This is weird, it's 3.30am and I'm watching these clips of Class 37s! I'm a middle aged woman, not even a trainspotter, but my goodness me do they bring back memories. In the mid 1980s I lived in mid-Devon - very near where the Barnstaple line split from the Meldon quarry line. If I was awake about 4.30 on a summer morning with the windows open I used to hear a 37 sweating the gradient with 8 coaches on its way to Barnstaple - a comforting and majestic sound which I'll never forget and which came minutes before the train actually passed. That service would return about 8am before I set off to work, gliding down the gentle hill. Two coach DMUs were the normal traffic on that line so the early morning 37 was always a real growly treat. Thanks for sharing!
As a young Dutchman, I worked on Basingstoke station as buffet-assistant for Travellers Fare in 1976. And lived in a room in the very nice appartment on the second floor of that building. When going to bed at around 10 pm., a Class 37 would come every night and stay there exact under my sleepingroom-window for one hour with it's engines stationary rattling. I transferred to King's Cross station, working in a sandwichbar at a platform. Full view on the Deltic 55's from my workplace. my lunchbreak I would spend on the platform, seeing them pulling in or leaving with that roaring sound. Two sounds I will never forget . ( And make me "homesick" when I hear them , even on TH-cam :) )
Loved this train since I was a kid. One of my favorites. The 37 is a proper train. Absolutely horrible, noisy, messy, loud, downright dirty awesome diesel engine with a unique sound. Brilliant stuff!
The sound of the 37s have haunted me for years....as a young lad in the South Wales valley in the 1970s .....going to and on my way home from school..... these beasts would be powering up the line with full trucks of coal as far as the eye could see....the sound was awesome and have never forgotten it.....
I prefer steam locomotives over diesels by heaps but the Class 37 is an exception because of the awesome growling noise of its engine. Nice to see a compilation of this class matey! 😊
Love the class 37. Always reminds me of my childhood in the 80s You could here them coming from miles away I used to run to my bedroom window to watch it come but
The 37 is my favourite too and I've just discovered American railroad videos, one day I'd love to visit and do a bit of "railfan-ing" (have I got the right term?) The locos and trains are a sight to behold and the dramas that unfold when a knuckle breaks or a technical failure takes place are on a scale just not seen here. I'd recommend any Brit Loco/train lover to have a watch of the videos from across the pond too. It's amazing stuff.
@@Isochest I think you're getting mixed up with the class 44/45/46, they look similar, i spose, but were heavier and more powerful, and had Sulzer power instead of English Electric.
I love that sound. Puts me back at the end of platform one, a little before the signal box. As that sound starts as a 37 puts on the power and slowly pulls away with a Kings Cross bound train. The platform and old goods shed behind me vibrates as if about to fall down. A load of blue coaches pass me gaining speed with a LNER buffet car in the middle of them, still in LNER colours. Where and when? Grantham station in the early 70s. Thanks for the memory MrThrash37.
Far and away the best diesel loco ever. I love the sound of them and when I have had the opportunity its great to be pulled by one. My favourite journey catching the Caledonian sleeper to Fort William.
These diesels used to ferry me up to London in the 80’s. I always liked the sound of them, you could hear them before you saw them. Purring one minute, growling the next. All the diesels seem to have disappeared up North. You’re so lucky to be able to see them running still. Thanks for sharing a brilliant video.
great quality video, These used to scare the crap out of me as an 8 year old kid when they came passed my house with their noise especially the split headcode like a evil face but got me hooked on trains........
Me too. I remember seeing them sat at Leeds station. I was terrified that they would fire them up before I got on my train as a kid. How I love them now. My Golf TDI is a mini version of it!
Put the fear of God into me when I was in my mid thirties when one came past me when I was cycling along the Cumbrian coast. I'd never seen or heard anything like this because where I come from all we have is Pacers and Sprinters, all though we have now got the Class 319 and the Pendolino passes through and we are getting Civity diesels and electrics.
Azumi they Blow the Horn Because he is standing 🧍♂️ to close or on there side of the Railway 🛤 and they don't want him to do anything stupid Like jumping out in front of them.
The rear of my terrace house is about 40 ft from the railway line. As a kid growing up in the 70s I always had a fear of a 37 derailing and crashing through my home. Nights time In the back bedroom I would hear them approaching the house so I’d jump out of bed and run to the window to watch them pass in the dark, the noise was terrifying as a kid but also extremely exciting. I still think they’re the most evil looking locomotive ever produced......
@@MrTarati even today I still think they look menacing, possibly it goes back to being a kid walking the tracks and jumping in the bushes as one trundled passed
@@richarddutchholland4780 I know what you mean...we used to watch them hauling blue circle cement past the recreation ground on their way back from upper weardale...I think it was the sound more than anything that intimidated! You could leave pennies on the tracks and come back and they'd as flat as a fart!
