D1015 Western Champion: The Western Slater at Chester (19th September 2009)

[GMCobh]

I've never actually seen a "Western" in action,, so I was a bit surprised at the thick black exhaust being emitted. I've always thought that these diesel-hydraulics have a pleasing appearance in photos I have seen of them. I like that livery too. It's good to see a film of one in action. Thanks :)

[theamateurbasher]

@GMCobh The Westerns do indeed look good by appearance, but the thrash and clag they produce is what makes them one of the most popular diesel types in the UK! D1015 Western Champion however, isn't the only one good at clag; the National Railway Museum's D1023 Western Fusilier is another grand clagger too!

Cheers for commenting.

[AllianceB95]

D1015 what a beast i love the departure with the awesome clag! 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Absolutely! Cheers.

[macred52]

Love those Old westerns so much great machines!

[theamateurbasher]

Indeed. Cheers!

[The92002]

What a beauty!

[theamateurbasher]

Indeed. Cheers!

[21C123]

Nice bit of thrash from the Western there! 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Absolutely! Cheers.

[DarkRage960]

beastage. wish i was there to have seen that. 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers!

[salopiangrowler]

what a beast

[theamateurbasher]

Absolutely! Cheers.

[robmasterman]

Amazing departures especially the Western David, great material...5* BOb

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks Bob! Not so often you get the sweet sight and sound of one of Maybach's greatest products making it's presence felt!

[bobvdeltic]

top stuff dude better than planes. top clag beltin chester never had it so good.

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks bobvdeltic!

[merseyrail508124]

My lords is all you can say really! Great pics at the end aswell!

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks. More pics on my fotopic site - see the link in my channel description!

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks very much Tom!

[theamateurbasher]

Indeed it is! The roving whizzo has done it again! Thanks.

[XxBec3509]

Great video ,,5 stars and added to my favs for certain ,, weldone great stuff !! ........sean

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks very much - D1015 at her usual beastly finest!

[XxBec3509]

good to see her again ,,please except my video response from the same day ,,,cheers m8

[Woolybak8]

Bloody hell, im gutted about not going to Chester now merr 5* Dave

[theamateurbasher]

Ah well, always next time eh? Thanks Wooly.

[87006]

Lovely jubbly there David shame it wasnt that good out of Crewe tonight because it was taking the Stoke line grrrr 5 well deserved stars though m8 87006.

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks very much matey. As you will have seen, D1015 was clagging like hell as she left for Blaenau. Hellfire!

[87002theBEAST]

Cheers My God the clag Dave was immense!! Bastard work meant that I was unable to watch this monster! God cant wait till she'sout again now. 5* deffo!

Cheers

John

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks John. The roving whizzo doing what she does best - clagging like hell, and making sweet Maybach music in the process... LOL!

We can only hope that D1015 will make another foray to the North West again sometime soon. Thanks again chum!

[cyclopsfilm]

I've got got say that is CLAG of the first degree, nice catch.

[theamateurbasher]

Absolutely! Cheers.

[bradleigh10]

Brillaint Dave, 5 stars and fav.

My story though, Forgot camera disk to camcorder so used digital to film it outta Crewe. Ye left the camera on 350119 to Birmingham and wasnt handed in :( Now I have no footage of D1015 CLAGGING outta Crewe, merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

5 stars :p

[Woolybak8]

Theres always one

[bradleigh10]

haha luck was 350119 was working 1536 outta New Street that I was on :P

[HSTHoward]

MY LORDZ!

[theamateurbasher]

Spot on Howard, spot on! Cheers.

[merseyrail508124]

great video!! 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks very much - great pleasure by the way to meet you and MerseyrailMad, even if it was brief.

[AllianceB95]

Nice Claggy D1015 vid mate! 5/5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers! D1015 doing what she does best - clagging like mad! Perhaps we could have a clagging contest between D1015 and the NRM's D1023? LOL

[AllianceB95]

Well that would be awesome! Both a coldstart as an extra

[berwickspotter]

LOVE IT, 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers!

[themarcpearson]

how do u find out about railtours like this i would have much preferred something like this than sat staring at pendlinos at rudgeley like i did yesterday

[theamateurbasher]

There are various sources of information on railtours; I'll send a PM along with a few examples.

[video47]

Wow! All that clag, I should have gone to Chester to see that 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks! It was indeed a claggy departure; almost identical to the one I witnessed when D1015 turned up at Warrington in June, on it's way to Scotland. Beast!!!!!

[itfcsam]

nice one! like the pendolino drag!

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks! The Holyhead pendolino drag only takes place on Saturdays now though.

[itfcsam]

Yeh. I never seen it before. Im from Bristol area so we never get anything like that. Do you know the London area well? I wanna go and see 92s, 90s, and 86s and probably pendolinos next week. Im thinking Bushey which is 5 mins south of Watford. I also wouldnt mind seeing all the highspeed on the ECML. So might go to the first little station from Kings Cross (Cant remember the name). I will be going to Clapham jn from Bristol. You reckon I can do this is a day?

[theamateurbasher]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the London area so I couldn't say. Thanks anyway.

[itfcsam]

Dont worry. Thats ok.

[philquine]

Fantastic! Wish I had been able to get out to see it!

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks philquine. Might be at Crewe later on if you can get out for it (not sure what time though - send me a message if you wish to know).

[vladimir2366fa]

Thanks you, Videos veyr nice,  ５★★★★★

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers!