Great video work, thanks for posting. I've waited 9 years to be offered this by TH-cam. Glad to still have a pulse and be able to watch without dribbling from one orifice or another 🤣
Over 8 years since you uploaded this video and it has only just appeared on my home page, despite my interest in railways and the nuclear industry! Well done You Tube algorithm 🤣 Nevertheless, a most enjoyable video.
TH-cam's infamous algorithm threw this one into my recommended list today. Yes, that was a tolerably smart and considerate departure. I have to say I'm surprised yours was the only camera on PL2 covering the moves.
I'm sure there would have been others there but everyone tended to be over on the other platform. I used to prefer being right up next to them. Hardly go down anymore nowadays.
What a beautiful locos they are. My favourite if it comes to UK's types. And the reason is at the back ofthe video :) Awesome departure, great sound and visual effects! Thumbs up straight away :) Cheers from Poland!
@SteveSmithRailways I agree. It's nice to know that DRS has no plans in the near future to replace the nameplate and that when it does inevitably happen eventually, the nameplate will be preserved.
Used to regularly see these coming onto Heysham power stations, the 68's started to turn up about 5 or 6 years ago and slowly but surely the 37's started to disapear, shame but life moves on. Interestingly the drivers werent sad to see the 37's go, the 68 has proper seats, they're clean and apparently have a heater that works, they did have to do some adjusting as the 68 is not as easy to shunt with the centre seat position. Great video
Yes me to, my office is about 100 metres from the rail head and you could hear that low rumble well before you could see them, always a pleasure seeing them coming in.
(I am likely repeating this...) When working in my 'first step up the ladder' as the Area Technical Officer at Colchester Area Assistant Civil Engineer's Office (behind the car-park building on the Down side), in the early 1970s the Norwich - Liverpool St trains were chiefly handled by 37s. The later 47s did not sound impressive... The 37s were REALLY opened-up so as to hit the foot of the climb through Stanway and on towards Marks Tey. (Orrhhh, where was me tape-recorder???)
Just a quick question, we are about the same age, would these locomotives have worked passenger traffic from Cambridge to Norwich in the sixties or were they worked by class 40's ?
I could have driven either of these37s when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 as DRS bought a few of the class 37s from eastfield depot and refurbished them and another strange twist of fate my older brother ended up a driver with DRS moving the nuclear flasks about out of sellafield nuclear ☢️ power station so he probably drove the same 37s that I drove 30 years before I was 19 years old at the time 1974 my older brother was in the RAF at the time so when he came out the RAF after 22 years he became a train driver and ended up driving for DRS it’s a strange old world
great to see the old 37s at my home station, used to watch this going on when i was a kid hearing the grunt from those engines was fab but two 37s seems a bit over kill love this
Its a nuclear waste movement so has two locos in case one of them fails on the mainline. Its then no danger if the other loco can then move the consist forward.
Ah, reminds me of the Sunday evening double header returning along the north Wales coast. Load 13, tight schedule, now they were some departures. Don't think the Chester drivers hung around 😊
i find train vids really cool andy, but i dont know much about trains mate, what does a double header mean? is that coz theres two engines at the front im guessing? why do they do that?
@@jamiew1664 Correct, 2 engines together are called 'double headers'. Why do they need 2? because this is carrying waste nuclear rods, so not something you want stranded on the main line, hence they'll have 2 locos incase 1 should fail. I have on one occassion seen a single loco many years ago but 99.99% of the time it will always be 2.
