The cylinders went for a committee meeting, when to fire, in what order and so on, the union was at hand to mediate between the firing, the electric starter and the fuel introduction sub-committees :D
@Lizzpaul I knew a bloke in the 70s who smoked Cravan A fags we used to call him one lung...he used to fire his first one up of the day after breakfast in the smoking area...it started him coughing and gasping for breath until both lungs were working...😛😛
I advice you to search for 'karrendag' If you like to count strokes that's the place for you. It's about running old Dutch ship engines that were saved from the scrapyard. My favorite is the "Industrie 2vd5".)
Man these trains are amazing from Serbia here and when i found out about british trains ive been obsessed by them even got a old Trying Class 37 set and a Static class 45 45022.
This takes me back to starting old Gardner diesels in winter. My uncle used to use an oily rag, set it alight and hold it near the air intake to get some warmth into the cylinders. If you were really posh, you had an old Tilly style paraffin blowtorch. Once it fired you went and had a brew and returned once all the inevitable clag had cleared.
Top video! It’s a crafty technical detail built into the class 37s to communicate to other locos in the yard via smoke signals that they’ll soon be rumbling through…it won’t be pretty…and sure as hell won’t be quiet!
With a very heavy workload preserving and restoring old trains, and medicine I take for nerve and joint pain, I keep coming back to this video as a visual of what getting up in the mornings is like. Especially on three or four hours of sleep a night for weeks on end. At least people have what the locomotives don't: Coffee.
Fantastic, been onboard a deltic at Doncaster in the 70s, got lucky as a kid with my mum and the driver let us on for a look around ,just the look and colours are magic, and the deltic/piston arrangement is just so awesome special.
We had a hand crank diesel compressor with one cylinder. Screw a lit fusee into the cylinder while cranking. The trick is to pull the crank back at the moment the engine "caught" or you had the engine spinning the crank dangerously fast. The chug chug chug of the engine catching in the mountain air was a delightful sound and a fond memory.
I love how after starter cuts out engine manages to run at 1 RPM for so long before deciding that it will have to start. How much easier it would be if they had pre-heat like cars, though not as photogenic or fun !!
Ok you railway diesel men. Tell me this. Worked on trucks cars smaller diesels. As has been pointed out what cold start aids do these have.. excess fuel pre heat dynamic retarder. Also whet fires one 1 cylinder open the throttle I am sure the 1 cylinder will drag the rest into life by increase rpm
I feel its pain and im the same every morning I struggle to fire into life😂 What a wonderful sight to see one of these old locos still alive and a testement to British engineering👍
Brilliant footage mate, thanks for sharing. Absolutely fantastic start sequence with these old machines, smoking away like chimneys! Close your eyes Greta! Have subbed your channel, I’ve got a few reviews, and a running session of concrete bob in drs livery if your interested in having a look but not had the pleasure of seeing his older brother in the flesh yet! All the best and thanks again, Paul
Not hard to see why the Class 37 is is the greatest little loco that could... My all time favourite...They are beautiful, can go 'anywhere' with a great RA and still in service after many many years. We shall never see the like of these again.
I've only ever seen one fire up at Tinsley depot in 1986 awesome experience I love these beasts they're the best locos ever built for br railway in the swinging 60s
Oh praise Him, Oh praise Him, Alleluiah, Alleluiah, Alleluiah... for some reason, listening to this loco start up made me think of school assembly hymns.
Watching this somehow reminds me of my dad and his Carpi in the early 80s. In the winter he would place thick woollen blanket over the engine every night after he came home from work
Similar to a Challenger 2 starting on a cold day in Germany. Nothing quite like a large diesel engine. Imagine all the work they have done over the last century.
This is the famous delta engine with 6 pistons in a triangle configuration and without any need for a cylinder head and a vulnerable head gasket? Beautiful engine, beautiful sound. Designed in a time when people still mattered. Almost as if some prehistoric monster wakes up. At least, one of them.
No, not the Napier Deltic, that is class 55. This class 37 has an English Electric 12CSVT = 12 cylinder, interCooler, Supercharged (though actually it was an exhaust driven turbocharger not an engine driven supercharger, V format, Traction engine (as opposed to Marine type).
