37417 37406 Oban 13/08/06

37417 and 37406 depart Oban with the Oban-Edinburgh VSOE on 13/08/06. The driver had to stop and reset the groundframe after the train had left the station - hence the standing start on the incline.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• EWS
• class
• 37
• thrash
• 37406
• 37417
• Oban
• West
• Highland
• Line
• Scotland

[broomboi]

why is this going so slow

[tutankahmun]

It's quite a steep climb away from there. The fact that it had to stop half way up didn't help it either.

[PBR14akaAdam]

Or the Ufton incident.

Shit level crossing.

[Yownanymous]

they obviously don't do them very well (with regards to the pendolino crash)

[kevatcrewe]

They're owned by EWS, not Network Rail. Network Rail does the Railway Infrastructure such as points and signals.

[Yownanymous]

The problem is that British Rail, and in turn Network Rail, are such tightwads that they won't 'waste' a penny of their money to get maintenance on these old engines.

[gregrudd]

So they just had a prime mover overhaul only with out getting a full rewire. As to your first point a lot depends on your exciter/gov arrangement/design. What stoped EE geting a lot of orders in AU was incompatibility with US equipment which used 85v 8 notch control V's the 110v ep system used in British

[tutankahmun]

To be honest it depends on the individual loco. The two in the video, despite being the most recent to receive heavy attention in the works, aren't the best locos in terms of power or response to the controls. If you can find the videos I have on here of 37401, that one is quite good as it was fitted with reconditioned traction motors within the last few years...

[gregrudd]

One thing I have noticed is that the EE doesn't load up nowhere near as fast as an alco

[kevatcrewe]

Fantastic noise those V12's make :)

[broomboi]

ok cheers