Steve, ive been a chef for 25 years now, but as a kid i had a dream of being a train driver, and i kind of still have that dream. Although its probably too late now as im 44, but i love to watch train videos on youtube. Especially videos with a view from the cab, is there any way that a guy like me could ever take a trip on a train riding in the cab??? how could i possibly try and make this happen? Its just that ive been fascinated with trains ever since i was a small boy, but ive never really explored my fascination, apart from watching youtube videos. @@SteveSmithRailways
@@jamiew1664 Maybe 30 years ago you may have been lucky and got in the cab...... too many H&S regs now to even think about it. I have a few contacts and the last cab ride I had was back in Feb 2009.......there is a playlist I think on here that I did and filmed it, with us failing on the West Coast Main Line. Typically, my battery died so never got to show the end but we were recovered by the rescue/thunderbird loco at Preston and brought back to Preston where the rescue loco detached and I ended up having to catch a Pendo back to London. Still, great memories to have.
These old British locomotives look like what i imagine locomotives to look like.- chisel jawed power Unlike the modern Canadian and orher imported locos which look like under powered sideboards on wheels .
Wow Great video and Fab sounds from a Class 37 Double Header also ,Great locomotives under Privatisation ownership ,Glad to see they have life in them after 60 odd years ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not huge amounts....it's what's in them is the reason for two locomotives. They have two incase one of them fails and therefore allowing the consist to continue and not be stranded on a main line. Spent nuclear rods isn't sumut you'd want hanging around!
Its done by multiple working. The rear loco is connected to the front, so the driver basically has control of both. On occassions, the rear loco is just couple up and non connected in multiple and only used if the front loco fails, hence why there's always two, due to the nature of the working.
It's actually got a path in the network every day Mon - Fri and can run any day. Back then, it did seem to run very often on a Wednesday, which was handy as that was my day off. Nowadays it runs whenever and can run more than once a week. Unfortunately, I dont get chance to go down anymore.
Deltics are class 55s and haven't been used for many decades (except preservation and tours). The video features class 37s which are still being used on the network although their use is slowly diminishing over the years.
"Top Driver Today", how? "Awesome Departure"? What did I miss? Please explain to me what awesome means when two class 37s pull two Flasks when the light goes green!
It is awesome to rail enthusiasts because the driver piled on the power far more than he needed to, thus creating thrash (smoke) and more of that that lovely loud engine sound
As it's a nuclear flask train, a 2nd loco is in the consist incase of failure of the leading loco. It allows the train to continue its journey. It's not a load that you would want blocking the main line with fast trains around .
There is always 2 locos incase 1 should fail as its moving nuclear waste.... not something you would want stranded on a main line. The consist can be either a single wagon twin or triple. On this occasion is was two.
Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder here if the comments below are to be believed, because all I'm seeing is a couple of old diesels, one of which doesn't seem to be working and the other of which is spewing out a lot of filthy fumes, faffing about in sidings with all of one wagon to deal with between them, finally sloping off gently in the direction of away.... What am I missing?
Lol. If you're not a rail enthusiast and a class 37 fan then watching this video is pointless. It'll only appeal to those. Thanks for commenting though.
It's the nuclear flask train. Its reversed into the yard and into the compound. Once done, the locos pull the wagon/s out then run round so that they then reverse back out onto the main line ready to depart back to Crewe
Every now and again I would imagine but certainly not regular as they were workhorses and most probably only went back to the depot for routine work and if lucky, they got a wash!
There is always 2 locos incase 1 should fail as its moving nuclear waste.... not something you would want stranded on a main line. The consist can be either a single wagon twin or triple. On this occasion is was two.
Great video work, thanks for posting. I've waited 9 years to be offered this by TH-cam. Glad to still have a pulse and be able to watch without dribbling from one orifice or another 🤣
Over 8 years since you uploaded this video and it has only just appeared on my home page, despite my interest in railways and the nuclear industry! Well done You Tube algorithm 🤣
Nevertheless, a most enjoyable video.
And I have no idea why it was this one that has gone mad!
I used to go down most weeks back then
Same here lol
Same here 😊
Yet again, same here.
That departure was well worth waiting for Steve.....great weather for your visit....excellent production...Bob
great video
Magnificent as always!
TH-cam's infamous algorithm threw this one into my recommended list today. Yes, that was a tolerably smart and considerate departure. I have to say I'm surprised yours was the only camera on PL2 covering the moves.