I think that the cylinder bores are rather worn therefore the PSI at TDC is below spec causing sluggish starting and white smoke, the exhaust smoke is ladened with unburnt fuel so it probably would be best to avoid smoking a cigarette with all that white smoke in the air.
I’m amazed there are no block heaters to ease the starting although I’m sure these engines have been designed with -40’C cold starts, still the straining to ignite is evident.
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I believe during very cold weather they'd just be secured and left idling.
@@highbrookendmodelrailway On the Budapest metro line 3 an automatic train driving system was installed in the 80s. The driver just operates the doors and then has to hold down a "start" button until the train completely leaves the station. Now holding down the button for long seconds is of course veeery exhausting. According to older metro drivers, one could just keep down the button by squeezing a coin in the rim, and since the train won't leave with open doors, start the trains by closing the doors. This worked until one driver got out on the (manual) cab door while the train was at the storage track at the last (over the ground) station. Just to see that the train, as it received a green light signal, dashed away without a driver on board... After that incident the operator replaced all the start buttons with mushroom-shaped ones.
I always did find it funny how they start with a couple of cylinders firing, the whole time blowing smoke rings into the air. Then the other cylinders get motivated and join in
I was around 9-10 years olf 1 Christmas I managed to sneak into to the sidings at Blackpool North I tried the door on 1 of the Deltics it was unlocked my heart beating like I could see it bouncing around in my chest I started messing with switches pressing buttons the engine started making noise I almost filled my pants running away thinking back how did I manage? Do they not have keys to lock the doors or for the ignition?
Why cant trains have the ability to sound like this in Train Simulator? Also I do like how when the engine is turning over you can slightly hear the engine clanking inside as it's warming up.
Multiple cylinders deciding to wake up and start firing, causes a weird firing order and sends vibration through the gear train and so on and just clunks around.
I still love these old lumps.We get a network rail run through Shifnal once in a while .I have done alot of research on their EE diesels but can someone out there possibly explain why they have such a distinctive " hunting" along the crank at idle? They must have a peculiar firing order? I also assume they are 4 stroke? Any education on this more than welcome! Cheers,Len.
The engine governor is regulated by the oil pressure, so when the engine is cold, and the oil is very thick the pressure will increase and speed the engine up, then the governor will kick in, and the revs drop.. the oil then "underpressures" and the process starts again!! once they are warmed up, they will maintain a nice even oil pressure, and the tick over will be smooth!!
Nice! Many first gen diesel engines had a lever that opened all but one set of valves to allow only one cylinder to fire. Once that cylinder was away it acted as the starter motor for the rest, the lever was released and all cylinders were under compression. Anyone know if the 37s had this?
No nothing like that just some decompression plugs but only used really for doing tappets ect , sometimes holding fuel rack shut then crank it for bit (if good battery,s) It gets some heat in cylinders better because injected fuel tends to cool cylinders if they don't fire. We often did this on Cl 60's as even they could put up quite a show if really cold
@@robturner3065 Only used it once on Class 56 we could not get started it would attempt to start for few seconds then nothing till you left if for about hour . Our Tech guy said flaming rag would work in intake but instead of sucking flame in its blasted flame out setting fire to poor tech guys coat . Further investigation found Exhaust , turbo's and intercoolers totally blocked , Loco been used just for tipping coal trains so idling most of day or running in slow speed 2 mph to tip
I wish there was some overlay text or captions explaining what the different stages are, and why the sound and smoke change. It would be much more interesting
that's the reason why german locomotives even in the 60's were preheated before cranking. :P The coolant never goes below 40°C in Winter, and are warmed up to 60°C before the engine goes in service.
