37403 cold start and test run, 4K

The cold start up and test running of English Electric Class 37403 at Bo'ness Scotland on 21st December 2021.
The loaded test run can be seen at :
• 37403 loaded test run ...

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Let me guess: No smoking in the shed, right?!?

[@chris77777777ify]

I have a colleague at work ( I’m HGV driver ) hello if your reading Who owns a diesel electric loco just like this one, back in the 90’s British rail where selling off some old rolling stock & he bought one for just 25,000, scrap value. After transporting it via HGV to a private railway line, he & a group of experts rebuild it & now it’s back out working that he hires out. A company just offered him 4,000,000 for it. It’s great being an HGV driver because everyone thinks we’re losers but we’re not!! The turbo barely fits on a U.K. pallet, it’s massive & the pistons are the size of a basket ball all 16 of them. It weighs 108 tonnes

[@BONESS27001]

These locos are money pits. Thanks for your comment.

[@stevemumbling7720]

What would happen if he took the 4M, would he have to share it with the team that rebuilt it?

[@class50thrasher]

Saying 16, are you on about a class 50 or class 40?

[@michaeldocherty7415]

I worked on the Sulzer engines all through the1970s when I was working in Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness.I used to hear them running in the test bed next to the machine shop I was working in at the time.Some of these diesel locos are sometimes still used on the coastal line between Barrow and Carlisle.I remember going to see one of the first ones that had been built on display at Barrow station in the late 1950,s.Little did I know that I would be working on the same engine many years later.I know we made thousands of spare parts right up until 1981. Mike Docherty.

[@Grid56]

Not a Sulzer but an English Electric

[@adeburnham419]

The fire breathing dragon emerges from its cave...... The 37 has such a distinctive sound there's no other engine you can hear and identify before you see it. These were the main engines that ran near my grandads house when I was a boy and I have had such an affection for them ever since.

[@stetsonsteve]

Reminds me of the bus depot first thing on a winter’s morning in the 70s after the fleet had been started up, we had to walk through the fog to get to the workshop to clock in. Sometimes you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. Someone phoned the fire brigade one morning, with all the smoke billowing out of the doors they thought the depot was on fire.

[@barrie5852]

I worked as a bus driver and can confirm a cold morning starting the buses would look like that, I shouder to think what toxins I breathed in

[@snigwithasword1284]

Wow. I work for a ~100 bus school district, we have diesel buses pre- and post- diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) requirement and we just started buying gasoline buses. This is my 3rd year working thru the Minnesota winter and I've definitely felt 'gassed' on those cold mornings but hardly any of it is visible. Blows me away how much emissions standards have done. Not to imply it was remotely acceptable to delay switching everything to a nuclear electric grid 60 years ago instead of building coal plants like it was going out of style...

[@mofo1739]

Experienced the same in the mid 80's when I worked for Tyne and wear PTE at Byker depot Newcastle , used to get gased every day in the workshops .

[@M20RUM]

Now thats what I call a Growler! - love the things, used to be woken up by them in South Wales Growling along (often double headed) hauling the longest coal train you could ever see, was actually a comforting regularity in my life that was pretty chaotic when young.

[@mikeoxlong3504]

South wales here too! It was almost always 33, 34, or 35 coal trucks! Imagine how heavy that must have been!

[@andrewmonument8847]

Wouldn't it have made more sense... to tow it outside with the 08 shunter before firing up the engines !

[@stewartross1233]

Just what I was thinking! Apart from the health/safety risk the engine was pulling the smoke into its own intake compounding the issue.

[@godngunclinger]

☁someone would then have to carry the box of starter fluid back in the shop💨

[@liamholcroft7212]

no, hotboxing the workshop is part of the fun.

[@stratman9449]

see my comment....:-D.....we're always more lnowledable "afterwards".....

[@dibsyardshuntinglayout]

My thoughts, exactly.

