap this was my first go at driving a 37. It's a shame my m8 did'nt film the second and third goes. The Last trip was the best, Full throttle for 5 secs...HELLFIRE through the passing loop and feeling all that power.. Beats Rail Simulator..lol

[Y55MAC]

Coolio! Thats another thing ticked off the list of things to do. Great Fun!

[gronkstergronk]

Hi Martin, I missed the visit to SDR for Driving The Pannier. May be next time..

[GreatWestern175]

Musta been fun to drive the old big tractor! I bet it must of been a challenge to know the controls and mechanisms!

[gronkstergronk]

Hi Ryan, The hardest part is doing it all in the right order. We had three goes each. The last go I opened the throttle to Maxium. Hellfire!!!!!!! just for 5 secs. The sound was Heaven!!!!!!!

[ay76]

Wow lucky guys, big respect to you.What a day you guys must of had.:-) Cheers

[gronkstergronk]

Hi Iain, We got to the station at around 9.45am and booked the "Driver for a Fiver" straight away, 4 people already had booked in front so we went for a ride down and back. I very nice Railway to go to 25MPH speed.. Lovely.. Loads of Thrashing..

[ay76]

As Mr Zontar Deltic would say Trash my beauty, Thrash for daddy!! :-) Cheers

[JBTEvans]

Very nice, I bet you enjoyed that Ian!

[gronkstergronk]

Hi Joshua, Oh yes, It was worth the 3 hour's journey up and 3 hours back. Looking forward to my next go..

[JBTEvans]

Yeah the GWSR is a fab line, espically because of it being an ex mainline

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

well done, wat an experience it must have been, 5/5

[gronkstergronk]

Thanks for the Comment. Yeah it certainly was and will do it again when I get the chance.