@@beeble2003 I think there is the main difference. In UK and many other developed countries there was much fuel available in the time between end of WWII and the 70's. So nobody cared about saving some gallons. But I think in Germany during the war fuel was rare... because.... yes.... nobody want to sell oil to the Nazis of corse and we do not have any natural resources. And after the war it was hard to rebuild all the industry and re-developing trading chains. And I think even if there was enaugh fuel available later on in western germany there was still the mindset and the bad experiences of war like: "what if we are cut out from global trade again?" So shutting down engines when they are not needed and keeping them warm with an auxillary heater is truely more efficient than idleing all the time even when it was more expensive to include such a device. Today for the last remaining engines of the late 60's and early 70's (for instance BR (Class) 218) they are lucky about having that heaters on board so they can treat the engines like a car. They also have AC Power from the grid to plug in the engines to keep the batteries charged that they don't run flat over night.
Why did they not have an engine heater/ oil heater powered by diesel on a timer?Use a few gallons of diesel to heat the engine before a cold start. Tons better for the engine and not killing starters and batteries.
At Bath Road Diesel Depot during BR ownership, at one time, on really cold nights they used to start up each loco or DMU in turn. Let each one run for a bit, then once nice and warm shut it down. Then before it got too cold, repeat the sequence. At least, that’s what I was told.
Those godawful things sounded like that when they were petrol and warmed up - aka the Clattery Vapid and Harsh engines - the diesels were the quieter of the two, or they were supposed to be like that..
Back in the early 90's, This is exactly how the ole RPS trucks would start in Florida on a cold winter day at 6 am in the morning when the delivery trucks were finally loaded with their packages ready for the delivery day. They would completely fill the warehouse with smoke!
BATTERY LEADS BEING USED TO COOK BREAKFAST like in steam days 😂😂😂😂 sssssszzzzzzzzizzzzzle LOVE those Mirrlees..... OK Lets try for 2 cylinders?......awwww ok.....dink....donk.....donk.....KOFF......DONK....DINK....BBRRRRR MMM........OK NOW THREE?🤷🏼♂️ Come on old girl - SUPERB VIDEO I love cold starts.
very nice ! These trains didn't be used for emergency ! It reminds my girlfriend starting and warming her old Citroen GS mk1 in the 80's in cold morning ....not a diesel but very tricky !
do they prime the engine before cranking it over so it has some degree of protection from metal rubbing against metal? I would have thought if the engine was as cold as it was outside the oil must have been as thick as syrup.
Engine governor wont open fuel racks till there's oil pressure the correct way to start a 37 put controller in engine only for while this runns oil priming pump to fully lube engine before pressing start button
Lovely, one cylinder at a time. EEs never did like starting on cold mornings.
The cylinders went for a committee meeting, when to fire, in what order and so on, the union was at hand to mediate between the firing, the electric starter and the fuel introduction sub-committees :D
@@sts1243f very good, most amusing, I like your explanation, thanks for the light humour😂
@@sts1243 and don't forget once the union was involved they went on strike for more diesel before they agreed to go back to work..😋😋😋
Like all of us....🎉😂
@Lizzpaul I knew a bloke in the 70s who smoked Cravan A fags we used to call him one lung...he used to fire his first one up of the day after breakfast in the smoking area...it started him coughing and gasping for breath until both lungs were working...😛😛
You can almost count each stroke of the pistons. Love these old girls!
I advice you to search for 'karrendag'
If you like to count strokes that's the place for you.
It's about running old Dutch ship engines that were saved from the scrapyard. My favorite is the "Industrie 2vd5".)
Man these trains are amazing from Serbia here and when i found out about british trains ive been obsessed by them even got a old Trying Class 37 set and a Static class 45 45022.
This takes me back to starting old Gardner diesels in winter. My uncle used to use an oily rag, set it alight and hold it near the air intake to get some warmth into the cylinders. If you were really posh, you had an old Tilly style paraffin blowtorch. Once it fired you went and had a brew and returned once all the inevitable clag had cleared.
i used a Tilly Blow torch to start a Guy Big J
They was great days. Loved the sound of the Gardner engine.
@@andybenfield79 Not English Electric?
@@RedArrow73 not sure what you mean my friend.
☝Symphatisch ✌😅
I like the cute little smoke rings it keeps sending up!
me to 37's are just wonderful
They are called sleep rings
i know right. it’s like a cartoon
In groups of three!