[@bulletuk11]

I used to work in Manchester Victoria East Junction signal box, and had them parked up right under the large windows, It was a race to close the windows when they started them up especially in hot weather.

[@cnosprandt5155]

Excellent video! Hats off to the workers who got this engine back on the rails. When people see a train pass few have an appreciation for the level of effort and skill required behind the scenes to keep to keep these running. Thank you for posting!

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comments.

[@zenithperigee7442]

@C Nosprandt, yea there is so much involved in maintaining rails and the machines that run on them. We see these multi-ton machines run on rails which appear to be solid steel that won't bend or break BUT it was pretty stunning to see that after the fasteners and everything are removed & you lift the rail with a machine, the rail just waves about like a snake.

[@GWLAD]

Surely one of the Greatest if not the Greatest Diesel Locomotive of all time 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mirvids5036]

I agree. What a workhorse. They even sold some to the French and possibly Hungary after the BR ballsup/breakup. I had a train set as a kid and it was a 37. Many, many moons ago.

[@jimbodimbo981]

@@mirvids5036 me too.. great train for a kid

[@thomasshepard6030]

If that’s an old eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 37 I probably drove it up the west highland line to Oban many times when I was a fireman 1974 in the winter they were never shut down the plume of smoke and fumes that hung over the depot was unbelievable best engine ever my uncle Jim Matthew was a mainline driver at eastfield spent many great shifts wit him as my driver on the ghost train to Oban he would let me drive up and back down best time of my life

[@andy199121]

6:49 😂 ‘on track to netzero’ love it

[@DS-cf1zc]

🤣

[@Lukozer]

That is such glorious irony

[@MrTheomighty1]

This is the best looking train ever. It brings back so many child hood memories as we used to have 2 coal mines about 7 miles apart closer if you walked and these locos were used to move coal from silverdale colliery over to Holditch colliery Newcastle under Lyme

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for you comments.

[@skylined5534]

Ayup me duck! I remember sometimes my mum's car getting stopped at the Barlaston level crossing and seeing usually one of these pulling what seemed like miles of coal trucks to the storage fields for Meaford Power Station B!

[@skyriseaerialmedia6808]

I love seeing these start up and running👍

[@kookaburrakookaburra]

trains of the British Empire, what a beautiful sight and sound.

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks very much for your comment.

[@70053morayfirth]

I never thought I would see a steam loco as the clean air option.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

I want one of these to start every morning,.. if I’m gonna pay this “clean air zone” charge, then I want my moneys worth.

[@robinfrostick3843]

A truly beautiful beast !

[@christopherhulse8385]

Bescot TMD 1987, in the shed as an apprentice running 4 x 31s! i can still smell and taste that EE exhaust today!

[@marcushenno]

Fantastic! One of my fav engines! I need to visit this railway.

[@jjjamieson4740]

Well done for making such a lovely job of this. The sound is superb

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks.

[@simonverity6763]

I can remember being at Salisbury train station when one class 37 did a tour of honor before being retired. Brings back childhood memories...

[@pmason1234]

Yep, that’s exactly how I was expecting that workshop to look after it started 😂😂😂

[@derrickmanning2597]

That 37 coming out of the shed through the smoke would have been a crackin advert for the engine! Love the old 37s such a powerful thing,and a cold start is always a good watch,almost like coming back from the dead every time seemjng happy to be alive again! Ya cant keep a good diesel down!

[@BONESS27001]

Thanls for your comment Derrick.

[@muzzaball]

Wow, it sounds so quiet and smooth - and powerful.

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks

[@stuartrouse1276]

Love the sound of these engines pure diesel power

[@honestspirit56]

Nice to see the old smoker still going with fresh parts. It’s got some pep after the refit.

[@MarkusGustav]

Ah, nothing like a graceful emergence from its own smoke cloud. Who needs a fog machine? Seriously though, 37 my favorite British locomotive. Wonderful work and thanks for keeping her alive. (Also hello to the adorable little Sulzer too!)

