Class 37 Thrash 2

A follow up to Class 37 "Thrash", here's part 2 featuring up to thirty class 37s from the class 37/0, 37/4, 37/5, 37/6 and 37/7 subclasses.
Check out part 1 @ • Class 37 Thrash

[@melissarennie8301]

Dear gawd....that noise!! I grew up close to the railway station at Kyle of Lochalsh and when I was wee they used class 37 locomotives, not like the pishy wee springer thingies of today. The noise and the smell was just epic and I wanted to be a train driver! A couple of miles down the track are gorgeous, sandy coves that as kids we used to spend days at, swimming out to the Islands and generally fannying about. We would walk along the railway line knowing we would hear the trains long before they were anywhere near us, we could just hop out of the way and once they'd gone we'd be on our way again. I love this video - it reminds me of proper train engines, dirty but gorgeous smelling diesel clouds and when you could go to Inverness in comfort rather than being bunched up into the crappy wee trains of today :)

[@sdg1970]

that almost brought a tear to my eye as someone who worked on these babies in Preservation..

[@jobblejosh9713]

+Melissa Rennie 'Pishy wee springer thingies' is now my favourite word to describe today's sorry excuses for trains

[@benconway2721]

+Joshua Pearson dam right locos of to today arnt like the work horses of years ago and look ther still going today

[@oddities-whatnot]

What a wonderful post and a great story. Cheers from Lancashire

[@Biggles2498]

Melissa Rennie what stopped your ambitions to become a Train Driver ?

[@colinspeake..8889]

The best sounding locomotive EVER! And I even got to watch one that runaway downline and derail and topple over on its side! .. Diesel everywhere literally but no flames..It was righted up three days later .. will never forget..

[@justinobrien3593]

You cannot beat the sounds these beasts make especially when you can hear them ten minutes before you actually see these well built 1960s locos that are still flying about 50 years later and still in service on the mainline 30 years after withdrawal! They are the best loco's ever built for route availability and power and are one of the biggest fleet of surviving locos ever built by English electric or by any other loco builders from the 1960s/70s I love the sound they kick out at power!!! Nice video of these claggy beasts 😀

[@EddieTheGrouch]

Love the audio on this clip. The way the train zooms off under idle says to me, "Yeah, I could pull a shopping mall around the block if I wanted but it's Sunday and I'm just gonna stroll around for a bit then maybe have a nap later."

[@HFStuart]

I spent some time in the highlands of Scotland in the 90s. Every morning I used to hear the sound of the 37s on the sleeper echoing around the mountains - magic

[@kiwitrainguy]

I bet it was!

[@mercury7590]

Sounds like heaven.

[@craigsmith9843]

The unmistakable chortle of the 37....now that is an engine.i hear one in the morning sometimes when i open the school gate at the top playing field.it puts a smile on my face knowing that they are still working.

[@wandawizard5605]

I’ve never forgotten the sound of these locomotives, class 37. I knew my morning train was going to arrive, as I could hear it before seeing it. Powerful monsters, love them.

[@BikerDarren24]

I've contributed to at least half of all the views this video has, just magical sounding, just gives me inner peace hearing it 👌

[@spuds4t]

I'm with you here: that initial "gurgle" sound on to full powere is magnificent

[@nigelterry9299]

Love a 37. Simple, reliable, bread and butter locomotives. And ooooooh, what a SOUND!!!!

[@colinwhiston2061]

they pump more shit out than steam ever did

[@ajf3202]

@@colinwhiston2061 thats why i love em

[@colinwhiston2061]

@@ajf3202 ha ha i like em to

[@itsonlyme458]

Takes me back to watching these locos pass through Prestatyn as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Memories of me waving to the drivers and being frightening of the engine sound but not moving as I wanted the train driver to wave and most times they did. I love their look, their engine noise and the smell.

[@peteratkinson922]

The cement trains serving Blue Circle works, East gate, Weardale, late 80s. One minute tranquility, next, a cacophony of whirrs, growls and intermittent roars. Unforgettable.

[@chrisbroesky2932]

That's the meanest sounding locomotive I've ever heard.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

There is a reason they are called "Growlers".

[@22fret]

Isn't a growler some kind of - say - lady's garden...?

[@mrvontrips]

Or tractors

[@samhope6310]

37's are called Tractors, Growlers a metropolitan line electric locomotives.

[@multipreach2674]

And it's the meanest sounding one you will ever hear, they don't make them like that anymore.

[@scopex2749]

ALWAYS the best sounding locos! Our local station pilot was a real bashed out old 37 shed but she still ran. I lived 3 miles away but in the summer we could hear her shunting in the mornings!