How lovely. :3
Top video! It’s a crafty technical detail built into the class 37s to communicate to other locos in the yard via smoke signals that they’ll soon be rumbling through…it won’t be pretty…and sure as hell won’t be quiet!
That's frigging awesome! The engineering behind huge diesel and also steam engines is so fascinating.
Thanks
With a very heavy workload preserving and restoring old trains, and medicine I take for nerve and joint pain, I keep coming back to this video as a visual of what getting up in the mornings is like. Especially on three or four hours of sleep a night for weeks on end. At least people have what the locomotives don't: Coffee.
Used to love starting them up on Sellafield on a cold winter morning, covering site in black foul smelling diesel exhaust!!
Oh it was you, you bugger ;)
Foul smelling?! Not to me!
Fantastic, been onboard a deltic at Doncaster in the 70s, got lucky as a kid with my mum and the driver let us on for a look around ,just the look and colours are magic, and the deltic/piston arrangement is just so awesome special.
Sounds great!
Erm. This isn't a deltic!
@@steveluckhurst2350 Haven't been on board one of these 🤡
We had a hand crank diesel compressor with one cylinder. Screw a lit fusee into the cylinder while cranking. The trick is to pull the crank back at the moment the engine "caught" or you had the engine spinning the crank dangerously fast. The chug chug chug of the engine catching in the mountain air was a delightful sound and a fond memory.
Don’t think I would try that on this beast tho 😂
@@Xpl0r 🙂
I love how after starter cuts out engine manages to run at 1 RPM for so long before deciding that it will have to start. How much easier it would be if they had pre-heat like cars, though not as photogenic or fun !!
they start with air no starter
Probably got a 2 tonne flywheel
@@planeiron241 Sorry but they use batteries to turn a starter these days
@@planeiron241 This one has starter motors but before rebuilds they used the main traction generator as a starter motor they have never been air start
Ok you railway diesel men. Tell me this. Worked on trucks cars smaller diesels. As has been pointed out what cold start aids do these have.. excess fuel pre heat dynamic retarder. Also whet fires one 1 cylinder open the throttle I am sure the 1 cylinder will drag the rest into life by increase rpm
I feel its pain and im the same every morning I struggle to fire into life😂
What a wonderful sight to see one of these old locos still alive and a testement to British engineering👍
...that starter motor is the PERFECT sound for this cartoon~ faced diesel...
Nice to see that this class is still in service,and I love that sound.
❤louvely
D37604: "Ugh, why so early in the morning, (yawns).
Nickel Plate Nerd *D6707
“It’s like, twelve. Walk the dog. Pick up sticks. I don’t care, just get out of the house”
the sound of the starter is the loco groaning.
why does this remind me of trying to wake a teenager on a school day
Like any middle-aged man who feels he's been woken too early. Grumpy & takes time to come alive 100%.
"We're running out of tape..."
"Thats only the second cylinder now"
Didn’t know 37s did smoke signals must be trying tell us something
It's too cold this morning, let me go back to bed!
Doughnuts!
the 37 is trying to signal to thomas
@@Fleeglebutt Yes please
Brilliant footage mate, thanks for sharing. Absolutely fantastic start sequence with these old machines, smoking away like chimneys! Close your eyes Greta! Have subbed your channel, I’ve got a few reviews, and a running session of concrete bob in drs livery if your interested in having a look but not had the pleasure of seeing his older brother in the flesh yet! All the best and thanks again, Paul
Greta: How dare you!😀
Not hard to see why the Class 37 is is the greatest little loco that could... My all time favourite...They are beautiful, can go 'anywhere' with a great RA and still in service after many many years. We shall never see the like of these again.
I've only ever seen one fire up at Tinsley depot in 1986 awesome experience I love these beasts they're the best locos ever built for br railway in the swinging 60s
Oh praise Him, Oh praise Him, Alleluiah, Alleluiah, Alleluiah... for some reason, listening to this loco start up made me think of school assembly hymns.
Watching this somehow reminds me of my dad and his Carpi in the early 80s. In the winter he would place thick woollen blanket over the engine every night after he came home from work
A guy from work did the blanket thing though this was in the late 90s after he'd driven to work and parked up. Half hour later his car was on fire.