@@MrTarati with me it was in South Wales taking coal down to the docks in Cardiff. I also remember going on mystery trips with my parents, 37s pulling 10 coaches with tickets costing a fiver and you’d end up on some coast for the day, loved the 70s
As a Crewe boy, born in 75, this reminds me of the character the town once had. A 6p platform ticket and these majestic machines would show their power at the glorious old Crewe station and sidings.
Fear not - our neighbours will never know! Thank you for a lovely reminder of decades past (and a few present!). Great technique, leaving the sound to fade away as the (entire) train draws out of sight. Nice to see how the RHTTs are formed. Much appreciated.
Love these beasts. Drove one through Nechells maintenance depot once when I was 10 years old YES 10 years old in 1980 . My dad new the mechanics back then. Better than any video game you could possibly have.
I can remember back as a lad the class 37s were used to pull the 1,000 ton oil trains single headed through where i live ! And we spotters as it were, used to pray for the red signal so that the loco had a dead start up the curve ? I can still hear the sound of the engine at full throttle tripping in and out on the wheel slip and the desperate attempts made by the driver to sand the rails ! The noise was deafening and lets not forget the smoke or maybe i should say clag ? There was also the rare occasions when if raining the 37 would have to back up and take a full power run up !!!
I'm a relative novice railfan American of about six months of videos on youtube. Today I thought how about the UK diesels? First thing up was a Class 37 and I am in love. Couldn't get over the acceleration, the look, smoke rolling off and the sound. I am smittened. Makes me want to buy a plane ticket, though maybe wrong time of the decade. Till then youtube it is. Sent in my DNA expecting to see 60% German and 40% Irish came back 60% Brit. No wonder I've always preferred Limey authors.
Many thanks for watching Richard, I would recommend visiting one of our fantastic preserved railways to see both steam and diesel in action! Would be great if you could keep an eye on my action, Tom
I worked on the railway in the 1990s in South Wales; this video takes me back to 37s on steel trains; treble headed on the Cwmbargoed Westbury cement coal traffic. Sometimes I’d be Pilotman for Single Line Working and I’d punch air for joy when I climbed into the cab; issue SLW form and off we’d thrash!
Man. What a train. Love the sound! Used to watch these wiz buy as a boy in the 70s along the GWR tracks in Corsham, Wiltshire. The eastern end of Box Tunnel specifically! Good time, good times!
At school in the early 1970's a few of my classmates collected train numbers and always rambled on about the "Big D" (Class 40), the rarer snub-nosed "Deltic" (Class 55) and the "Brush" (Class 47). I never really shared their enthusiasm but with a railway track right alongside the school playground, trains like this form a significant part of my childhood.
You cant beat the sound of a tractor thrashing through a station at high speed i love the sound of those general electric engines and they are one of my favourite locos the 2nd favourite is the class 20s then the class 40s
I'm almost 60 years of age now and not long ago I lamented the demise of steam. I loved the sight and sound of a steam loco but as my years progress, I still love steam btw, but when I listen to the thrash of a 37 to me that is now a classic sound in much the same a a steam loco was to me so long ago..
Awesome….i was a kid in the early 70’s and me and my mate ‘cookie’ would sit for hours at the side of the railway (derbyshire) train spotting. I vaguely remember a few of the last steam trains but strongly remember the 37’s 45’s and 50’s . Wonderful times….really enjoyed your video…thanks!
As a kid in the late 80s we lived near a Blue circle cement plant and could hear these powering up all the time I used to get shit scared lol you sont see them at all in Birmingham now unless you go to train station museum but the sound takes me back
These noisy, clagging, environmentally unfriendly class 37s really do spoil the peace and tranquility of our beautiful countryside ....😁 Don't you just absolutely love these vintage locomotives?.... Thank you ROG, COLAS RAIL FREIGHT, DRS, NETWORK RAIL, and others for keeping these wonderful locomotives in fine fettle and working on the network long may they continue... Awsome 👍
The night shots of this UK locomotive with the haunted engine sounds reminds me of when I was a kid I’m from Canada and we had Alco locomotives in Ontario and the sound of those were haunted as well Thanks for sharing
The noise of my child hood, a 37 hammering it up and down a Welsh valley line, towing tonnes of coal. That exhaust note, you could hear from miles away!
Great video! Brings back memories of the eighties bashing days. 1S19 Bristol to Glasgow with a pair of 37s banking the Lickey from Bromsgrove (G71 Signal to Blackwell) is a fond memory.... Hellfire!
I've seen some of these bad boys hauling freight during the early hours through Worcestershire. You can hear them 5+ miles away before they're seen, what a sound!
As a nipper in the 80s, we as a family would regularly head from London Paddington down the GWR, to either south Wales, or Devon. I remember one trip when the IC125 we were on broke down, and they coupled one of these bad boys up to pull us along, yeah it was slow, but amazing!