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment Marcus.

[@johncase2974]

Adding large, high volume cfm exhaust fans at both ends of the shed, one end sucking air in & the other pushing air out, would greatly if not completely reduce the exhaust smoke issue. Just an observation.

[@kge420]

Or, just drag it outside. But running it indoors like that is just goofy.

[@joncalon7508]

Oh my. Why would you even think of starting it inside? Pull the thing outdoors and THEN start it. Literally everything in that shed is going to have a layer of Unburned oil on it…

[@billb7876]

Oh shut up and enjoy

[@johncase2974]

@@billb7876 Really ?? How mature of you !

[@cmr58]

You have bigger things to worry about!!! Trust me!!

[@aepickard7907]

Great quick start. Glad I was not working in the TMD at the time - or for some time after!

[@philbailey8082]

At 1:00 I actually thought that man was closing the door to enhance the fumes, then at 3:34 it looks like the class 37 is appearing on stars in their eyes!

[@Thornaby37]

Excellent video 👍 Looks like anyone going to Bo'ness on the 29th are in for an awesome day

[@KenBrownekb71000duke]

Hope it’s still on!

[@paulshepherd1348]

Opens her eyes and emerges from the shed Iike a Phoenix from the ashes!!

[@Melvin.B]

What a machine! One of my favourite locomotives ❤️

[@tonimoralee8989]

Awful!!

[@tomasstanek319]

Loud and dirty scrap!!

[@chrisp4170]

A 37???

[@Melvin.B]

​@@chrisp4170it's a powerhouse of a machine

[@ericnorteman5341]

That train is making its own climate

[@eirianthomas8053]

Love the sound of these beasts

[@chrishines6048]

Love the 37 such a gorgeous loco ( in my opinion )

[@garyhinson3876]

great work lads, the euphoria of it all coming together after all the hard work, mixed with the bottom clenching hope that its all going to hold together !!, love it

[@richardluce775]

Love how it sounds like a bag of bolts jangling around until it settles into the familiar rhythm.

[@paulshillito7162]

Well done lads another ace repair...

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks.

[@garydilnot2212]

Great to see this beastie come to life again. Class 37 reignite....Greta's delight.

[@paullacey2999]

🤭🤭🤭

[@roguewave1060]

Wow, that's an impressive amount of smoke. Just a silly idea, but wouldn't it be a lot easier to tow it outside and start it up there?

[@ednorton47]

They are trying not to pollute the atmosphere.

[@roguewave1060]

@@ednorton47 Because the smoke trapped inside will never enter the atmosphere? 🤣 (especially when they open up all the doors and windows) You eco-boys really lack some fundamental reasoning skills.

[@JohnHughes2002]

@@roguewave1060 it was a joke!

[@roguewave1060]

@@JohnHughes2002 Apologies, but next time, perhaps include a smilie at the end? There are so many certified nutcases with the IQ of a broomstick out there, that there's no way to tell who's joking and who's dead serious. 😉

[@bradhanson4803]

Global warming at its best

[@robsundance203]

Looking and sounding amazing!

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment.

[@robertbruce7686]

The loco emerging from the shed (with smoke). Excellent eco horror shot 😉

[@BONESS27001]

it won't happen again. Thanks for your comment Robert.

[@eastcoastdcc]

FAB! So good to see 37 403 running. @1:25 “we’re gonna need a bigger fan….” So glad no Baby Sulzers were harmed. They sound FAB too! Cheers Ross, building a layout at East Coast DCC

[@AllianceB95]

Who doesnt love these fumes i can about imagine the sweet coldstart smell Excellent video!!!! Greetz from the Netherlands, Bjorn

[@alphataurusii]

I love the Diesel smell 😋👍

[@oscarosullivan4513]

I love them as well also not a brit

[@549BR]

Beautiful restoration.