I'm sure there would have been others there but everyone tended to be over on the other platform. I used to prefer being right up next to them. Hardly go down anymore nowadays.
What a beautiful locos they are. My favourite if it comes to UK's types. And the reason is at the back ofthe video :) Awesome departure, great sound and visual effects! Thumbs up straight away :) Cheers from Poland!
Well, having spent a large chunk of time in a cab of a 37 during a cold winter night, I can confirm the heaters work lovely 😀
RIP Stephen Middlemore. Respected DRS Railways Safety and Train Officer. Never forgotten.
Nice that they named a loco after him.
@SteveSmithRailways I agree. It's nice to know that DRS has no plans in the near future to replace the nameplate and that when it does inevitably happen eventually, the nameplate will be preserved.
Used to regularly see these coming onto Heysham power stations, the 68's started to turn up about 5 or 6 years ago and slowly but surely the 37's started to disapear, shame but life moves on. Interestingly the drivers werent sad to see the 37's go, the 68 has proper seats, they're clean and apparently have a heater that works, they did have to do some adjusting as the 68 is not as easy to shunt with the centre seat position. Great video
@@nobbytart27 yes, progress eh. I do like the 68's and for a modern loco i would imagine they are popular with drivers. Miss the old girls though.
Yes me to, my office is about 100 metres from the rail head and you could hear that low rumble well before you could see them, always a pleasure seeing them coming in.
Ah Ah, the sound of a 37 thrash, it reminds me of the happy days in Norfolk on the Norwich-Lowestofts.
There aren't many better sounds than the 37.
(I am likely repeating this...) When working in my 'first step up the ladder' as the Area Technical Officer at Colchester Area Assistant Civil Engineer's Office (behind the car-park building on the Down side), in the early 1970s the Norwich - Liverpool St trains were chiefly handled by 37s. The later 47s did not sound impressive... The 37s were REALLY opened-up so as to hit the foot of the climb through Stanway and on towards Marks Tey. (Orrhhh, where was me tape-recorder???)
Just a quick question, we are about the same age, would these locomotives have worked passenger traffic from Cambridge to Norwich in the sixties or were they worked by class 40's ?
Like the boot applied to see if the point changed!😂😂😂😂😂
Superb locomotive the class 37 the noise of there engine takes me right back to Stratford East London when I was a secondman in the 70s.
Watched many a 37 go through Stratford in my youth........many years ago now unfortunately
@SteveSmithRailways true steve, to long ago sadly.
I could have driven either of these37s when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 as DRS bought a few of the class 37s from eastfield depot and refurbished them and another strange twist of fate my older brother ended up a driver with DRS moving the nuclear flasks about out of sellafield nuclear ☢️ power station so he probably drove the same 37s that I drove 30 years before I was 19 years old at the time 1974 my older brother was in the RAF at the time so when he came out the RAF after 22 years he became a train driver and ended up driving for DRS it’s a strange old world
Another nice bit of shunting then the 'eruption' at the end, great stuff !
Super Thrash again from those lovely Class 37s Steve,Great Stuff......Trevor.''
I'm a big fan of these films Steve. This footage was awesome ! Cheers for sharing 😃
Interesting, thanks for posting.
great to see the old 37s at my home station, used to watch this going on when i was a kid hearing the grunt from those engines was fab but two 37s seems a bit over kill love this
thanks for that info, never gave that a thought
Isn't there a rule that all flask transports must be double-headed, in case one breaks down?
Great video!!
So I have subscribed to your channel
Lovely. Nice and early through Brum today too.
Dan
Great quality video. Nicely filmed 👍
Thank you
Perhaps a silly question, but why did it need two enormous locos to maneuver one wagon ? Nice video though.
Its a nuclear waste movement so has two locos in case one of them fails on the mainline. Its then no danger if the other loco can then move the consist forward.