[@74HC138]

I used to live on the western mainline a bit down from Reading, they'd frequently come through double headed with (I think) an oil train making an incredible racket. They would always set off all the car alarms in the station car park, it was like the cars were saluting these magnificent machines.

[@romfordwisp]

As I young boy my mums work backed onto barking station east London and when I went there in the school holidays I could see the trains over the garden fence , I could tell when a 37 was coming through the station usually quite slow the noise was still deafening and as it got closer and closer i’d stay as long as I could until I’d run indoors from fear and excitement. I love them 37’s

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

I love the sound of big diesel engines. Hold it steady at the right RPM and it will put me to sleep. In fact, if I were the richest man in the world, I would probably buy a large property, build a railroad loop on it, get the best sounding locomotive, hire a crew, build a custom sleeping car, and pay them to ride around the loop for eight hours while I sleep.

[@chrisbroesky2932]

Brilliant!

[@thepvporg]

There's an awful lot of Nuclear waste flasks you have caught on film...

[@blitzbrain]

Yes and oh that efficiency... two engines, both full throttle, tow one trailer... but the sound is epic... we only had Maybach Diesel engines in Germany... they sound nice... but the 37 is somewhat peculiar... and the clag anyway...

[@thepvporg]

@@blitzbrain Diesel train = Fossil Fuel moved Nuclear Waste... See the irony there. If it had been a train of the electric variety that got its power from a nuclear power station, see where I'm going with this?

[@blitzbrain]

@@thepvporg It might… but where there is no cable… there ist no Electric engine… haha... this is the Problem with all Electric engines… in the end the good ol' Diesel or steam still runs on the tracks, when the nuclear plant did break in pieces.

[@Bahamas-rd8le]

blitzbrain they have two in case one fails

[@scodeknight3178]

Well engines like these were built on the cheap, why do you think they call them diseasels

[@howardleah8401]

Absolutely fantastic collection of 37's, Really capturing the awesome 37's sound. No locomotive exists with a greater sound.

[@tallyhochaps3216]

One of the best compilations of class 37 'canings' i have seen!! great stuff!

[@marcconyard5024]

I can just imagine three of these triple heading a goods on the Cowan Bank!! That 12CSVT is an amazing bit of kit.

[@supercuda1950]

I love the sounds, the scenery, and the double ended engines.

[@pakosinbad830]

If only this soundtrack was played in nightclubs I'd still be going out😔

[@robertleclare3896]

These engines sound remarkably similar to the Alco models I grew up with (and are still in short line use) in Canada 🇨🇦. Awesome 😎

[@JaredRouse8465]

Awesome video mate 👍😃! I love the br class 37 and these sounded absolutely magnificent.

[@soundnicetome]

Nice piece of footage captured....where the little boy held by his mum shouts to the driver,and the driver acknowledges with a wave a horn blast,and plenty of clagg. You don`t see these sort of things happen very often today...the `young uns` are too busy on their laptors

[@johnpeters229]

soundnicetome r

[@coaldust01]

how right you are!

[@granthardy2813]

soundnicetome Cough up that diesel plume in your spume, good to see the trains carrying their own flasks like the train spotting lads.

[@jamtart606]

The phrase 'young uns' gets me everytime!

[@southwestrailaviationprodu3072]

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[@tjordulf]

The sound is a Norton Dominator and a Supermarine Spitfire all rolled into one, you hear it and instantly have a longing for Fish n Chips, or Crumpets with Marmite and Cheddar a packet of Jammy Dodgers, or some Tunnocks caramel wafers and a pot of Tea. You couldn't make it any more British if Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise or The Two Ronnies, were driving it! 💚🇬🇧

[@nottudyug]

Thrastastic....these old loco's have stood the test of time !!

[@no.6123]

Just love the contrast between the Chaffinch and the 37 near Rainham

[@soundnicetome]

Nice lot of footage of my old favourite class of diesel...beats East Enders any time....and top marks for the content..well done.

[@liselotteweiespulver6817]

I feel in love with British vintage diesels! THAT is sound!

[@leeosborne3793]

Great video! Brings back fond memories of night time runs along the North Wales Coast Line in the late nineties, enjoying the thrash. :)

[@craig1102003]

same here Lee, except was between Brum Int'l and Crewe for me lol!

[@johnsinden8757]

The End Thanks for Watching And thanks to you for going to all the trouble and effort to film this and make it available. Brilliant!