It's nice to see a 37 cold start! I love 37's
Great rail therapy....I like IT!!!!....ALL THE BEST from ROMANIA!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love how it starts off with one cylinder firing and the rest of them all join in one at a time lol
This is definitely top ten cold start ever !
Thanks
good old girl :-) and she was very cold :-( bless her - good capture
Love the build up to it starting!👍
I dont know why but i was highly entertained by this.that screeching sound when it was cranking ahhh i love it
This was a good start up compared to the French diesel start up on here somewhere.
@@kevodowd5282 where that video at i gotta see it now
Similar to a Challenger 2 starting on a cold day in Germany.
Nothing quite like a large diesel engine. Imagine all the work they have done over the last century.
No to jest konkretny rozrusznik!
Nice smoke rings.
my favourite diesel! Just gorgeous..
This is the famous delta engine with 6 pistons in a triangle configuration and without any need for a cylinder head and a vulnerable head gasket?
Beautiful engine, beautiful sound. Designed in a time when people still mattered.
Almost as if some prehistoric monster wakes up. At least, one of them.
No, not the Napier Deltic, that is class 55. This class 37 has an English Electric 12CSVT = 12 cylinder, interCooler, Supercharged (though actually it was an exhaust driven turbocharger not an engine driven supercharger, V format, Traction engine (as opposed to Marine type).
@@Grid56
Boy, do I feel stupid.
But I guess that means I've learned something new today.
Thank you for that.
I think that the cylinder bores are rather worn therefore the PSI at TDC is below spec causing sluggish starting and white smoke, the exhaust smoke is ladened with unburnt fuel so it probably would be best to avoid smoking a cigarette with all that white smoke in the air.
luckily I don’t smoke then 👍
Starter motor must have took a hammering starting these beasts
I’m amazed there are no block heaters to ease the starting although I’m sure these engines have been designed with -40’C cold starts, still the straining to ignite is evident.
I believe during very cold weather they'd just be secured and left idling.
Now that is sweet music to my ears thankyou for sharing
Love the 37’s and how they sound. Great video hope my OO version sounds as good when it arrives in miniature!! Subscribed 👍
Thanks for the sub!
Imagine the person having the keep their finger on the start button for that long.
If you stopped it was a bugger to start again
I can imagine..... I'd be tempted to clamp a bit of wood on there to keep it pressed!
The start button is released at 0:33
@G Rossi Thanks for the info, I didn't know that.
@@highbrookendmodelrailway On the Budapest metro line 3 an automatic train driving system was installed in the 80s. The driver just operates the doors and then has to hold down a "start" button until the train completely leaves the station. Now holding down the button for long seconds is of course veeery exhausting. According to older metro drivers, one could just keep down the button by squeezing a coin in the rim, and since the train won't leave with open doors, start the trains by closing the doors. This worked until one driver got out on the (manual) cab door while the train was at the storage track at the last (over the ground) station. Just to see that the train, as it received a green light signal, dashed away without a driver on board... After that incident the operator replaced all the start buttons with mushroom-shaped ones.
There's a warm place in my heart for a 37
Awful.
perfect , Clag and smoke rings, great way to start your day
I always did find it funny how they start with a couple of cylinders firing, the whole time blowing smoke rings into the air. Then the other cylinders get motivated and join in
Cool smoke show! 🚂👍
The art of gentle persuasion!!
What must be the strain on starter motors and batteries to keep cranking
Built to last 💪
Absolutely awesome , Class 37 s scared me as a child, now they amaze me . Even Greta Thurnberg would love them , especially a cold start
I was around 9-10 years olf 1 Christmas I managed to sneak into to the sidings at Blackpool North I tried the door on 1 of the Deltics it was unlocked my heart beating like I could see it bouncing around in my chest I started messing with switches pressing buttons the engine started making noise I almost filled my pants running away thinking back how did I manage? Do they not have keys to lock the doors or for the ignition?
did you press a button in the cab or engine room ?
