40145 Erupts Into Life

40145 starts up in Bury Bolton Street

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• Clag
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• 40
• Class40
• ELR
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• EE
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• Hellfire

[BigChief427]

Listen to that turbo spool up.

[madplanefan]

*ring-a-ling* - *HELLFIRE STARTUP*

nice vid

[gw4pjq]

I am a big fan of the Class 40 as are most people (who were interested in the railway) of my age (50). Ok they were under powered, but my god could they accelerate a heavy train impressively. I have worked on 40106 and I often wondered if they were more powerful than their rating suggests. Is it just me? does anyone else think steam gets too much glory? The days of the heavy diesel hauling long express trains surely deserves more respect?

[gw4pjq]

"Listen to that turbo spool up". That whistle you can hear is the air flowing through the cooling system, there are four turbochargers on this engine but you can only just hear them when the engine is pulling hard. No turbochargers work when an engine is idling. Next time you are behind a 40 you will notice the whistle disappears as the engine speed increases to be replaced with the exhaust beat but if you listen carefully you will hear a high pitched scream very different to the fan whistle.

[icars98]

Wow!

That was instant!

[mensamoo]

I know you won't believe this, but inside that loco there are 20 eastern europeans peddling like........

[craigybus1]

Whistle my beauty, Whistle for daddy...

[reggaeman1956]

The origins of the Class 40 fleet lay in the prototype diesel locomotives (Types D16/1 ordered by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways and D16/2 ordered by British Railways between 1947 and 1954) and most notably with the Southern Region locomotive No. 10203, which was powered by English Electric's 16SVT MkII engine developing 2,000 bhp (1,460 kW).[1] The bogie design and power train of 10203 was used almost un-changed on the first ten production Class 40.

[reggaeman1956]

Build date 19581962 Total production 200 Configuration 1Co-Co1 UIC classification (1Co)'(Co1)' Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter Driving: 3 ft 9 in (1.143 m) Idling: 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m) Minimum curve 4.5 chains (91 m) Wheelbase 61 ft 3 in (18.67 m) Length 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) Width 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) Height 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m

[reggaeman1956]

Weight 133 long tons (135 t)

Fuel capacity 710 imp gal (3,200 l; 850 US gal)

Prime mover English Electric 16SVT MkII

Transmission DC generator, DC traction motors

Multiple working ★ Blue Star

Top speed 90 mph (140 km/h)

Power output Engine: 2,000 bhp (1,490 kW)

At rail: 1,550 hp (1,160 kW)

Tractive effort Maximum: 52,000 lbf (231 kN)

there is some rubbish written about these locos,, here are some facts and figures, i will put more in another box

[ketd9]

sounds great

[Yrrebsiez]

This is 1 reason why im proud to be british. :D