Class 56 Full Power Part Three

A brief look at a selection of "Grids" from back in their BR working days doing what they did best , sound quite fantastic on full chat . Seen on a vast variety of traffic that they could be regularly at the head of including the ubiquitous MGRs. Over 100 different Class members featured throughout the series
56040 Abergavenny, Chemicals , 06.96
56003 Oxford, MGR , 05.91
56089 Knottingley , MGR, 10.94
56073 Pyle, MGR, 08.94
56119 Newton le Willows, Ballast, 10.01
56115 Lickey Inclne , Railtour, 03.04
56032 Stormy Bank , MGR, 06.96
56049 Holme , Enterprise, 08.03
56035 Bescot, Ballast, 05.98
56104 Barnetby , MGR, 10.92
56057 Whittlesea, Petfood, 05.95
56060 Poulton le Fylde, Chemicals , 04.95
56097 The Chevin , Steel, 03.95
56043 Brockelsby , MGR, 02.95
56100 Balshaw Lane Jct, Enterprise, 05.97
56121 Carstairs, Petfood , 09.95
56039 Milford Jct, MGR, 01.95

[@MrSulzerboy]

When I die, I want these Class 56 Full Power videos playing at my funeral .

[@BritishRail60062]

I love the sounds of these monsters back in those days. Not only could you hear the rumble and the turbo scream on these but they would make the ground vibrate as well, something on par to the GE U36C's did in the 1980's. I would buy one of these if I had the space and funds to do it. But thank you for sharing your footage of these monsters in action. This is from my favourite era of BR trains.

[@hughesy45108]

On full chat they are fantastic. 56091 is the only one left that sounds as they did in the 90s. The Colas machines are very muted in comparison

[@stephenpowell5912]

Beautiful sounding locos ,Icons of the Diesel age ❤Feel the power of the Turbos at high speed 🚅💞

[@philwignall6714]

Awesome 😎
The simultaneous thump from the engine combined with the turbo scream and the stunning design of these locos makes these my standout loco.
Wish I had the funds to buy one before the remainder are ruined, aka class 69.
Great video, thank you 👏🏻

[@hughesy45108]

Glad I made the effort back in the 90s to film them on full chat.
Have zero interest in the 69s, with the heavily silenced lump in them

[@cjs083]

I love the noise these beauties make

[@DIDCOTTWIST]

Saw loads of these pulling the coal to Didcot when I lived in Radley in the 80's.2nd in this video is Oxford heading to Didcot

[@matthew0605]

Ahhh . 56040 Oystermouth .My favourite member of the class .Power , sheer power. That'll get that load there.

[@30dettjimvg]

Local engine to me,I saw it often at Bath Rd,Canton & STJ.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some of these the Class 40/50 ancestry of the power plant really comes through. Particularly impressive bass in the one of the fully loaded MGR on Stormy Bank.

[@formidable38]

Ive always akined the 56 to a class 50 on steroids!😀

[@adammoss5284]

They were great on mgr jobs 👍🏻

[@ashfaq1999]

Great video of the class 56 locomotive.

[@30dettjimvg]

How did you know ! I am still enjoying the Full power tractor series you created then these pop up,Bliss sir !!

[@hughesy45108]

Glad your enjoying the thrash , thanks!

[@s.breiden5495]

Lovely sounding machines 👌🏻

[@hughesy45108]

They are that, glad you enjoyed enjoyed pal

[@russb2286]

Ruston paxman power

[@hughesy45108]

Oh yes mate

[@danielsellers8707]

@@hughesy45108 If they'd been Sulzer (production version of Kestrel) the UK railfans (who always seem to prefer EE engines to Sulzer) wouldn't have been so vocal as they were about the EMD repowered 69s... We didn't get 'stick the Sulzer back' with the 57s...

[@richardsilvester5812]

Great video. Can’t beat a 56 at full power

[@hughesy45108]

You certainly can't! Sadly most of the surviving ones don't "thump " like the ones in the 90s. 091 head and shoulders above the Colas ones . 090 , 113 , 105 being the best of those.

[@pn112upfast]

Excellent

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks 👍

[@JJVernig]

3:35. Did the RAF drop those tracks in from about 20000 feet?

[@DavidPeacock1972]

Imagine being on a Pacer 😵‍💫🤮

[@adammoss5284]

Thrown all over the shop on a rubber cushioned shock mount lol 😂

[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