Scintillating! Shivers down the spine with that haunting turbo whistle. A fantastic environment to be in. Congratulations for preserving these magnificent machines, such a shame the production run was not as vast as the 47s.
Good to see the Class 50s back on their original territory. I still remember them from Glasgow Central in the days when they worked the non-electrified section of the WCML between Glasgow and Crewe.
Mr B. I want to make a time machine so I can go back to the 1960s, join the English Electric engineering design department and install electric wipers.
I was just looking at an old issue of Railway Magazine where O.S. Nock reported a run with a pair of 50s up Shap with about 13 on, where from 100 at Grayrigg the speed at the summit was 68. So this compares well witht he best when they were new.
Always said that I wish I'd started earlier (not that you'd have got in then), at Salisbury when they had the locos. Not so sure now - that noise would drive me mad.
Wow, awesome video. The power, the noise, just brilliant. Today’s pathetic specimens that people have the audacity to call trains [DMU’s (Vomiters) / EMU’s (Pendilinos)] don’t come anywhere close to this. Well done for this video, thanks for sharing on you tube.
These ladies are in their late 50’s (no pun intended) are meant to be gracious and elegant!!! No ravenous beasts hammering down the mainline!!! Also loving the “lean” fortage
Cracking vid'. The Hoovers were a credit to the team, looked and sounded fantastic on the long drag up to Shap. I was one of the two people on ladders of whom a fleeting glimpse can be seen on the bridge at Greenholme.
65 at the summit then. Wiper working away valiantly there. Turbos are quite prominent in the cab aren't they. Sounds rather like its Class 40 ancestors.
thanks for sharing! you can see why they paired them up on The Royal Scot and other 10+ diagrams. bet you they did more like 80 -90 mph over the top on a dry day back in the 70s :-)
Quite a drop in speed from 90 to 65 ish at the summit end. The noise would be hard on the body/ears over a shift. I bet the cab of a pendolino is whisper quiet in comparison and not as tiring to drive.......still prefer an 87 up Shap.
Sean o'brien A class 390 goes up at line speed (105) and has to brake for the 80 at the summit. This is the first class of train over the route to do this.
The return of the crazy wiper... jk nice vid, love the sound of the Class 50. The cab in a way reminds me of that oldschool MSTS model of the locomotive.
Most odd, doesn't sound like the cab of a Class 50 at all. In my day you could distinctly here and feel the throbbing of the engine behind you. There were NO whistling noises. This locomotive is definately not in the condition they were in when I was an Exeter Driver !
get them all warmed up they run like a champ it's funny watching those things start dead cold after sitting in the winter for 3 days with nothing on their own. talk about waking up a stubborn beast
At least now I know why drivers make everyone’s life a misery by blowing their horn...the damn thing is right there in front of them just asking to be used and what else is there to do on a long uneventful journey?
Scintillating! Shivers down the spine with that haunting turbo whistle. A fantastic environment to be in. Congratulations for preserving these magnificent machines, such a shame the production run was not as vast as the 47s.
Good to see the Class 50s back on their original territory. I still remember them from Glasgow Central in the days when they worked the non-electrified section of the WCML between Glasgow and Crewe.
It took long enough for this to come up in my feed. You posted this on my 50th birthday! 50's all round!!
Loving the bells for the AWS. Much better than a buzzer !
Eh?? Bell for clear, horn for caution/danger.
If the signal ahead was on caution a buzzer would sound.
Super video. That wiper would do my head in. They look and sound fantastic. Let's get another tour. Paddington - Penzance anybody? For charity.
Looks like it's a pneumatic one. Very hard to adjust to a "just so" speed, it's either no movement at all or rocket speed.
Yes I agree, get the 50s down south!!!
Mr B. I want to make a time machine so I can go back to the 1960s, join the English Electric engineering design department and install electric wipers.
I was just looking at an old issue of Railway Magazine where O.S. Nock reported a run with a pair of 50s up Shap with about 13 on, where from 100 at Grayrigg the speed at the summit was 68. So this compares well witht he best when they were new.
seen 90 on the pad-speedo at 1:07.
Superb footage Bob, well done! Thanks for posting it. Great memories of '69 -' 70. Ken
You know how you can tell it's Shap? It's raining.
Wiper working away valiantly there. Turbos are quite prominent in the cab aren't they. Sounds rather like its Class 40 ancestors.
I love the 105 speed limit at the bottom. Could a pendolino top 100 on the climb?
Class 50's were a common site when I worked @ BTM in the 80's. My favourite class
Always said that I wish I'd started earlier (not that you'd have got in then), at Salisbury when they had the locos. Not so sure now - that noise would drive me mad.
Was amazing on the Galloway 50’s tour this year up Shap!
Great video!
Reminds me of Meteor F8 cockpit and sounds too...lol...awesome train the 50`s Welshman driving too....yesssss.
Sorry to disappoint but no Welshman driving in this clip 😄
Sounds like Rab c Nesbitt to me
excellent video-the racket brings back many memories on the ECML
Beautiful sound of Class 50 Hoover Locomotion ❤️Good old English Electric Locomotion ❤️
Wow, awesome video. The power, the noise, just brilliant. Today’s pathetic specimens that people have the audacity to call trains [DMU’s (Vomiters) / EMU’s (Pendilinos)] don’t come anywhere close to this. Well done for this video, thanks for sharing on you tube.