Oh, how I miss thrashing a class 37 or two on charter trains. The only trains I derived any pleasure from driving but sadly, all these companies that work these services work on a face-fits basis. I think it's very apparent that I'll never drive one of these locos again unless I'm very rich.
y'know, most environmentalists (i.e. anyone who doesn't want the planet to be destroyed) are very pro-trains, as a much better form of transport than hundreds of lorries and cars.
@@Rusvids Very true, environmentalists aren't against all uses of fossil fuels, but responsible use. Taking a car to a shop 500m away from your house for example is a case of wasteful use, or how many jobs nowadays seem to be commuter jobs cause the city property prices force the regular office workers to live further away.
@@G1NZOU even worse most are electric battery powered now so most of the components came over on a container ship to then be assembled then again put back on a ship burning diesel by the ton per minute so none of those cars within their lifetime will ever offset the emissions damage done before they were built at least with a petrol car serviced properly emits mostly water and less than 1hc per million well my cars do anyway my last car was only pumping steam co2 and hydrocarbons were not detected! So let's not forget how bad those little planet saving prius truly are then there's cost of replacing batteries again more ships
Used to have similar model named Class 20 built for Malayan Railways,too bad none survived till today,all scrapped except for one non-working model Awesome to see these English Electric trains still working in good condition
Awesome locos the sound of these was awesome especially in the valleys with a heavy steel/coal train flat out near meltdown was awesome they will always have a special place in the hearts of Welsh rail fans 🏴🚆
I mind travelling from Edinburgh to Inverness then to Kyle ferry to Skye then ferry to Fort William to Glasgow QSt all the train journeys were trains pulled by 37s except 47s to Edinburgh. Years later we did the same journey going the opposite way with 156s&158s.
You can appreciate MrThrasher's background music avoidance. Much too many videos have amateurish garbage background audio added to otherwise great videos. Monotonous recurring bars of music are the worst. They're implanted into your mind like the "Meow Mix" ads on TV. I forgot the words to it.
Nothing Annoying about Good old English Electric Locomotion ❤️ Beautiful sounding Locomotion do the locomotion ❤️Love the sound of the Class 37 Tractors ,The Class 40 Whistlers,The Class 47 Brushes ,The Class 50 Hoovers ,The Sulzer Types To other Diesel Classes ,Each has its own distinctive sound ❤️
I love these trains, brings back so many memories. I think these are great to look at as well. Shame it is so hard to become a train driver these days eh.
Funny how these things even TODAY are keeping Britain’s railways moving! That is the engineering you can be proud of. Plus, you don’t ever get the perfect torque from electric, only a DIESEL
The first one is in BR blue with large BR double arrow symbol Scottish region with snow plough fitted on the front and can have another snow plough on the other side. Locomotive number 37 408 with full directional lighting, drive inside the cab etc. Very detailed locomotive externally and internally. Was originally pure DCC but converted to run on DC using a blanking plug. Can go back to pure DCC if required. The second 37 is in UK rail freight distribution colours with TTS sound. Needs a DCC controller to get the 25 different sounds from her. But can run on DC power as well. Both can pull large loads and have been 100% reliable. Always ready to run. Even the BR Scottish 37 locomotive which was converted to DC has never given any trouble and was run for quite a while today on the railway. I love the 37 Class of locomotive but also like all BR locomotives!. @@MrThrash37
My long enduring memory of these is standing at the Cardiff end of Newport Station in the dark winter evenings as a kid and hearing them coming long before you saw them bursting out of the tunnels with either a rake of coal wagons or steel wagons. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
Today Indian Railways still retains some of the oldest diesel locomotives belonging to WDG 3A and WDM 3A classes, and various types of coaches as well. Some of these loco classes smoke a lot more than these Class 37s. In future we will have some diesel locomotives as backup after Indian Railways is 100% electrified. Nice to see these grandfathers chugging down the line.
@@CPAlburtisRailfan yes they will be only kept for exigencies. After electrification, these will be taken over by electric loco classes WAP 5 and mostly WAP 7, and WAG 7, WAG 9 and WAG 12.
Look up Bo' ness and Kinnell museum railway. Great videos of steam and diesel trains working and under restoration plus expansion development of the line. Currently, due to covid, the railway is being cuddled by nature.
I love Class 37's, I love trains and I love thrash so this video is perfect for me. I actually played this at full volume on my computer!! By the way, great selection of videos and steady filming.
Hi from Poland! I really like the sound of these engines, it’s something really stunning. Reminds me somewhat of the Romanian 060Da locos we used to have here. Little bit closer to the Czechoslovak 751 class though. I also have to say, really great footage you got there. Is there any 37’s left in normal service or are all heritage by now?
I remember travelling up to Inverness from London on the sleeper many years ago. At some point in the trip (Carlisle?) the electric donk was removed in favour of the class 37 which was attached as back in those days the electric line ended near the border. After the Fort William portion was decoupled at Carstairs you would sleep to the throb of the 37 which was strangely comforting. I did the trip often and in the early morning travelling through the misty highlands the 37 just kept on quaking the ground creating a bit of an eerie feel - it was almost like a mechanical dragon booming in the silence that echo'd off the hills. I remember they used to have regular "technical issues" and were therefore often late arriving in Inverness. Different times same problems.
