The 68 is easily my favorite modern day locomotive, excluding any high speed trains. Great sound, nice looking nose profile, and all round brilliant machines. And this is coming from an American!
RockyRailroad Animation - I've never been a fan of the 70 but it's supposedly a bloody good workhorse - at least GE is experimenting with different shaped locos now though lol... One question I've always wondered about US rail is why no double ended locos over there - and even those that were built double ended like the "Little-Joe", had one end blacked out..?? Google always seems to pull a vague blank on this search lol...
Andy Rumming I know! I'm bothered by it too personally. If I worked at EMD, we'd have class 58-shaped locos. It's mostly because the typical train requires at least two diesels, and almost always, one is facing the right way at the ends. Sometimes they're not, however since the first ALCo commercial diesel of the 1930s was Class 20-shaped, with the front being the nose, crews just got used to seeing around the engine I guess. I think it was to make the steam crews more comfortable with diesels at first, then it just became a normal thing.
RockyRailroad Animation - I've always had a soft spot for your huge trains - Except I could see it being annoying for a non railgeek waiting for one to pass a level crossung lol - I couldn't think of a greater pleasure only bettered by it being powered by a Challenger class - I'd love to go over the Rockies - espically do the trans-continental - you have some beautiful scenery over there and it's always best appreciated from aboard a train... BR just dumped our crews streight into double ended locos from the change over in the 1950s and 60s - Probobly why we can never get steam out of our blood - Even today, rail use on tourist steam lines is growing faster than actuall rail travel is lol...
HAPPY NEW YEAR I LIKE THESE LOCOMOTIVES SUCH AS VOSSLOH EURO 4000 AND CLASS 68,EMD GT26CW-2 AND GE TE33A AND OTHERS IT IS USED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN OTHER LOCALES AND I AM ENJOYING TO LISTEN THIS SOUND AND GREETINGS FROM INDIA ALSO TAKE A TRAIN FROM LONDON TO BUSAN OF UK AND SOUTH KOREA AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020
@@kentrailspotter5046 even you must admit that the camera operater needs to learn his or her craft better, if you are going to broadcast to the world, you need to up your game.
A taillight is one of the simplest and earliest safety implementations. A signalman should always check for a tail lamp on a passing train before ringing line clear. If the tail lamp is present the train is whole. If not it has left some behind (or has failed/gone out). In which case he would bell stop and examine to the next box. This was a lot more important in the days before individual coaches and wagons had braking, then failsafe breaking. The modern day practise where big control centres are used with trains many miles away are axle counters. If progressive axle counters do not tally with each other they will trigger the signals to safe.
there is just something about the 68s. sound so so nice under throttle
The 68 is easily my favorite modern day locomotive, excluding any high speed trains. Great sound, nice looking nose profile, and all round brilliant machines.
And this is coming from an American!
RockyRailroad Animation - Yeah, remember you gave us the bloody ugly class 70 (plug) lol...
Andy Rumming I agree on that. Not pretty, but kind of neat.
Keep in mind, the "front" is actually the "back" because of the grilles!
RockyRailroad Animation - I've never been a fan of the 70 but it's supposedly a bloody good workhorse - at least GE is experimenting with different shaped locos now though lol...
One question I've always wondered about US rail is why no double ended locos over there - and even those that were built double ended like the "Little-Joe", had one end blacked out..?? Google always seems to pull a vague blank on this search lol...
Andy Rumming I know! I'm bothered by it too personally. If I worked at EMD, we'd have class 58-shaped locos.
It's mostly because the typical train requires at least two diesels, and almost always, one is facing the right way at the ends. Sometimes they're not, however since the first ALCo commercial diesel of the 1930s was Class 20-shaped, with the front being the nose, crews just got used to seeing around the engine I guess. I think it was to make the steam crews more comfortable with diesels at first, then it just became a normal thing.
RockyRailroad Animation - I've always had a soft spot for your huge trains - Except I could see it being annoying for a non railgeek waiting for one to pass a level crossung lol - I couldn't think of a greater pleasure only bettered by it being powered by a Challenger class - I'd love to go over the Rockies - espically do the trans-continental - you have some beautiful scenery over there and it's always best appreciated from aboard a train...
BR just dumped our crews streight into double ended locos from the change over in the 1950s and 60s - Probobly why we can never get steam out of our blood - Even today, rail use on tourist steam lines is growing faster than actuall rail travel is lol...
Fab video thanks.. love the class 68 so glad we still have some actual new locos around
The class 68... they have all the makings of becoming a classic! Great view, BTW
the 68s sound amazing great compilation mate
Thank you yes they do sound great!
they have that deltic sound from far away but close they sound differenr
A Direct rail services Class 68
'Intrepid' is a double cabs
68's are my favourite looking locomotives. The livery is perfect.
Nice video i love the 68008 at 2:34
Wait lol i didn't notice I've already commented
thet's have a bigger 68 fleet. They would look great in Arriva Trains Wales livery.
@15:32 imagine getting hit by this thing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ You’d have no chance, never have to think about anything again ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Fantastic Video Mate. I Always Like The Opening Up From The Class 68s They Sound Very Nice:)
+Trainspotter 11 Thanks :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR I LIKE THESE LOCOMOTIVES SUCH AS VOSSLOH EURO 4000 AND CLASS 68,EMD GT26CW-2 AND GE TE33A AND OTHERS IT IS USED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN OTHER LOCALES AND I AM ENJOYING TO LISTEN THIS SOUND AND GREETINGS FROM INDIA ALSO TAKE A TRAIN FROM LONDON TO BUSAN OF UK AND SOUTH KOREA AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020
would be a great Video, if a tripod had been used and if the zoom would habe been used less
Oliver Göbel I still see it as a great video, leave your opinions to your self
@@kentrailspotter5046 even you must admit that the camera operater needs to learn his or her craft better, if you are going to broadcast to the world, you need to up your game.
great sounds love the class 68s allready
Drew Liszka Me too I love it :)
The 37 at 16:35 had no tail lights or flashing lamp?
The front lights too
12:34 I#m surprised about the speed here. Is this part sped up footage or does it show the real performance?
That real time there, they can get a move on when asked.
For what ever reason you arte obviously unable to hold the camera still. Please consider getting a camera tripod.
nice video subbed and liked
Great.
Nice vid mate :)
+Thameslink Rail Fan Thank you :)
Train passed without tail lamp at 16:34
A taillight is one of the simplest and earliest safety implementations. A signalman should always check for a tail lamp on a passing train before ringing line clear. If the tail lamp is present the train is whole. If not it has left some behind (or has failed/gone out). In which case he would bell stop and examine to the next box. This was a lot more important in the days before individual coaches and wagons had braking, then failsafe breaking.
The modern day practise where big control centres are used with trains many miles away are axle counters. If progressive axle counters do not tally with each other they will trigger the signals to safe.
Wanna bet?
Drive from llyn to Victoria
Direct Rail services Class 68
MTU Engine??
No, Caterpillar C-175
Drs class 68 at speed
13:13 evil mum
8:!2 A coach with a pantograph
Joe Ritchie I think they use it to test the wires but I’m not sure
Yes that’s correct
'intrepid'