Why cant trains have the ability to sound like this in Train Simulator? Also I do like how when the engine is turning over you can slightly hear the engine clanking inside as it's warming up.
Can’t beat the sound of diesel clatter
We used to have a blow torch in the inlet.worked a treat warm air inducted ha ha ha.T800Aust
What makes the loud clonk sound that starts around 1:53?
Multiple cylinders deciding to wake up and start firing, causes a weird firing order and sends vibration through the gear train and so on and just clunks around.
0:11 sounds like a horror movie that is very intense
I still love these old lumps.We get a network rail run through Shifnal once in a while .I have done alot of research on their EE diesels but can someone out there possibly explain why they have such a distinctive " hunting" along the crank at idle? They must have a peculiar firing order? I also assume they are 4 stroke? Any education on this more than welcome! Cheers,Len.
I'd guess it uses a pneumatic air governor. Tractor and lorry diesels from that era also used them.
The engine governor is regulated by the oil pressure, so when the engine is cold, and the oil is very thick the pressure will increase and speed the engine up, then the governor will kick in, and the revs drop.. the oil then "underpressures" and the process starts again!! once they are warmed up, they will maintain a nice even oil pressure, and the tick over will be smooth!!
@@bungle6668 spot on Alan. They can also suffer from hunting if the fuel filters were blocked causing low fuel press.
Thats right. Four stroke. Direct injection. V 16. Twin turbo. 56lt per cyl.
Stick THAT in yer ford fiesta!
@@johnnyseagull29 its 100% the govenor on these, they all do it!! haha!! but yes, some engines can do it with clogged filters!!
Mean while the local Indian tribe are in a panic as they can't translate the distant message.
It's scary how the smoke is the same color as it is in a runaway as the engine just starts to get going.
Is the front loco getting a jump start from the one behind!
2:30 almost! 37604, almost started, keep going!
Pretty sure there are a few of these on remote control at my local steelworks used as shunters
Im suprised trains like these dont hsve block heaters for the winter
Just the sound my old Ford Consul (built 1953) used to make in its later years.
Sounds happy once woken up !
Must be hooked to grid power.....how the heck do those batteries last?????
Why the diesel is not preheated? Smokes more than a steam loco and causes poisonous gases.
Nice! Many first gen diesel engines had a lever that opened all but one set of valves to allow only one cylinder to fire. Once that cylinder was away it acted as the starter motor for the rest, the lever was released and all cylinders were under compression. Anyone know if the 37s had this?
I should know but I don’t , I just drive them lol
No nothing like that just some decompression plugs but only used really for doing tappets ect , sometimes holding fuel rack shut then crank it for bit (if good battery,s) It gets some heat in cylinders better because injected fuel tends to cool cylinders if they don't fire. We often did this on Cl 60's as even they could put up quite a show if really cold
@@andymath1523 Thanks Andy, always wondered! Ever use the flaming rag trick like I did in my heavy plant days?
@@robturner3065 Only used it once on Class 56 we could not get started it would attempt to start for few seconds then nothing till you left if for about hour . Our Tech guy said flaming rag would work in intake but instead of sucking flame in its blasted flame out setting fire to poor tech guys coat . Further investigation found Exhaust , turbo's and intercoolers totally blocked , Loco been used just for tipping coal trains so idling most of day or running in slow speed 2 mph to tip
@@andymath1523 ect?
I wish there was some overlay text or captions explaining what the different stages are, and why the sound and smoke change. It would be much more interesting
Press button and hold until it starts 👍
The pistons are having a rite old disco 😂
that's the reason why german locomotives even in the 60's were preheated before cranking. :P The coolant never goes below 40°C in Winter, and are warmed up to 60°C before the engine goes in service.
These were designed to be left idling the whole time, so starting would be very rare. And then diesel got all expensive in the 1970s...