This is weird, it's 3.30am and I'm watching these clips of Class 37s! I'm a middle aged woman, not even a trainspotter, but my goodness me do they bring back memories. In the mid 1980s I lived in mid-Devon - very near where the Barnstaple line split from the Meldon quarry line. If I was awake about 4.30 on a summer morning with the windows open I used to hear a 37 sweating the gradient with 8 coaches on its way to Barnstaple - a comforting and majestic sound which I'll never forget and which came minutes before the train actually passed. That service would return about 8am before I set off to work, gliding down the gentle hill. Two coach DMUs were the normal traffic on that line so the early morning 37 was always a real growly treat. Thanks for sharing!
It's ok Tippsy. Middle aged woman that watches train videos in the middle of the night.
We have a beautiful future together!!
I love you Tippsy! Hehehe...
bollocks! :-)
this comment is so wholesome, I wish you and your family the best of health
I’m watching a 4:07 am what about you
As a young Dutchman, I worked on Basingstoke station as buffet-assistant for Travellers Fare in 1976. And lived in a room in the very nice appartment on the second floor of that building.
When going to bed at around 10 pm., a Class 37 would come every night and stay there exact under my sleepingroom-window for one hour with it's engines stationary rattling.
I transferred to King's Cross station, working in a sandwichbar at a platform.
Full view on the Deltic 55's from my workplace. my lunchbreak I would spend on the platform, seeing them pulling in or leaving with that roaring sound.
Two sounds I will never forget .
( And make me "homesick" when I hear them , even on TH-cam :) )
We used to be loco heavy
There is nothing more relaxing to a working class bloke than a right proper growl of a class 37 Utter magic !
Nuff said Sir! I'm not even working for the railways, so these are my good- night- sleep- videos as well.
Agreed!
Try the sounds of the Alco RS 3.
Rumbling along
Loved this train since I was a kid. One of my favorites. The 37 is a proper train. Absolutely horrible, noisy, messy, loud, downright dirty awesome diesel engine with a unique sound. Brilliant stuff!
Christov B Agree completely but its a locomotive, not a train.
Typical pommy rubbish!
wayne gretzky Thats why we are British! We know these things!!
Class 37 sounds like Russian Tractor,lol
Tiff Reider thats why they are known here as ‘tractors”
Am I the only one impressed by the fact that some of these locos are approaching 60 years of service and still going!
The sound of the 37s have haunted me for years....as a young lad in the South Wales valley in the 1970s .....going to and on my way home from school..... these beasts would be powering up the line with full trucks of coal as far as the eye could see....the sound was awesome and have never forgotten it.....
Its mad they are still in use
Always seemed to be exactly 33 coal trucks, didn't it!
Me also up East Lothian Edinburgh bloody Romantic stuff Indeed !
the visual design of those are straight out from some dystopian novel lmao. it carries the gray autumn cold with it. it's beautiful.
They aren’t meant to look good but they do
Setting the car alarm off at 17:00 minutes in - just brilliant! Proper loco and my favourite.
Maravilha pura
Btw its not a class 37 i think its a class 97
@@Southerntrainspotter315 no that's just the mk2 dvt number the power is coming from the 37 on the back
@@themightyzanoss8409 thats a DBSO not a DVT also it is a class 97 on the back
@@Schmalfonzo ah I apologise for my mistake
I prefer steam locomotives over diesels by heaps but the Class 37 is an exception because of the awesome growling noise of its engine. Nice to see a compilation of this class matey! 😊
Love the class 37. Always reminds me of my childhood in the 80s You could here them coming from miles away I used to run to my bedroom window to watch it come but
I really like br locomotives but now br is become GWR and it's better
@@osoko8793 no br has been sold off to lots of different private train operating companys (GWR being one of them)
BR no longer exists
Salute from Utah, USA, Union Pacific Railroad country... the 37 is my favorite.
The 37 is my favourite too and I've just discovered American railroad videos, one day I'd love to visit and do a bit of "railfan-ing" (have I got the right term?) The locos and trains are a sight to behold and the dramas that unfold when a knuckle breaks or a technical failure takes place are on a scale just not seen here. I'd recommend any Brit Loco/train lover to have a watch of the videos from across the pond too. It's amazing stuff.
Stop talking and spelling american bruv
Very nice
From what I have seen this loco is probably based on the original mainline diesels built for the LMS in 1947. An old but good design.
@@Isochest I think you're getting mixed up with the class 44/45/46, they look similar, i spose, but were heavier and more powerful, and had Sulzer power instead of English Electric.
Best loco's ever built thats why so many got preserved just over 100 still exist today! 🥰🥰🥰
Agreed.