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your kind comment. I'll pass it on the SRPS diesel group.

[@EnthusiastCarHangar]

Love it! Thanks for sharing! I will try to add more railroad content to my channel.

[@dieseldavetrains8988]

One would have thought they would have took it outside the shed with a shunting loco to start rather than fill up the shed with all that smoke? Not productive to employee health concerns and coating the shed in smut and soot. 37403 reminds me of an ALCO start up, renown for smoke! I like the little white Scottie dog on the side. Nice clip.

[@brandonlesco7988]

That would require a brain and an ounce of for sight . Far too high a price

[@lawrenceholden5716]

Nah, Engineers aren't snowflakes, they love that stuff.

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

@@lawrenceholden5716 Brainless remark.

[@willdsm08]

It has to do with vermin control. Mice, rats, Englishman, they can't exist in that kind of atmosphere.

[@stratman9449]

@@willdsm08 yep...and a happy new year from germany too....:-D

[@DaveInBridport]

The 37s really are the dog's. Love the sound...

[@mrdilligaf1968]

Every greenie should have one of these. Awesome start

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment.

[@ZX7ROB]

Such an ideal working environment

[@KenBrownekb71000duke]

Great wee clip and the 37 sounds very good, we’ll done to all involved in the refurb!! Can’t wait to see/hear her on 29th if it’s still on!! Thanks. Ken

[@BONESS27001]

Its still on.

[@paulflatt7777]

Great to see a Scottie, at Derby RTC on 1980's I was involved in fitting flange lubrication to the Scotties Nice to see double heading on test, at Derby loco the heavy general repairs were double headed Derby to Leicester to line prove before entering service.

[@davebarclay4429]

It's actually a Westie. Scotties are black, Westies are white ;-)

[@matthew0605]

I didn't know that about that breed of dog, I just thought both colours were just westies. Thanks for the enlightenment . Have a goodun -bud the painter-

[@NN-iu6bh]

"Isle of Mull"What a machine, I love this engine sound .... Awesome

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment.

[@CyclonesFan24]

Sounds amazing.

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

6:45 Train on the right: "On track to Net Zero!" (Bigger, stronger, better) Engine on the left: "Not if I have a say in it, nancy boy."

[@AllenORourke1954]

I can still hear these double heading the iron ore trains up the 1 in 35 stretch at Annfield Plain in County Durham on the Consett branch, full bore all the way, sweet music...

[@mirvids5036]

Did a railtour there once and an 08 hauled us up to and around the steel works. Bushes and trees were already overgrown at the sides of the track.

[@racheljennings1688]

Had freights go past where I lived at 1AM and 3PM I loved it. Christchurch NZ.

[@bobob4477]

Good god, watching that first part in the shed almost asphyxiated me, 10,000 miles away.

[@BONESS27001]

This was a bad idea and much worse than expected. We won't be doing that again. Thanks for your comment bobob.

[@irelandbloke]

What an awesome locomotive ! 👍

[@BONESS27001]

I agree. Thanks for your comment.

[@irelandbloke]

@@BONESS27001 You're welcome !

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video! :D

[@chris_3636]

Brave people, starting that in the shed 😬

[@stratman9449]

vikings, danishmen and scots know no fear.....as we all know.....:-)

[@chris_3636]

@@stratman9449 Can't argue with that 😁

[@haroldinsley171]

A majestic locomotive

[@leodis55]

Just love the sound, but choking on the smoke . I'm glad that there are engineers to fettle these machines for all to remember and not lost to the scrapyard.😁Thanks for the video. Bye the way I think a lot of the rails need replacing unless it's my eyes !!!!

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for you comments.

[@neilward5968]

I suppose it would have be too difficult to have had extraction fans fitted in the engine repair shop🤔🤔

[@leodis55]

@@neilward5968 I suspect your right there . Just love the sound though.

