Class 47 1990s Freight compilation Volume Four

The forth and final chapter featuring a host of hard working Class 47s on freight during the 1990s before most of the work was taken over by Class 66s . A variety of locos , liveries and locations .
Locos featured-
47241 Claydon , Cars 26.3.94
47125 Radley, Cars 20.7.95
47478 Preston, Departmental, 3.8.92
47280 Coppull, Cars 15.8.94
47218 Goosehill, Liner 3.6.94
47146 Charnock Richard, MOD, 24.3.94
47323 Westenhanger, Intermodal , 31.5.95
47114 Cropredy, Liner May 96
47201 Eastleigh , Cars 20.7.95
47349 Barnt Green , Flats 2.6.95
47329 Farington Jct, Ballast 20.2.94
47310 Wychnor Jct, Flats 21.7.95
47236 Worting Jct, Cars 27.9.94
47245 Sapperton Bank, Car parts 21.7.95
47555 Charnock Richard 92 test train 06.95
47229 Sandling, Intermodal 31.5.95
47347 Pilning, Connectrail, 27.9.94
47375/286 Cropredy , Cars 9.3.98
47467 Leyland, rails 14.8.98
47377 Hinksey, Liner 23.9.98
47204 Didcot , Liner 23.9.98
47207/209 Eaglescliffe, Liner 30.7.98
47348 Chipping Sodbury , Connectrail 5.5.95

[@simontaylor9972]

Excellent post on this much-underapprriciated locomotive. Thank you.

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Awesome, thanks 👍👍👍

[@caileanshields4545]

A mighty fine mini-series of 47s doing what they did/do best, sir.
Watching compilations like this in 2022, it's hard to imagine them as Duffs at all. Yes, they were everywhere and were by far the most numerous of BR's mainline diesels (512 were built in total, but the most that existed for any appreciable length of time was 508) that too often appeared in place of more ratable traction for some people's liking, but putting that to one side, they were/are clean/non-fussy aesthetically, sounded pretty darn good (that big Sulzer rasp) and clagged like it was going out of fashion when the power handle was notched up (even more so than the Peaks oddly, even though the same basic Sulzer engine was shared between all 4 classes with tweaks/upgrades between them; perhaps it was that exhaust port lol).
TL; DR - they were/are darned fine 'bread-and-butter' machines (this from a self-confessed English Electric fanboy lol) that got way too much stick.

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed, yes I appreciate all of the old 50s/60s built classics up to the 1976 build grids as you can see from my channel . Modern stuff has zero interest for me as they are just so heavily silenced .

[@StevenJParkes]

Fantastic!

[@hughesy45108]

Cheers Ste

[@russb2286]

114 ex cl48

[@russb2286]

More 12lda handle back action

[@hughesy45108]

Cheers pal! Sulzer all the way

[@trevorhopkins715]

How come all 3 locos moved ar 5.40.

[@hughesy45108]

As one loco got the road via the ground position light, the next loco has moved up to it, waiting for it to clear for them once the leading loco has cleared the section ahead .