[@KenBrownekb71000duke]

Awesome and very well edited video mate - that's a mega like and fav from me of my fav diesels. Full marks to DRS for keeping them going and in great condition too! Little did I know when they began appearing at Polmadie and Eastfield MPDs Glasgow back in the 60s that they would still be going strong in 2013!! 50 years and counting - amazing locos and thanks for the upload. Cheers. Ken

[@YsanneOshea]

Mechanical Music to my ears bringing fond memories of the West Highland line, a bleak Rannoch Moor and snow drifts that needed three tries to pass!

[@cliveharman7762]

Remember seeing class 37s on Medway valley line(strood to paddock wood)on engineers trains.also the class 37 in this video ( 37254) is now a mainline locomotive or was.

[@JackTheOfficeWorker]

1:25 I like that Class 37 Thrash Sound/Smoke

[@AllenORourke1954]

I remember lying in bed and hearing double headed 37’s labouring up the slope at Annfield Plain with the iron ore trains to Consett in County Durham, a sweet sound...👍👍👍

[@marcconyard5024]

Love to see a triple header of these over here in Australia, slogging it out on Cowan Bank!

[@jetstream454]

🙌

[@rogertycholiz2218]

Napier Deltics had a really unique sound - like a pleasant growl. They were a really smooth running engine.

[@voidjavelin23]

except this whole video isnt a deltic locomotive

[@84asrd84boxy]

A great compilation of 37 sights and sounds, great stuff, thanks for sharing...Bill

[@ThatsnewsTV]

I know they don't sound as good as steam locos, but there's something very satisfying about the throaty roar of a Class 37!

[@Mog435]

i worked on the replacment engine modifications some years ago in crewe loco works had some fires on them cutting out the old internal battery boxes must of been 25 years ago !!

[@vivekbarchha]

So I have a question about these locomotives, why do they rev intermittently? As soon as they start to smoke the throttle cuts off for a second, is that the on board electronics preventing the air fuel mixture from getting too rich and choking the turbo? We have these retro fitted in most old Indian locomotives but the ones without electronic throttle restrictiors can be slammed straight from notch 3 to 8 and that creates huge clouds of black unburnt diesel which looks gorgeous (although I'd imagine Greenpeace wouldn't be too happy).

[@andymathieson3678]

Often wheel slip causing power to be cut then very basic engine governor applying power to fast . Class 37 governor is fairly basic opens fuel racks rather fast no ramping of power like better governors . If you ever listen to cold 37's they ages to settle down ie really bad hunting ie revs up and down .Also driver can make them smoke when i have driven them soon as you pull for power you instantly hear roar of engine and lots smoke .Not much in way of electronics on most 37's apart from some of the rebuilt ones has electronic load regs but still clag the same though We use to double head them on fairly heavy train and had steep incline after speed restriction you should seen them powering up there . They had diverts going in and out at different times offl loading with slip all at different time on each loco .Did not work together very well lol

[@southwestrailaviationprodu3072]

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[@gimmibigpower3888]

thank you very much 4 this posting, it has to be the best sounding turbo diesel powered train on the planet, thanks from australia :)

[@akastonefaceddog]

3:18 to 3:44 is immense.

[@19DaRrEn85]

This is brilliant,some excellent footage there 5*!!

[@multipreach2674]

Great vid....i hope these locos will run for many more years.

[@confuzzled5770]

The sound is as iconic as a Spitfire but with more Thunderous power that sets of car alarms :)

[@hexonatapeloop]

How did they get one onto the epping-ongar line? Via Stratford in the middle of the night?

[@whitemoor66]

Great vid. Can't get enough of English Electrics finest! Andy

[@johnhiggins8221]

There really isn't much else that compares to the sound of a 37, they used to scare the shit out of me when i was a kid waiting at the station lol

[@jimlord1622]

Excellent enjoyable and brought back memories use to be an engineer at B R

[@phanson96]

What a noise, dont really have any similar sounding locos' here in America, imagine how it feels to just hoon a 120+ ton locamotive around?!? Great vid!

[@chrisbroesky2932]

You'd think for safety reasons they wouldn't put such quiet mufflers on ours. Can't even hear them coming.

[@phanson96]

@@chrisbroesky2932 Good thing they have horns, but even that's not enough for some. Older models certainly were louder, naturally.

[@21C123]

On the day of 37682 running solo, 37510 which had been running with it failed with some sort of wheelset problem, and was taken off the train at Tonbridge when it was enroute to Dungeness.

[@LilianMRailway]

Great video and good locations, thanks for sharing and only wish that my 5" gauge 37 produced smoke like that!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

why?