Love class 37's, that noise you never get tired of!
The engine is really a weapon, you don't need an alarm clock anymore, when it starts, you're definitely awake
I love that sound. Puts me back at the end of platform one, a little before the signal box. As that sound starts as a 37 puts on the power and slowly pulls away with a Kings Cross bound train. The platform and old goods shed behind me vibrates as if about to fall down. A load of blue coaches pass me gaining speed with a LNER buffet car in the middle of them, still in LNER colours.
Where and when? Grantham station in the early 70s.
Thanks for the memory MrThrash37.
Far and away the best diesel loco ever. I love the sound of them and when I have had the opportunity its great to be pulled by one. My favourite journey catching the Caledonian sleeper to Fort William.
These diesels used to ferry me up to London in the 80’s. I always liked the sound of them, you could hear them before you saw them. Purring one minute, growling the next.
All the diesels seem to have disappeared up North. You’re so lucky to be able to see them running still. Thanks for sharing a brilliant video.
great quality video, These used to scare the crap out of me as an 8 year old kid when they came passed my house with their noise especially the split headcode like a evil face but got me hooked on trains........
Thank you! They have always been my favourite loco from a very young age!
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Did you nut in ur pants
Me too. I remember seeing them sat at Leeds station. I was terrified that they would fire them up before I got on my train as a kid. How I love them now. My Golf TDI is a mini version of it!
Put the fear of God into me when I was in my mid thirties when one came past me when I was cycling along the Cumbrian coast. I'd never seen or heard anything like this because where I come from all we have is Pacers and Sprinters, all though we have now got the Class 319 and the Pendolino passes through and we are getting Civity diesels and electrics.
It's great how some drivers just pip the horn while others get into it a little more and try to play a little tune
Azumi they Blow the Horn Because he is standing 🧍♂️ to close or on there side of the Railway 🛤 and they don't want him to do anything stupid Like jumping out in front of them.
This is my favourite British train! My first proper memory is getting on one to go to London! It always feels to me what a train should look like!
I will always love class 37's, even the split headcode.
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Yes
One of my favourite trains from my childhood. Thanks for the great footage. They were kind of scary to me back then for some reason.
I was scared of them as a kid lol when I was about 7 lol they was so loud noisy scary back then lol 😆
The rear of my terrace house is about 40 ft from the railway line. As a kid growing up in the 70s I always had a fear of a 37 derailing and crashing through my home. Nights time In the back bedroom I would hear them approaching the house so I’d jump out of bed and run to the window to watch them pass in the dark, the noise was terrifying as a kid but also extremely exciting. I still think they’re the most evil looking locomotive ever produced......
Same! I thought they looked evil when I was little....now they just look like a manatee XD
@@MrTarati even today I still think they look menacing, possibly it goes back to being a kid walking the tracks and jumping in the bushes as one trundled passed
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@@richarddutchholland4780 I know what you mean...we used to watch them hauling blue circle cement past the recreation ground on their way back from upper weardale...I think it was the sound more than anything that intimidated! You could leave pennies on the tracks and come back and they'd as flat as a fart!
@@MrTarati with me it was in South Wales taking coal down to the docks in Cardiff. I also remember going on mystery trips with my parents, 37s pulling 10 coaches with tickets costing a fiver and you’d end up on some coast for the day, loved the 70s
The 37 and the 55 are the best sounding units ever imo
As a kid growing up in Crewe in the 70s, living a mile from the WCML, 37s were my lullaby. Great sound.
Which part of Crewe?
@@jamesrobert4106 Not far off Middlewich Street 😊
As a Crewe boy, born in 75, this reminds me of the character the town once had. A 6p platform ticket and these majestic machines would show their power at the glorious old Crewe station and sidings.
Still luckily get almost daily 37s there!
Pedal to the metal.... those engines accelerate like road trucks
Tractors on steriods...
@@Barflax you know tge class 37 nickname is tractor as they sound like one. Class 56 are grids and class 66 are sheds
You can't just full throttle a heavy train like the class 37. The train will lose grip.
Notch 8 is what they call it for Diesel locomotives.
@@michaelmurray7199 In the US.
Fear not - our neighbours will never know! Thank you for a lovely reminder of decades past (and a few present!). Great technique, leaving the sound to fade away as the (entire) train draws out of sight. Nice to see how the RHTTs are formed. Much appreciated.
Love these beasts. Drove one through Nechells maintenance depot once when I was 10 years old YES 10 years old in 1980 . My dad new the mechanics back then. Better than any video game you could possibly have.
Lucky lol
I can remember back as a lad the class 37s were used to pull the 1,000 ton oil trains single headed through where i live ! And we spotters as it were, used to pray for the red signal so that the loco had a dead start up the curve ? I can still hear the sound of the engine at full throttle tripping in and out on the wheel slip and the desperate attempts made by the driver to sand the rails ! The noise was deafening and lets not forget the smoke or maybe i should say clag ? There was also the rare occasions when if raining the 37 would have to back up and take a full power run up !!!
