English Electric class 50 - 50026 starts up at Old Oak Common

On Thursday 9th April 50026 was started outside the factory at the now closed Old Oak Common for the first time since being withdrawn from service 18 years earlier . At around 2.40 minutes the loco shuts down with low coolant as the last of the remaining air is cleared through the system. The header tank is then topped up and the loco is re started and run for several minutes.
Stuff still to do but a big, big step in the restoration of the loco.......... Farewell Old Oak Common

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• 50026
• class
• 50
• english
• electric
• clag

[victorious436]

16csvt I deleted your comment in error sorry... The hissing noise is being caused by a decompression plug on B bank not sealing correctly, problem now sorted.

[Bridport6705]

We conquered the world, we had an empire. Our engineering pioneered travel and the put " Great " into Britain - now all our industries have gone, we don't seem to make things anymore and we get crap from China and to add insult to injury, import class 66's and 67's and had a mass scrapping and ended up with not enough rolling stock - what an absolute shambles.

[Slarty252]

Yeah, stick yer 220's get these back on! BR refit murdered them anyway, they were probably the best Loco's of their day and were way ahead of their time.

Having said that look for the Hawker siddeley Kestrel 4000 (another feat of great English engineering which got Killed)

[imaghostbuster36]

do u have any vids of the engine running with out hissing sound now its sorted??

[FM60260]

Is that the battery box smoking underneath?

[GordonFreemanD40]

these things lost to EMDs...

[tpvalley]

the smoke is a cunning design, it was to make the steam engine drivers feel more at home.........yes I am joking before anyone corrects me.

[dugdug03]

Nice Video! if you like class 50's you should take a look at British Railways - Class 50 on facebook where you can upload your own videos and share your own pictures.... in the future we can also look at providing upto date news on the last remain class members, lets build a class 50 community

[craigybus1]

50s would have looked much better if they'd had the same cabs as DP2 & the Deltics :)

[tractorboydavidbrown]

@jango1968 no 37s have a v 12 the 50s have a v16

[tractorboydavidbrown]

would these animals be have been running though petersfield in the mid 80's?.I can remember standing on a green near my great aunts and hearing these pulling out of station on full tap for half mile.I can still hear it today wonderful sound

[steamfandan]

Ah good old locos they so damn better than the stupid 66's and 67s that we have to contend wiv now adays and also better than the Adalentes and voyergers. grand video anyway

[rickstarb]

Fanatastic to see a 50 coming back to life - and on my brithday too!