[@noooo_safechat2589]

Didn’t Epping Ongar buy the old 1938 tube stocks that were running the island line? If so, are they in service on the railway yet

[@GUnitSeanAKAmong]

Okay, I've just seen nuclear flasks going through Bangor N.W., but there is no railway to Wylfa (the power station on Anglesey). Any ideas? Is there some method I'm not aware of?

[@dmclement74]

The trains go to the terminal at Valley www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d2511!2d-4.5595408!3d53.2801306!2m1!1e3&fid=7

[@terrelmchenry9524]

FUEL RODS , TEA AND DELTIC. I LOVE ALL THREE.

[@peteotoole8383]

the avro Vulcan of the tracks beautiful to look at and listen to

[@iainhunneybell]

Anyone know why the 37s seem to have survived so well vs. say the 40s, 45s or once ubiquitous 47s?

[@craig1102003]

amazingly edited! awesome! must check out part 1!

[@21C123]

Thanks for the comment. There is a part 3 on my channel now.

[@craig1102003]

Cheers for that mate, must check it out :)

[@RPKGameVids]

The sights and sounds are marvelous, the only thing that's missing is the smell.

[@juanra4483]

Hermosas maquinas. Muy potentes. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@bally55andy]

37th heaven of thrashing, excellent footage. cheers

[@chloedevereaux1801]

such an amazing distinctive engine sound.... love it :D

[@billybellend1155]

What a masculine pair of legs. 🤮

[@marcconyard5024]

I remember the fantastic sound of the 1620 class on Queensland Railways. Nothing beats the sound of an EE at full notch. Beats a GM hands down!

[@cidertom5140]

I can’t stand ying yings never mind ssangyoung Ming mings😂rexton

[@Bevoin1970]

You captured some of your video clips from excellent vantage points. Awesome sounds and video footage. :-)

[@marcconyard5024]

Love to see some of these make their way to Australia.

[@perthsaint66]

Bet they could make it on a single tank of diesel.

[@animal6287]

The Aussie B class has a much more sweet sound.

[@nathanlawrence5939]

What a sweet sound, beautiful locos!

[@gbjvc6098]

Nathan Lawrence

[@peterwilms1395]

Such a Beautiful Noise!

[@JonWhitton]

Guessing the double headed locomotives with the nuclear containers are in case one of the class 37's engines fails?

[@21C123]

That's right.

[@madcatdaveh]

I was in Ravenglass and saw many a train with the flasks with two engines assuming the same, the sound and the power you could feel as they traveled past was an experience !!!!

[@nigelterry9299]

They are cheaper than a modern loco and spared are plentiful, thanks to the many that have fallen by the wayside.

[@SASH155]

Are these so loud and dirty because they are fundamentally underpowered? They seem to struggle to get going and produce steam engine quantities of smoke. Is it mainly because the prime movers are cold at startup?

[@kiwitrainguy]

How about a single 37 hauling the Nuclear Flask train at 9.08 ?.

[@stevekelly5166]

Loads of nuclear flasks here. 40 odd years ago they used to haul iron ore to Llanwern steelworks in South Wales triple headed.

[@29boilersunderthesea99]

British engineering back in the day something you could be proud of

[@alanhutchins5916]

Japan were already building the bullet train.......

[@29boilersunderthesea99]

@@alanhutchins5916 true but I was never saying it was cutting edge just good engineering that was reliable compared to modern day or atleast some modern day British engineering

[@alanhutchins5916]

@@29boilersunderthesea99 I love Class 55's and 37's as much as anyone....but we could have done more with Rail, even France are way ahead...

[@29boilersunderthesea99]

@@alanhutchins5916 yep tbf both France and Japan had their railways flattened by ww2 and needed to rebuild from ground up and as such were able to overhaul them

[@alanhutchins5916]

@@29boilersunderthesea99 Unions destroyed National Rail, Government and greed destroyed privatized Rail......🙄

[@CS80undermybed]

What a bloody delicious racket! I want one - although Christ knows where I would keep it! I know - I'd set it up as a static display in my garden, then crank it up on quiet Sunday mornings.. much to the delight of my neighbours! I'm sure they wouldn't mind when I told them it was a classic :-))

[@christinebaker8754]

Me too! Would love a 37 in the back garden just to gawp at. Have to be a blue baby, I think, cos I love the contrast with the big yellow snoot. And those sad eye windows - OMG, going into overload here just thinking about it. Where can I get one??????

[@tomski787]

Is that NFRs they're hauling?