@@beeble2003 I think there is the main difference. In UK and many other developed countries there was much fuel available in the time between end of WWII and the 70's. So nobody cared about saving some gallons. But I think in Germany during the war fuel was rare... because.... yes.... nobody want to sell oil to the Nazis of corse and we do not have any natural resources. And after the war it was hard to rebuild all the industry and re-developing trading chains. And I think even if there was enaugh fuel available later on in western germany there was still the mindset and the bad experiences of war like: "what if we are cut out from global trade again?" So shutting down engines when they are not needed and keeping them warm with an auxillary heater is truely more efficient than idleing all the time even when it was more expensive to include such a device. Today for the last remaining engines of the late 60's and early 70's (for instance BR (Class) 218) they are lucky about having that heaters on board so they can treat the engines like a car. They also have AC Power from the grid to plug in the engines to keep the batteries charged that they don't run flat over night.
@@RundeKatze Yes, that makes a lot of sense.
@@RundeKatzealso not really cold very often in the uk
So iconic I have watched this vid more than 10x 😍😘
604 blowing smoke rings like a pro! 😎
my favourite cold start video
Why did they not have an engine heater/ oil heater powered by diesel on a timer?Use a few gallons of diesel to heat the engine before a cold start. Tons better for the engine and not killing starters and batteries.
Fantastic cold start
Those EE engines will still be running after those engines that rely on to many sensors that power the class 66 will be worn out.
those EMD 710s are reliable as hell
0:36 huge smoke rings are great!
I only found out recently that BR would leave their Class 56's running at the depot over the cold new year period to stop the cold getting to them.
ok if you don't mind glazed cylinder bores.
@@naysmith5272 and high lub oil consumption. Not recommended.
At Bath Road Diesel Depot during BR ownership, at one time, on really cold nights they used to start up each loco or DMU in turn. Let each one run for a bit, then once nice and warm shut it down. Then before it got too cold, repeat the sequence. At least, that’s what I was told.
Fantastic shots ! 👍
my escort van sounded similar to this .
Those godawful things sounded like that when they were petrol and warmed up - aka the Clattery Vapid and Harsh engines - the diesels were the quieter of the two, or they were supposed to be like that..
What type batteries?
Like starting the PC under Windows NT
Fantastic sound ! 👍
Glad you like it!
@@Xpl0r How could you not ? 😎
When was this loco (37 604) cut up and scrapped?
I bet someone was counting the smoke rings.
Conversely, an EMD just starts.
Blowing some perfect smoke rings at times too !!
Back in the early 90's, This is exactly how the ole RPS trucks would start in Florida on a cold winter day at 6 am in the morning when the delivery trucks were finally loaded with their packages ready for the delivery day. They would completely fill the warehouse with smoke!
BATTERY LEADS BEING USED TO COOK BREAKFAST like in steam days 😂😂😂😂 sssssszzzzzzzzizzzzzle LOVE those Mirrlees..... OK Lets try for 2 cylinders?......awwww ok.....dink....donk.....donk.....KOFF......DONK....DINK....BBRRRRR MMM........OK NOW THREE?🤷🏼♂️ Come on old girl - SUPERB VIDEO I love cold starts.
Not Mirlees, English Electric finery
Wow, sounds like melody - creepy but beautiful
super nice they way he smile walking to take the camera he enjoy the start so he love is job !
Glow plugs would help!!
That sound in the beginning could be in a horror movie! 😂😂😂😂😂
👻👍
That thing needed fire out of the stack that went at least 10feet or more in the air🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥
very nice !
These trains didn't be used for emergency !
It reminds my girlfriend starting and warming her old Citroen GS mk1 in the 80's in cold morning ....not a diesel but very tricky !
do they prime the engine before cranking it over so it has some degree of protection from metal rubbing against metal? I would have thought if the engine was as cold as it was outside the oil must have been as thick as syrup.
Should do. You let the oil pressure build up before pressing the start button
Engine governor wont open fuel racks till there's oil pressure the correct way to start a 37 put controller in engine only for while this runns oil priming pump to fully lube engine before pressing start button
Love the smoke rings!!!
How big is the battery to keep cranking!
Mike Hanley about 50000 AAA lol they are very big batteries 👍
What was the 37 in the background
Smoke colour is whitish as exhaust temperature is too less and weather is very humid.
Anyone know what horsepower these badboys put out.