@@SteveSmithRailways Thanks,does make sense !!
Double heading a freightliner up Brentwood bank working hard pure raw sound and power, great days.
Excellent Video 👍👍👍👍👍
We didn't see his thermos flask. Great filming though, steady and highly detailed.
Ah, reminds me of the Sunday evening double header returning along the north Wales coast. Load 13, tight schedule, now they were some departures. Don't think the Chester drivers hung around 😊
Bet that was a great sound
i find train vids really cool andy, but i dont know much about trains mate, what does a double header mean? is that coz theres two engines at the front im guessing? why do they do that?
@@jamiew1664 Correct, 2 engines together are called 'double headers'. Why do they need 2? because this is carrying waste nuclear rods, so not something you want stranded on the main line, hence they'll have 2 locos incase 1 should fail. I have on one occassion seen a single loco many years ago but 99.99% of the time it will always be 2.
Steve, ive been a chef for 25 years now, but as a kid i had a dream of being a train driver, and i kind of still have that dream. Although its probably too late now as im 44, but i love to watch train videos on youtube. Especially videos with a view from the cab, is there any way that a guy like me could ever take a trip on a train riding in the cab??? how could i possibly try and make this happen? Its just that ive been fascinated with trains ever since i was a small boy, but ive never really explored my fascination, apart from watching youtube videos. @@SteveSmithRailways
@@jamiew1664 Maybe 30 years ago you may have been lucky and got in the cab...... too many H&S regs now to even think about it. I have a few contacts and the last cab ride I had was back in Feb 2009.......there is a playlist I think on here that I did and filmed it, with us failing on the West Coast Main Line. Typically, my battery died so never got to show the end but we were recovered by the rescue/thunderbird loco at Preston and brought back to Preston where the rescue loco detached and I ended up having to catch a Pendo back to London. Still, great memories to have.
A small Banquet for 37 lovers...... Thank You !!
The good times..
These old British locomotives look like what i imagine locomotives to look like.- chisel jawed power
Unlike the modern Canadian and orher imported locos which look like under powered sideboards on wheels .
There are still some going strong after all these years on the mainline but they dont do this job anymore
Wow Great video and Fab sounds from a Class 37 Double Header also ,Great locomotives under Privatisation ownership ,Glad to see they have life in them after 60 odd years ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was 8 years ago but there's still some 37s left but their days on the flask train have long gone
Privatisation is the worse thing that ever happened to our once publicly owned assets, BR looked after everything very well on a shoestring budget 😡
Jaw dropping! This give train-spotting it's reputation as being for anoraks. Beam me up Scotty!!
awesome. no other word
totally agree
Don't now see many Class 37s on the Colchester - Norwich section anymore.
@@christhompson2126 no, these are from the good ol days
How heavy are those trucks!! 😮
around 50 tonnes
Great video, but why are there 2 locos to pull just 2 trucks? They can't be THAT heavy.
See reply from same question answered below
Its Nuclear. No breakdown risks aloud
Classic video steve👍👌👌
The old ones are the best
Good old train spotting days were best they could be @@SteveSmithRailways
Two locomotives ..... what weight is in those flasks?
Not huge amounts....it's what's in them is the reason for two locomotives. They have two incase one of them fails and therefore allowing the consist to continue and not be stranded on a main line. Spent nuclear rods isn't sumut you'd want hanging around!
How is it the second loco moves but nobody in it how does this work plz
Its done by multiple working. The rear loco is connected to the front, so the driver basically has control of both. On occassions, the rear loco is just couple up and non connected in multiple and only used if the front loco fails, hence why there's always two, due to the nature of the working.
Yes it was Steve. Regards Mike.
They used to come past my back garden when I lived in weston super mare.
That is where those two went on their way to Cumbria.
Does this happen every Wednesday? Great video!