I'm a relative novice railfan American of about six months of videos on youtube. Today I thought how about the UK diesels? First thing up was a Class 37 and I am in love. Couldn't get over the acceleration, the look, smoke rolling off and the sound. I am smittened. Makes me want to buy a plane ticket, though maybe wrong time of the decade. Till then youtube it is. Sent in my DNA expecting to see 60% German and 40% Irish came back 60% Brit. No wonder I've always preferred Limey authors.
Many thanks for watching Richard, I would recommend visiting one of our fantastic preserved railways to see both steam and diesel in action! Would be great if you could keep an eye on my action, Tom
I worked on the railway in the 1990s in South Wales; this video takes me back to 37s on steel trains; treble headed on the Cwmbargoed Westbury cement coal traffic. Sometimes I’d be Pilotman for Single Line Working and I’d punch air for joy when I climbed into the cab; issue SLW form and off we’d thrash!
Man. What a train. Love the sound! Used to watch these wiz buy as a boy in the 70s along the GWR tracks in Corsham, Wiltshire. The eastern end of Box Tunnel specifically! Good time, good times!
At school in the early 1970's a few of my classmates collected train numbers and always rambled on about the "Big D" (Class 40), the rarer snub-nosed "Deltic" (Class 55) and the "Brush" (Class 47). I never really shared their enthusiasm but with a railway track right alongside the school playground, trains like this form a significant part of my childhood.
Love them! Wish I had that at the end of my school gates.
You cant beat the sound of a tractor thrashing through a station at high speed i love the sound of those general electric engines and they are one of my favourite locos the 2nd favourite is the class 20s then the class 40s
Tractors on steriods...
Tractors on steriods...
I'm almost 60 years of age now and not long ago I lamented the demise of steam. I loved the sight and sound of a steam loco but as my years progress, I still love steam btw, but when I listen to the thrash of a 37 to me that is now a classic sound in much the same a a steam loco was to me so long ago..
They are fantastic John.
If a T-Rex could purr, it would sound like this..
And us Americans thought we had some good sounding diesels....... Hats off to you guys, cause these sound awesome!
Thanks for watching, search for EE engines and you can't go to far wrong!
Superb. Thanks for going out in all weathers to capture this great collection of footage!
Awesome….i was a kid in the early 70’s and me and my mate ‘cookie’ would sit for hours at the side of the railway (derbyshire) train spotting. I vaguely remember a few of the last steam trains but strongly remember the 37’s 45’s and 50’s . Wonderful times….really enjoyed your video…thanks!
My neighbours weren't annoyed. My neighbours loved it. But my neighbours are tolerant of everything. Great fillum, BTW.
Fillum?
The 37s have been the Uk backbone of rail transport after steam and will still be in a support role for years to come
You’re bang on the money there!
@@MrThrash37 All I will say is you can't fix what isn't broken:-)
If you went spotting anywhere back in the day you was guaranteed to see one of these or a 47 at some point
The speed these engines can have is quite amazing! It seems like the UK has a lot of high-speed trains!
Depends what you mean by high speed!
If 90mph is fast to you that's surprising
The fastest train I've ever been on is the Azuma by LNER which has a top speed of 125mph
@@OlliesTrainsGaming427 I'll be on the TGV next week
If this is a high speed train then I'm the bloody Pope
Real quick diesel acceleration, treat to watch, thanks MrThrash
How could anybody ever be annoyed by these lovely sounds ?
As a kid in the late 80s we lived near a Blue circle cement plant and could hear these powering up all the time I used to get shit scared lol you sont see them at all in Birmingham now unless you go to train station museum but the sound takes me back
Get them passing the lines around Birmingham on almost daily!
These noisy, clagging, environmentally unfriendly class 37s really do spoil the peace and tranquility of our beautiful countryside ....😁 Don't you just absolutely love these vintage locomotives?.... Thank you ROG, COLAS RAIL FREIGHT, DRS, NETWORK RAIL, and others for keeping these wonderful locomotives in fine fettle and working on the network long may they continue... Awsome 👍
The night shots of this UK locomotive with the haunted engine sounds reminds me of when I was a kid I’m from Canada and we had Alco locomotives in Ontario and the sound of those were haunted as well Thanks for sharing
I love when these diesels smoke reminds me of the Alcos here in the U.S. I do like the look of the class 37’s.
Long Island Mowers & More. It’s a proper looking loco isn’t it? It looks powerful, and sounds awesomely powerful too.
Smog Monster ......totally agree. Right on par with an Alco
The noise of my child hood, a 37 hammering it up and down a Welsh valley line, towing tonnes of coal. That exhaust note, you could hear from miles away!
Audiolab DAC, Audiolab pre-amp, Audiolab monoblocks, TDL Studio 1's and the Class 37, loud. Marvellous :).
