Nice to see my home town and in the background where I used to work when it was British Rail Engineering Works. Now individual industrial units, shopping centre, flats,steam museum and refurbished offices!
What no one has mentioned is just how tall that rail worker is. Those locos are 13 foot high from the rail head never mind down in the ballast where he's standing yet his head is still halfway up it!
Not exactly great for sure - but I don't believe the other line was clear of active traffic (block on) so he had to use the wrong side making it almost pointless.
@@leonblittle226 fair comment if you look he didn't signal the driver he was going under to couple the wagon to the loco today shunting is very easy in my husband's day it was a lot harder with the shunting pole three types of couplings tree link instanter and screw the buckeye types have made it so easy for today's shunters,
@@david-stewart mate when you've been with someone for over forty years your told alot and learn a lot he even learn me how to work with the shunting pole with three link instanter and screw coupling it's hard work if you know your locos he worked with d 9500, or better known as the class 14,
we've had buckeyes in England since before WWII, they work very well, and are actually a little different to what the Americans use, but the idea is the same
More then an oil spil. 605 decided she'd had enough and threw the oil out. :)
lol
Nice to see my home town and in the background where I used to work when it was British Rail Engineering Works. Now individual industrial units, shopping centre, flats,steam museum and refurbished offices!
And in the middle of the train each car had thouse American buckeye style couplers
What no one has mentioned is just how tall that rail worker is. Those locos are 13 foot high from the rail head never mind down in the ballast where he's standing yet his head is still halfway up it!
Notice the different cab side window design on the 2 66s...
Nice video.Enjoy it thanks
"We're talking alot of oil. Alot of oil!"
I'm mighty surprised the UK EMDs were never fitted with auto couplers
good job
cool video
You can see the issue on 66605, oil. I hope they cleaned the railhead, as there would be no traction, which could lead to several issues.
I like class 66s horn
Yeah not hard to see what the failure is
Has the broken down train taken a front hit
Looks to have had drama with oil as that hatch/door is where the filters are
I heard an iet depart in the background
My husband was a shunter for bsc this chaps shunting signal's where rubbish he needs another course
Not exactly great for sure - but I don't believe the other line was clear of active traffic (block on) so he had to use the wrong side making it almost pointless.
@@leonblittle226 fair comment if you look he didn't signal the driver he was going under to couple the wagon to the loco today shunting is very easy in my husband's day it was a lot harder with the shunting pole three types of couplings tree link instanter and screw the buckeye types have made it so easy for today's shunters,
Sorry I forgot one the third coupling was the instanter ,
@@joginns778 you seem to know a lot of what your husband was doing at work
@@david-stewart mate when you've been with someone for over forty years your told alot and learn a lot he even learn me how to work with the shunting pole with three link instanter and screw coupling it's hard work if you know your locos he worked with d 9500, or better known as the class 14,
EMD 710 engine. Sounds just like a North American SD70.
300rpm idle speed, 900rpm max.... amazing grunt...
A 66 being rescued by a 66
It's kinda sus to have those American style couplers on the train
we've had buckeyes in England since before WWII, they work very well, and are actually a little different to what the Americans use, but the idea is the same
These appear to be genuine type Es, not the smaller passenger Janneys’.
Some of those trains run well over 4000 ton so it was practical to use knuckles on the majority of wagons with a batch of buffer fitted end wagons.
Burt didn't want to couple it up or be filmed doing it. Tough luck pal
2 engines and its too heavy for one
The Class 66 must be weak then, because I see single SD40s here in the states pulling longer trains than that.
@@carsarecoo The 59 is just a British SD40-2
@@carsarecoothe 66 is an SD70ACE downsized for the British loading gauge
666! The devil locomotive.
It's a whole subclass!
hi, if you dont look after a diesel engine properly this is what happens. who looks after these locos, billy smarts circus ?
Hopefully Genesee & Wyoming will be doing a better job in the future.