Brilliant footage! Before my era, so it's great to see these old workings filmed so well. On an unrelated note, the birdsong in this video is amazing and just shows how little there is today...
I remember being hauled by one these Sulzers to Leeds from Kings X and returning to Kings X behind one of them, I didn’t know what they were at the time but I thought they were fantastic, with the three window sections and the nose, such an air of travel. you really felt you were going somewhere, I remember walking past the flank of the Sulzer at Kings X after arriving with this huge tumbling noise of the Sulzer under roof of Kings X , I absolutely loved them
4:16 What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon filming classic locos on freight: in the background the sound of birdsong, and was that a factory siren slowly fading away ... 🚂👍
Some fine shots taken at Clegg Hall bridge there. I spent many happy hours there and at Smithybridge crossing during the late 70's and early 80's. We always get plenty of warning that something was on the way while at Clegg hall because you could see the old wooden crossing gates closing to traffic at Smithybridge. Wonderful days, sadly missed.
Hi my name is Phil I did 50yrs on the footplate I started at edgeley on the 4th of April 1961 in 1962 I moved to Trafford Park shed as a fireman I worked on class 45s 1964 I moved back to. edgeley I finished my time out at 9A and I drove a number of different locomotive in my time Regards Phil.
These 45s were a great mixed freight passenger locomotive! Where i live these could be found on the so called bin liners in the 80s and these trains were often 1600 tons and the peak could handle it , and like many classes pushed beyond there design limits a very versatile machine that was sadly pushed out of favour by the 47s .
@Matt Yes indeed, the 47s were probably the best locomotive of the BR days arguably! The 37 was a close second ! I worked as a fitter in the 80s on the 47s, they were and still are great in most ways? Oil leaks being a main concern ! I do recall some maintenance work on the 45/46s ,I seem to remember their downfall was that the new 56s & 58s came along to push them out of their last roll as a freight locomotive. The biggest problem of these types were the weight at nudging 140 tones if I remember correctly? I think the 47s were in at 117/120 tones and were faster on the improved Sulzer 12LDA series engine! And of course BR wanted standardisation.We can be thankful for preservation societies for their hard work keeping these oldies going !
Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻 Oh happy memories as I live near the Transpenine Liverpool to Newcastle line. I spent many a day at Manchester Exchange, Victoria station with plenty of trips to Staybridge lol 😂 I had a trip too Toton in the 70s and saw the class 44s 😆 Cheers Stevie 😎
Really great stuff, to think a Peak hauled passenger train was considered quite mundane until about 87. If we knew then how awful the railway would become then I guess we’d have valued them so much more. Great machines.....not quite as good as a 40 though !
Love it, Peaks !!! First clip is a dozen class 40s lol. Still loved the Video. Good old engines. Didnt see them much at Shrewsbury. We had to go hunting. Mainly to Brum Derby and Naturally Toton. Bus from Long Eaton, either get of at Ravensdale Ave, or ask the driver to drop you as close as poss. Last visit over 30yrs ago. Remember it like yesterday.
Brilliant footage! Before my era, so it's great to see these old workings filmed so well. On an unrelated note, the birdsong in this video is amazing and just shows how little there is today...
I remember being hauled by one these Sulzers to Leeds from Kings X and returning to Kings X behind one of them, I didn’t know what they were at the time but I thought they were fantastic, with the three window sections and the nose, such an air of travel. you really felt you were going somewhere, I remember walking past the flank of the Sulzer at Kings X after arriving with this huge tumbling noise of the Sulzer under roof of Kings X , I absolutely loved them
4:16 What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon filming classic locos on freight: in the background the sound of birdsong, and was that a factory siren slowly fading away ... 🚂👍
Some fine shots taken at Clegg Hall bridge there. I spent many happy hours there and at Smithybridge crossing during the late 70's and early 80's. We always get plenty of warning that something was on the way while at Clegg hall because you could see the old wooden crossing gates closing to traffic at Smithybridge. Wonderful days, sadly missed.
Hi my name is Phil I did 50yrs on the footplate I started at edgeley on the 4th of April 1961 in 1962 I moved to Trafford Park shed as a fireman I worked on class 45s 1964 I moved back to. edgeley I finished my time out at 9A and I drove a number of different locomotive in my time Regards Phil.
Do you still have the keys to the police helicopter at your house?
These 45s were a great mixed freight passenger locomotive!
Where i live these could be found on the so called bin liners in the 80s and these trains were often 1600 tons and the peak could handle it , and like many classes pushed beyond there design limits a very versatile machine that was sadly pushed out of favour by the 47s .
I agree completely but they did look dated even then, compared to the 47.
@Matt
Yes indeed, the 47s were probably the best locomotive of the BR days arguably! The 37 was a close second !
I worked as a fitter in the 80s on the 47s, they were and still are great in most ways? Oil leaks being a main concern ! I do recall some maintenance work on the 45/46s ,I seem to remember their downfall was that the new 56s & 58s came along to push them out of their last roll as a freight locomotive. The biggest problem of these types were the weight at nudging 140 tones if I remember correctly? I think the 47s were in at 117/120 tones and were faster on the improved Sulzer 12LDA series engine! And of course BR wanted standardisation.We can be thankful for preservation societies for their hard work keeping these oldies going !
The line that goes over Eagles Bridge (or did,) from Crewe works to the EMD at the start.... excellent !!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. 45133 is there too!
Thanks for sharing your videos. Brought back fun memories :)
Brilliant video.
you deserve a medal mate
Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻 Oh happy memories as I live near the Transpenine Liverpool to Newcastle line. I spent many a day at Manchester Exchange, Victoria station with plenty of trips to Staybridge lol 😂 I had a trip too Toton in the 70s and saw the class 44s 😆 Cheers Stevie 😎
Really great stuff, to think a Peak hauled passenger train was considered quite mundane until about 87. If we knew then how awful the railway would become then I guess we’d have valued them so much more. Great machines.....not quite as good as a 40 though !
Unfortunately the 40's weren't in the running,now we can look back .
Love it, Peaks !!! First clip is a dozen class 40s lol. Still loved the Video.
Good old engines. Didnt see them much at Shrewsbury. We had to go hunting. Mainly to Brum Derby and Naturally Toton. Bus from Long Eaton, either get of at Ravensdale Ave, or ask the driver to drop you as close as poss. Last visit over 30yrs ago. Remember it like yesterday.
45049 in Ex-Works condition (at 6 Minutes)will be Spring/April/May 1983,it came out of Works on 22/3/83.
Amazing thanks so much for sharing this :)
Wonder what year this was
It’s April 1983.
The second loco was 46044. The third might have been 46023. Definitely a class 46 as it had plain battery box covers.
Where are the box battery covers? I want to know the visual differences across all 3 Peak Classes.
@@SegaMario On the underframe between the bogies.
@@ShelvokeSPV Okay. Any other visual differences with the other Peak classes? Or is that it?
@@SegaMario There are a lot of differences in peaks, even among the same class.
defo 46044 and 46023
Cracking video!
The footage of 45049 appears in Rail Blue pt. 1
Hi, lots of my dad’s footage has been published!
At least a dozen 45s preserved