[@chris_3636]

Even the 27 moved out of the way 😁

[@rearspeaker6364]

powerful smoke!

[@ScaniaVabis580]

Love it! 👏👏👏

[@wandawizard5605]

Love hearing that 37 purring away.

[@BONESS27001]

Its nice. Thank you for commenting.

[@russscott646]

love it,cant beat a cold start, one of the good points of the job,

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for commenting Russ.

[@madyogi6164]

Two suggestions: 1st Close all the door and workers inside, then make a bet who will last longer. One who leaves 1st pays for all rounds in bar. One that leaves last has next Friday free... 2nd Did any of you figured out the loco can be pulled out and cranked outside? Yes, that would ruin point 1...

[@petersmith4455]

hi, great video, the 37 is sounding really good, glad its back on track,well done to the engineers who gave the engine a makeover, Have they still got the hybrid DVT with a JCB engine in it ? a really interesting machine.

[@harrytilbury2453]

Yea the DVT is still there somewhere apparently..

[@BONESS27001]

@@harrytilbury2453 The Ex DVT resides in the storage siding next to the diesel shed for now.

[@jaybee1921]

Hi all, an enjoyable watch, certainly a great deal of exhaust on cold start...I noticed the door was opened in a hurry...great locos these 37's...

[@stephenpowell5912]

Beautiful Tractor Sound ❤❤❤❤

[@steves5172]

Just another big donk starting up, but don’t we simply love em! Great video, thanks for posting!

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your kind comment Steve.

[@phillipsiviter2024]

Great to see the Isle Of Mull out and about again - mind you that she’d will be smoking for a week after that start 😀

[@iainf]

Seems quite clean at the end when up & running 👍

[@stratman9449]

yep..."quite".....about a years worth of heating oil for a small village went up in that shed......:-)

[@stevebandit1964]

Always loved the 37s from when I was a young kid when my Grandad worked on the Railway...

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for commenting Steve.

[@TomCro73]

Wonderful... especially love the essential Eastfield craftsmanship.... if you know, you know.

[@BONESS27001]

I know. Thanks for your comments.

[@MetrickMetal]

That sounds just like my diesel truck when I start it up in the morning.

[@alphataurusii]

And the same sexy pollution?😋☠🌲☠😄

[@dibsyardshuntinglayout]

Please excuse my ignorance as I'm not a locomotive engineer but a former automotive mechanic, but if this is the first start for a very long time, do you not check around to make sure it's not puking oil/coolant/fuel? And if that is part of the start up process would it not be prudent to pull it out side with another loco, and start up or there, to save the engineer's lungs? 😂

[@SvenTviking]

The motor and generator is inside the casing and there are doors from the cabs to get in. So the engineers would be checking the motor inside

[@dibsyardshuntinglayout]

@@SvenTviking would it still not be full of poisonous diesel exhaust fumes... They looked like they pretty much enveloped everything in the shed....

[@warwagon]

Legend has it that building is still full of exhaust.

[@BONESS27001]

That building is full of legends. Thanks for commenting.

[@cecilwilson5442]

Glad to hear that some of the great trains are still running and being looked after,,had Hornby model's of both,, from northern Ireland,, ☘️☘️😃

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for commenting Cecil.

[@loubyloustar]

The Class 37 easily has the best start up out of all locomotives. (Except the Deltic)

[@mogwaifan7094]

Thats a great clip. Love the growl of that loco. Is that a Westie terrier on the side panel.?

[@BONESS27001]

It is a Westie, this was the symbol for Eastfield depot in Glasgow who supplied and maintained the locos for the West Highland line in the 1980s.

[@mogwaifan7094]

@@BONESS27001 I look after my mother's westie. Such a loyal little dog.. Keep up the good work and keep preserving those great trains. Regards from Ireland

[@jasonga]

That sound reminds me of my apprentiseships days at Blackstone!!