Put this on in class. Me and my mate just kept screaming "GIVE US A TONE"
Which class?
They sound so much like our class 749 and 751 it's unreal lol. The traction motor whine is slightly different but the exhaust note is spot on.
Presumably why so many people from the UK are fans of the Zamračená/Bardotka.
Great video! Brings back memories of the eighties bashing days. 1S19 Bristol to Glasgow with a pair of 37s banking the Lickey from Bromsgrove (G71 Signal to Blackwell) is a fond memory.... Hellfire!
I've seen some of these bad boys hauling freight during the early hours through Worcestershire. You can hear them 5+ miles away before they're seen, what a sound!
mokotramp you certainly can, some of my videos I’m this collection are in Worcestershire
As a nipper in the 80s, we as a family would regularly head from London Paddington down the GWR, to either south Wales, or Devon. I remember one trip when the IC125 we were on broke down, and they coupled one of these bad boys up to pull us along, yeah it was slow, but amazing!
0:22 It's like a giant Tiki Head coming at you with its tongue out.
Oh, how I miss thrashing a class 37 or two on charter trains. The only trains I derived any pleasure from driving but sadly, all these companies that work these services work on a face-fits basis. I think it's very apparent that I'll never drive one of these locos again unless I'm very rich.
You hear that environmentalists?!?!?! This is called a Diesel
Yep. Biofuel ready right out the box! Let’s do this!
y'know, most environmentalists (i.e. anyone who doesn't want the planet to be destroyed) are very pro-trains, as a much better form of transport than hundreds of lorries and cars.
@@Rusvids Very true, environmentalists aren't against all uses of fossil fuels, but responsible use.
Taking a car to a shop 500m away from your house for example is a case of wasteful use, or how many jobs nowadays seem to be commuter jobs cause the city property prices force the regular office workers to live further away.
Oi Motor Polloi! ;)
@@G1NZOU even worse most are electric battery powered now so most of the components came over on a container ship to then be assembled then again put back on a ship burning diesel by the ton per minute so none of those cars within their lifetime will ever offset the emissions damage done before they were built at least with a petrol car serviced properly emits mostly water and less than 1hc per million well my cars do anyway my last car was only pumping steam co2 and hydrocarbons were not detected! So let's not forget how bad those little planet saving prius truly are then there's cost of replacing batteries again more ships
Used to have similar model named Class 20 built for Malayan Railways,too bad none survived till today,all scrapped except for one non-working model
Awesome to see these English Electric trains still working in good condition
Awesome locos the sound of these was awesome especially in the valleys with a heavy steel/coal train flat out near meltdown was awesome they will always have a special place in the hearts of Welsh rail fans 🏴🚆
Superb video!!! Sounded fab through my subwoofer! Thank you for uploading it. Best diesel ever.
I mind travelling from Edinburgh to Inverness then to Kyle ferry to Skye then ferry to Fort William to Glasgow QSt all the train journeys were trains pulled by 37s except 47s to Edinburgh. Years later we did the same journey going the opposite way with 156s&158s.
Great video could watch another 4000 minutes of that definetley one of the best locos ever made.
NO THE BEST EVER RELIABLE ALL ROUND LOCOS WERE THE BRITTANIA STEAM LOCOS !!.
@@grahamlea2160 very true to be fair
Actually id say the class 08 most reliable lol
@@Synthematix all of the British diesels were incredibly reliable
Music to my ears & great montage 👏🇬🇧🙏
Brilliant. Makes a change from having to endure the neighbours' crappy music!
I don’t think they’ll be to happy if you watch this too often 😉
You can appreciate MrThrasher's background music avoidance. Much too many videos have amateurish garbage background audio added to otherwise great videos. Monotonous recurring bars of music are the worst. They're implanted into your mind like the "Meow Mix" ads on TV. I forgot the words to it.
Nothing Annoying about Good old English Electric Locomotion ❤️ Beautiful sounding Locomotion do the locomotion ❤️Love the sound of the Class 37 Tractors ,The Class 40 Whistlers,The Class 47 Brushes ,The Class 50 Hoovers ,The Sulzer Types To other Diesel Classes ,Each has its own distinctive sound ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it. Love the 37s, as I’m sure you can imagineS
I love these trains, brings back so many memories. I think these are great to look at as well. Shame it is so hard to become a train driver these days eh.
Funny how these things even TODAY are keeping Britain’s railways moving! That is the engineering you can be proud of. Plus, you don’t ever get the perfect torque from electric, only a DIESEL
Love them!
I love the Class 37!. The Class 37 is the best BR diesel locomotive. I have 2 myself. May she reign supreme forever.
You have two? Which ones?