It's actually got a path in the network every day Mon - Fri and can run any day. Back then, it did seem to run very often on a Wednesday, which was handy as that was my day off. Nowadays it runs whenever and can run more than once a week. Unfortunately, I dont get chance to go down anymore.
Is it on it's way to Sellafield?
I think it would go to Crewe and then Sellafield the next morning, it still runs just sadly not with 37s anymore
Did he just kick the junction into place?
Yeh, they often do that to make sure the blade has fully gone over
Why is this Departure awesome
Back then, we used to have a few drivers who didn't like the enthusiasts on the station, so pulled away slowly. This day was not the case.
Were in the Uk is this
Bridgwater, Somerset
Weekdays awesome about this?
Whats in those "flasks" ?
Nuclear waste rods
Ok , I thought it was something nasty!@@SteveSmithRailways
@@sidscrote7570What makes you think they ain’t nasty!!!! Go and hold onto a rod!!
About as nasty as it gets@@sidscrote7570
Where is this? Looks nice
FaZeAkimo Bridgwater
Lovely day for it
What station is this located at please? Also is this a weekly occurrence? Daily occurrence? Or a monthly occurrence? Ed
Bridgwater, Somerset. Such an occurrence (moving 2 flasks) would be approximately monthly.
Didn't know they were still using Deltics even in 2015. 😮
ITS NOT A DELTIC !!
Deltics are class 55s and haven't been used for many decades (except preservation and tours). The video features class 37s which are still being used on the network although their use is slowly diminishing over the years.
Nice video
Does a nuclear flask keep your tea really teally hot ? I've only got a thermos flask.
try it and see.....it might be your last cuppa!
Lol
"Top Driver Today", how? "Awesome Departure"? What did I miss? Please explain to me what awesome means when two class 37s pull two Flasks when the light goes green!
I was wondering this. I’d love to see what sort of chaos the normal lesser drivers cause if this marks him out as a top driver.😁
It is awesome to rail enthusiasts because the driver piled on the power far more than he needed to, thus creating thrash (smoke) and more of that that lovely loud engine sound
Why two locos?
As it's a nuclear flask train, a 2nd loco is in the consist incase of failure of the leading loco. It allows the train to continue its journey. It's not a load that you would want blocking the main line with fast trains around .
It's all so painfully slow.
5mph speed in the yard.
Two Deltics to move just two wagons? A bit expensive isn’t it.
There is always 2 locos incase 1 should fail as its moving nuclear waste.... not something you would want stranded on a main line. The consist can be either a single wagon twin or triple. On this occasion is was two.
@@SteveSmithRailways ok, thank you.
They’ve got the same throaty growl as an old Cat D9 bulldozer! Loved it!
They're class 37s surely, not Deltics?
@@2760ade I think he may be taking the mickey
No security since you need a place like Sellafield to open the flasks without instantly killing yourself.
plenty of security whilst its in the holding area.
Sorry,two wagons!!
sometimes one, often two, rarely three.
Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder here if the comments below are to be believed, because all I'm seeing is a couple of old diesels, one of which doesn't seem to be working and the other of which is spewing out a lot of filthy fumes, faffing about in sidings with all of one wagon to deal with between them, finally sloping off gently in the direction of away.... What am I missing?
Lol. If you're not a rail enthusiast and a class 37 fan then watching this video is pointless. It'll only appeal to those.
Thanks for commenting though.
Not sure what was happening, a lot of shunting and b*ggering about
It's the nuclear flask train. Its reversed into the yard and into the compound. Once done, the locos pull the wagon/s out then run round so that they then reverse back out onto the main line ready to depart back to Crewe
don't they ever wash these trains....
Every now and again I would imagine but certainly not regular as they were workhorses and most probably only went back to the depot for routine work and if lucky, they got a wash!
Why two locos?
There is always 2 locos incase 1 should fail as its moving nuclear waste.... not something you would want stranded on a main line. The consist can be either a single wagon twin or triple. On this occasion is was two.