40145
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In April 2008 40145 was travelling light engine to the Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough when it was called upon to assist 6M61 Humber to Bedworth oil train which had been wrong routed at Nuneaton. 40145 had to drag the train back, the train totalled 1,800 tons and included a class 60 on the other end.
Beautiful sounding BR Locomotion,Long live the Class 40 Whistlers ❤️ Nothing like them nowadays ❤️Tough sounding Beasts ❤️
I have a real soft spot for class 40’s. Love the look and the sound, and no one goes on and on about them. The background gentleman’s diesel loco. Lovely footage.
They did what it says on the tin, they'll do the job, may not be fast but they'll slog up hills and down dale and get the job done..
I will never forget the 40s on late night merry go round coal trains in the late '60s, to the new Didcot power station. Whistling through Appleford halt with sparks streaming from the brakes!
Super upload, takes me back to the rail blue years....
Fantastic,in fact the video is irrelivant it's the sound that counts,The driver needs commending for his skill in pulling a heavy train like that with a locomotive that is clearly struggling.Great skill in watching the ammeter and not getting over enthusiastic listening to the sound of the EE
Thank you Jack
Driven with careful consideration to the loco and obviously a driver who knows how to drive and not glory hunt. Well done driv..
Thank you
@@AnthonyLlewellyn-wn8kp 👍🏻
You knew what you were doing, that's most of the job. Superb locomanship.
Thank you Simon
beast! the old girl's still got it!
might be a touch over loaded for a 40, but it is good locomanship from the driver, not thrashing the nuts off it, and doing is best to let the weight of the train do the work where he could.
Thanks Olly
oh that bit of thash near to the end !!!
pure EE music great video pal
Its a lovely old beast but it certainly shows the weakness in old traction!
If it was wet or on any kinda gradient that would have been game over.
Bet that "cleared her lungs out" and she had a good cough at the end of it!!!
Urm dont you think it would be right to credit the person who filmed this ?
Very nice!!!!
Great Video :)
Do wonder if the springs in the old overloads have gone a bit weak and need adjusting, shouldnt drop out till 2500+ amps, would be surprised if she got that high as the driving is excellent. Have seen it on a few EE loco's and had to adjust the overloads.
Thank you
say what you like about 40's being old and underpowered, but i can't see a black 5 or even a 9f pulling this off! as for tractive effort, she's got 135 tons pushing down on 6 powered axles! beat that steam!
thehoff1982.the 9f has pulled 2100 tonns, theres a video somewhere but i could not find it, she was pulling it single handedly but was struggling.
Hi mate too right I agree she is not even struggling with the load you go 40145 😉
@@jamesbradford4550 this train is considerably heavier than 2100 tonns. Anyway it's just as much about the gradient as it is about the tonnage.
Can't think why there has been rows about 145 and it's had to have very expensive repairs ....not ...also revving it up on Preserved Lines didn't help either ...I'll put my tin hat on !
My Lords
a 66 wouldn't even pull a train like this, well done 40145 :-)
Freightliner Heavy Haul 66617 a 66 could handle this with ease... :/
A 66 would pull this , but you don’t have to drive a 66 the em2000 computer dose everything for you . On an old locomotive like this you have to watch the amps and notch up slowly or you hit the overload trip .at the start of the video you can hear 145 tripping the overload contractors a couple of times as the engine backs off to idle.
Fascinating and nostalgic 🙄
Loco on the other end did assist ...slightly.
why didnt it use full power until the end ?
Because if it goes full power straight away it could wheelslip.
What tonnage is she pulling
If i remember it was either 24 or 26 100 tonne tanks so it was way more than an EE4 would have normally handled. The Bescot driver brought up on steam, started handling these from around 1965 so had 20 years "training" on them before BR withdrew them. When 40145 returned to mainline use he was one of a small number who was able to resign 40s and demonstrated his handling skills perfectly, particularly as handling these takes care
The train totalled 1,800 tons and included a class 60 on the other end.
Thanks Phil