[@dronegirl2024]

luv the sound of a class 37 working hard they sound awesome

[@cmeonthemove]

10 minutes of one of my favourite diesels - excellent! I'm intrigued by the shot of 37682 at Appledore running flasks solo - were these empties?

[@liamthewerewolf8233]

me i just like the engine sound...at 2:35 that loco just floored it!!

[@pete37038]

Ace quality, great vid well edited enjoyed it, cheers!

[@XOROHN]

what a nice sound yea , a question about what she is carrying at first 3 minutes of the video , look's like carnages for nuclear waste?

[@Dedfaction]

Yup, I'm pretty sure they are nuclear waste flasks! There's a good video up on youtube of them crashing a Class 46 into one them to demonstrate how strong they are.

[@SMX815]

Music to my ears & these are the business 👏🇬🇧

[@MartyMNZ]

That must of been a lot of work to put all that together. Nice job mate. Very cool. Thanks!

[@21C123]

Thanks for the comment. It did take a while to put together but worth it!

[@wellingtonnorthjunction3911]

I love the sounds of 37s

[@Hammertime054]

Love the sounds of these beasts, cant beat it👍👍👍shear power

[@BobbyTM10]

Awesome engine sound here. Big Like !

[@charleskirby6143]

Bloody beautiful sight and sound!!!!! I'm sure the tree hugging environmental nutters go berserk seeing the exhaust at throttle up. Great video!!!!!!

[@thomaslauffenberger5795]

The Deltic has such a distinctive sound, and the Class 37 has such a distinct look; it's like a two-faced pig grunting constantly! Much different from the EMCs and such in North America. I need to study that engine more...

[@mick2345vid]

just a brilliant video thanks for the upload

[@421mog]

What causes the surging starting at 1:23 anyone? I've noticed 37s seem especially prone to this.

[@voidjavelin23]

hunting which is result of the engine obviously hunting for a perfect RPM set by the throttle controller

[@fabianthomas7312]

for such a big bit of kit they move well and the growl I loved that sound as a kid!!

[@alanmunro]

love the 37 thrash thanks

[@davidwratten7728]

Must be getting old my memories are of the milk, boat, paper,and mail trains comming down the river Medway into Rochester overnight. The sound of the steam whistle would wake you up, if the fire box door was open glowing in the dark bonus. The smell of coal smoke just does not compare to diesel, not that either were good for one's health. Childhood memories of the coal man in his leather coat, drayman bringing barrels of real beer to the pub, the smell of the barrels and beer awesome. The milkman delivering on his horse and cart, he would walk up the street with two hand crates of 8 bottles, plonking the full bottles down and picking up the empties. As he moved up the street he would give his horse a whistle and the beatifull animal would move up to him as knew exactly how far to go. Rag and bone man, the pig bin man picking up the kitchen waste from all the vegetables, gas light man with his small red ladder to set the gas switch /mantel and clock. Just memories for a few people now, looking back the good old days were just that. One other memory in the winter get the milk in before the sparrows peck the tops open for the cream!!!!!!

[@chrisbroesky2932]

Does anyone know much about where these operate or if they even do anymore? I'd like to see them live someday.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Network rail use them on test trains. DRS still have a small fleet

[@Wirralspotter]

Colas Rail have some, which they use on their Infrastructure test trains, and sometimes route learning. DRS have some which are now used on RHTT’s, route learning and to haul nuclear flasks. ROG have some which they use to haul new trains, and also trains going for scrap etc, and also heritage railways

[@michigandon]

These locos are just wonderful. Very Alcoesque!

[@TheTruckslover]

Is that interrupted acceleration normal in locomotives? (secon train in the video), it seems like if he was opening and closing the gas gauge.

[@Moodster020]

+elvc Wheelslip ~cut throttle to regain traction.

[@21C123]

From what I gather something inside the locomotive was set up different which gave the impression that the driver was opening then closing the power handle. In other cases though, a driver of a locomotive may 'play to the crowd' to cause this affect or as mentioned could be to do with wheelslip and then regaining traction.

[@shedontanks]

Did anyone see what were on t' tanks this morning? Worrit shed?

[@nigelterry9299]

Love a good type 3 and there's plenty of them here......

[@Jeeptek1]

Why does the power surge like that? On US locomotive s the rpms increase under load but don't bounce up and down.

[@voidjavelin23]

their called hunting

[@MrWesternDuke]

That was wonderful!

[@takethehighroad5027]

The 37 is just like the antonov planes they have the distinctive noise thats easily identifyable

[@163richardb]

super footage and good sound ! Nice one