The first one is in BR blue with large BR double arrow symbol Scottish region with snow plough fitted on the front and can have another snow plough on the other side. Locomotive number 37 408 with full directional lighting, drive inside the cab etc. Very detailed locomotive externally and internally. Was originally pure DCC but converted to run on DC using a blanking plug. Can go back to pure DCC if required. The second 37 is in UK rail freight distribution colours with TTS sound. Needs a DCC controller to get the 25 different sounds from her. But can run on DC power as well. Both can pull large loads and have been 100% reliable. Always ready to run. Even the BR Scottish 37 locomotive which was converted to DC has never given any trouble and was run for quite a while today on the railway. I love the 37 Class of locomotive but also like all BR locomotives!.
@@MrThrash37
May have a third Class 37 in BR blue - St Paddy. Next time I run the loco I will see if it is a Class 37.
My long enduring memory of these is standing at the Cardiff end of Newport Station in the dark winter evenings as a kid and hearing them coming long before you saw them bursting out of the tunnels with either a rake of coal wagons or steel wagons. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
A Class 37 is not a train, it's diesel locomotive built at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows now a housing estate.
Not all. Some were built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns at Darlington.
Simply the best loco sound ever.......
Agreed!
Today Indian Railways still retains some of the oldest diesel locomotives belonging to WDG 3A and WDM 3A classes, and various types of coaches as well. Some of these loco classes smoke a lot more than these Class 37s. In future we will have some diesel locomotives as backup after Indian Railways is 100% electrified. Nice to see these grandfathers chugging down the line.
You guys have some old ALCos yet too.
@@CPAlburtisRailfan yes they will be only kept for exigencies. After electrification, these will be taken over by electric loco classes WAP 5 and mostly WAP 7, and WAG 7, WAG 9 and WAG 12.
@@CPAlburtisRailfan by the way WDG 3A and WDM 3A/3D are all ALCo based locomotives that operate in India.
Wow... !!! My best friend, It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks
You just gotta love the pure sound off 37s great collection mate!
30:21 now that is just beautiful, listening to the loco power on whilst it glides through the countryside
Thanks! Love a 37!
hope ALOT of these locos get preserved
Look up Bo' ness and Kinnell museum railway. Great videos of steam and diesel trains working and under restoration plus expansion development of the line. Currently, due to covid, the railway is being cuddled by nature.
Not loud, simply the music of life!
Super video, beautiful succession of montages, really enjoyed every minute!
Crazy to think these engines have been in regular service for up to 60 years
I love Class 37's, I love trains and I love thrash so this video is perfect for me. I actually played this at full volume on my computer!! By the way, great selection of videos and steady filming.
These locos look scary in the dark… like Ametyville Horror house lol 😂
Nice sounds, the first one sounded like my father’s old Ford cab over grain truck with that distinctive staccato clatter. :-)
Truly spectacular! Thank you for your work.
I love those, it would be awesome to have them in Finland
Best train ever! O the memories and what a sound!!
Love the 37’s!
Hi from Poland!
I really like the sound of these engines, it’s something really stunning. Reminds me somewhat of the Romanian 060Da locos we used to have here. Little bit closer to the Czechoslovak 751 class though.
I also have to say, really great footage you got there.
Is there any 37’s left in normal service or are all heritage by now?
no many still working
Nice to see an American appreciating class 37's! Our 'neighbours' across the pond...
They sound belligerent...love 'em
Damn they just get up and go...that's some balls
Its curves fit into the british countryside so perfectly!
Endlessly interesting movements, uploader must do so much homework to capture these.
Thanks, MrThrash37, I greatly appreciate.
Thanks Phil, a mixture of homework and luck!
I know some in the classic loco community might turn their noses up at a 37, but it remains my favourite. It is and always has been a workhorse.
They are definitely great workhorses fantastic locos I think!
used to watch the deltic pulling loads out of steetley magnesite in Hartlepool when I was young.
The class 37 is not a Deltic.
I remember travelling up to Inverness from London on the sleeper many years ago. At some point in the trip (Carlisle?) the electric donk was removed in favour of the class 37 which was attached as back in those days the electric line ended near the border. After the Fort William portion was decoupled at Carstairs you would sleep to the throb of the 37 which was strangely comforting. I did the trip often and in the early morning travelling through the misty highlands the 37 just kept on quaking the ground creating a bit of an eerie feel - it was almost like a mechanical dragon booming in the silence that echo'd off the hills. I remember they used to have regular "technical issues" and were therefore often late arriving in Inverness. Different times same problems.
Must have been a sulzer man that gave it the thumbs down
Hahaha agreed! Thanks for watching.
All that weight and power on those skinny little rails,blows my mind how they don't derail at the corners! 👍🏻
Speed limits i think otherwise I think they would!
@@MrThrash37 yes 100% mate 🙂👍🏻
Fantastic video and very enjoyable to watch!
Many thanks!
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I heard class 37s pass by Bedroom window on Durham Bridge every day from 1979 until 1981 when came to stay in London from 1981
Lucky!
12.37 pm
Brilliant compilation, thanks for taking the time to put together.
Thanks Paul, it had to be done!
Awesome collection of clips, well done on putting this video together 👍🏻.