These ladies are in their late 50’s (no pun intended) are meant to be gracious and elegant!!! No ravenous beasts hammering down the mainline!!! Also loving the “lean” fortage
Cracking vid'. The Hoovers were a credit to the team, looked and sounded fantastic on the long drag up to Shap. I was one of the two people on ladders of whom a fleeting glimpse can be seen on the bridge at Greenholme.
The window wipers in the old unit is a speed demo.
65 at the summit then.
Wiper working away valiantly there. Turbos are quite prominent in the cab aren't they. Sounds rather like its Class 40 ancestors.
On the original 50s route on wcml fantastic video love the aws bell
Class 50 had grey cab interiors at one time......I went on a couple as a spotter during 1970/71 and that console was grey.sure of it
They were indeed grey back then.
Splendid. Must come on a 50 tour next year
Awesome, seeing it from the cab
My ears are ringing from just watching the clip... that high pitched whine !! - Excellent video though :)
Delightful.Thanks for sharing.
Lost well over 20 mph on the climb. Pretty tough without seeming so. Digital readout went from 89 to 62. And that's with 2 50's.
and its raining
thanks for sharing! you can see why they paired them up on The Royal Scot and other 10+ diagrams. bet you they did more like 80 -90 mph over the top on a dry day back in the 70s :-)
No, this run is consistent. 60/65mph was max attainable at the summit with 12/ 13 on. Laws of physics were the same in 1971(!)
the gauges are very blurry when he zooms in to them, what does each of them represent?
From left to right -
Bogie brake cylinder pressure
Brake pipe pressure
Vacuum brake gauge
Speedometer
Amp meter
Brake main reservoir gauge
You couldn't have picked a better location to film inside the cab of a Class 50! Big Like!
Do these two Class 50s have the jumpers up between them, or is it two Drivers.
They work in multiple via jumpers.
Good to see MTISA on the iPad providing a 2nd speedo!
What is MTISA ? I can see it is some form of GPS speedo but what does it stand for ? Is it specific to rail use ? ?
Did anyone else spot the repeater signal at 1.06 ?
Quite a drop in speed from 90 to 65 ish at the summit end. The noise would be hard on the body/ears over a shift. I bet the cab of a pendolino is whisper quiet in comparison and not as tiring to drive.......still prefer an 87 up Shap.
fatwalletboy2 - cab of a 159 is whisper quiet in comparison.
Woah! That wipers working fast. Surely it wouldn't be like that in BR days!!!
Oh wow wow that is superb full notch 5 full power BRILLIANT
What speed would an 86/87 have managed back in the day?
Sean o'brien Speed was about the same as two 50s. 86 slightly slower due to 4,040hp as opposed to 5,000 on the 87.
Thanks Bob. Out of interest what would todays best manage climbing Shap?
Sean o'brien A class 390 goes up at line speed (105) and has to brake for the 80 at the summit. This is the first class of train over the route to do this.
That is very impressive. Thanks Bob. As much as I miss the loco's from the 70s/80s we cant deny things have progressed.
Sean o'brien Pendolino climb the bank at line speed (105) and have to brake for the 80 over the summit.
Nice turbo whistle.
The return of the crazy wiper... jk nice vid, love the sound of the Class 50. The cab in a way reminds me of that oldschool MSTS model of the locomotive.
If I was guaranteed to drive these, I’d be a train driver.
Back in the days when train travel was comfortable and a pleasure. Now it is an ordeal with profit put before passenger's safety.
All voted for by the masses.....
Very true.
kelly no voted by all people who haven't got a clue
They haven't killed many passengers recently
That's because most of the trains have been cancelled
Those screaming turbos definitely mean business.
Nice video 👍👍👍
What's that high pitched noise?
Turbo's
@@britishbulldog5585 is it the same on class 20s, their high pitched sound is the turbos?
@@jamesbradford4550 Yup!
Really holds revs well
Cracking video. Thanks for shating. Regards. Allan.
Most odd, doesn't sound like the cab of a Class 50 at all. In my day you could distinctly here and feel the throbbing of the engine behind you. There were NO whistling noises. This locomotive is definately not in the condition they were in when I was an Exeter Driver !
Quite right. It's in far better condition that it ever was when in BR service.
Did you drive the ex Scottish 47s down there when they replaced the 50s on the Exeter Waterloo's? How was they in comparison?
I was told by a Salisbury driver that 007 Sir Edward was the worst performer of the 50s on Waterloo - Exeter. Looked smart though in the green livery
Screaming Hoovers, dragging thirteen Mk3 Coaches up a steep incline, the wiper sounds just like that on a Bristol RE-680 Leyland.
Sweet home Cumbria. Bucketing down as usual.
Splendid
I expected to see two escaped convicts attacking a guy called Shap but ended up with a train video!
the speed is declining permanently...
Cracking video. Great to see them back on the Midland again.
Great, Those were the day's
Impressive!
get them all warmed up they run like a champ it's funny watching those things start dead cold after sitting in the winter for 3 days with nothing on their own.
talk about waking up a stubborn beast
That windscreen wiper needs realigning before it fails in service
Who keeps ringing the door bell? 😀
That bloody Mr Aws from down the way.
Was this filmed with a potato?
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Superb!
'Hercules' and 'Defiance' actually!
At least now I know why drivers make everyone’s life a misery by blowing their horn...the damn thing is right there in front of them just asking to be used and what else is there to do on a long uneventful journey?
50,s back home
90mph down to 63mph
Fantastic. Insane wiper send me the same way. Thanks for sharing.
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Ace
Ate it up and spat it out
Shame the cameraman didnt keep the speedo in frame.
Great video. I've subbed your channel to see more and would appreciate same. Thank you.
Great Video
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