[@michaelperkins5746]

Luved the 1750s and the 2750s Fantastic Locos

[@msmarttt]

Brilliant! Love the noise and smoke and as an added bonus the green freaks will hate it! 👍👏

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks very much for your comments Mike.

[@Twin_Flyer]

Great video, love the sound. Is that track as bent as it looks at 6:13??

[@stratman9449]

yep.....

[@billb7876]

I did wonder that lol

[@ryanh5406]

Shop/yard tracks typically have some of the worst and oldest rail, because they don’t have to be maintained to the same standards as mainline rail

[@smallrails6831]

That's amazing footage

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment.

[@mortjoer]

I just have to commend also, the people who came up with the british railway logo, it's just so clever😊 Cheers from Denmark

[@BONESS27001]

The logo is the normal direction of two running lines in the UK. Thanks for your comment.

[@mortjoer]

@@BONESS27001 Yes but it bares some resemblance to the Union Jack as well

[@BONESS27001]

@@mortjoer I suppose it does.

[@paulmatulavich7321]

Outstanding filming and editing here. Please tell me what camera, lens, and tripod you are using.

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comments. I use a Panasonic HC-VXF990 4k Video camera with an old manfrotto tripod.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

I never understand why loco sheds don’t ever seem to have any f ing big exhaust fans in the roof ?

[@richardmessenger9474]

My Scammell Crusader with a Rolls Royce 305 Eagle engine used to smoke like that on a cold start... They all used to do it...👍👍...great video...I love these old diesel's they sound fantastic...

[@BONESS27001]

Thanks for your comment Richard.

[@kevelliott]

I could smell that exhaust from here!

[@FromClaphamJunction]

One of the best 37 videos - very enjoyable with action and awesome shots of this powerful beast. Although it did sound like it was being disturbed from a nice long rest. Back in the day, did cold starts take so long with so much groaning and smoke?

[@iainf]

I’ve a feeling they never switched them off !

[@123LooKey]

@@iainf I have read somewhere back in the day British rail never switched some of them off over the weekends

[@steves5172]

Quite true!I remember Laira sheds Plymouth in late sixties, and early seventies when class 52s were left running , certainly overnight, for days at a time.

[@thomasshepard6030]

@@123LooKey I can tell you without a doubt when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 all the engines were left running during the winter as they would not start again on there own if an engine shut down it had to be taken into the sheds and the fitters would get it running class 37 27 20 were all the same

[@thomasshepard6030]

@@iainf they were all left running during winter nights as you could not get them to start I was a fireman at eastfield traction depot Glasgow 1974 onwards

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

Such a unique engine sound! Does anyone know if the engine has some sort of unusual firing order or crank-shaft geometry?

[@stratman9449]

no.....:-)

[@HarleyFurgesson]

Look up Napier Deltic, they are a unique engine !

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

@@HarleyFurgesson Deltics are my favorite diesel locomotives! Great looks and amazing sound!

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

@@HarleyFurgesson It’s a Class 37 not a Deltic (Class 55). So a great big V12 instead.

[@steviesteve750]

@@HarleyFurgesson completely different engine design and configuration. Most of BR's diesel electric sets from the 60s thru to the 90s were all either V engined diesels with nothing special other than huge turbo. Most were either English Electric or Sulzer engines. The Napier Deltic was a quasi radial engine that was designed for WW2 naval gunships.

[@NGAUGEMICKVIDS2011]

Nice sound and another loco out on the circuit

[@Richie_]

I had a ride on one of those. A train driver who came in our pub took me to Stratford yard in London. I was 12

[@24nov67]

great video thanks for sharing. what was done to the engine?

[@BONESS27001]

The engine had a full refurb back to zero hours condition.

[@mylesspear]

And I thought ALCO’s put out a lot of smoke…

[@jeffcibulka4186]

Congratulations!

[@stevehislop]

Mighty clever to start it inside of the shed:)

[@BONESS27001]

We didn't think it would have been that bad.