BR Class 15 D8233: The first engine startup (19/06/2010)

For a long time, the Class 15 Preservation Society, based at the East Lancashire Railway, has been engaged in a project to restore the only surviving class 15 diesel loco D8233 to working order.

Saturday 19th June 2010 marked a glorious milestone in progress, when D8233's sixteen cylindered Paxman 16YHXL engine was started up for the first time. These clips show the final checks being made, before the engine springs to life; loads of static thrash and clag ensured that the startup was a great success. Although there is still a long way to go before restoration is completed, the loco is making sound progress.

For more information, head to http://www.d8233.org.uk

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BR
• Class
• 15
• diesel
• locomotive
• D8233
• Preservation
• Society
• Castlecroft
• shed
• Bury
• East
• Lancashire
• Railway
• static
• thrash
• clag
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• yt:quality=high

[TheBritishLegions]

interesting... a Paxman sounding like an EE but not quite... fascinating stuff!

[theamateurbasher]

@TheBritishLegions Cheers. A foretaste of what she will look and sound like, when she is up and running again within a few years from now.

[sookster54]

*inhales* aaaah the smell of pollution in the morning. :)

[theamateurbasher]

@sookster54 I love the smell of clag in the morning... LOL Cheers.

[mekydro]

great stuff, look forward to hearing it pulling trains one day

[theamateurbasher]

@mekydro Thanks!

[TheBritishLegions]

@theamateurbasher if you want to see one running watch this! ''British diesel, electric and steam trains in 1959 - "British Locomotives"''

Just seen it !

type it in and you will see it in there somewhere at 6m along with a Metrovic too!

[theamateurbasher]

@bwarrrrk No problem.

[theamateurbasher]

@bwarrrrk Yep, the only surviving Class 15 in preservation. And there's still a long way to go before it even runs again, that's why more support for the Class 15 Preservation Society is needed. Thanks for commenting!

[bwarrrrk]

ah yeh soz saw it in descrption :)