37419 COLD START

37419 Trying it's best to start in very cold conditions on the 8th February 2007 at Old Oak Common Depot LONDON UK.
The power unit is clearly COLD hence the reason it is struggling to start.It does start once the cylinder temperature rises around the 1:12 min mark.
So,Please, Please stop telling us all how cold it is in your country this video is not about that.All comments made about how cold it is in your country will be deleted,we are not interested.Thanks.
"Three Million hits" thank you all for the views.

[@diioriog]

3 million views for an engine start-up... there must be something deeper than just passion for trains and engines ...

[@Hmm-ze3xe]

Yep

[@lewis72]

+diioriog Snow.

[@keego2001]

+diioriog It's the smoke rings

[@Bronywithguns870]

maybe its the sick beat that we get in the beginning.

[@kyledombrowski7051]

Choo choo

[@TractorSnarl]

Great video. Love the 37s. For the uninitiated among you, English Electric Type 3s (later Class 37s under the TOPS coding system) were built in the 1960s after British Railways sought to eradicate steam. BR, rather strangely, didn't feel the need to specify Cold Starting abilities when they were in the ordering process, which is why almost all pre-1980s BR diesels struggle to start. The engine oil systems and engine governor do not work properly until it is warm, hence the struggle to start. Cl

[@tonimoralee8989]

Horrible locos. Polluters.

[@djl5424]

I'm privileged to have worked on the first, D6700

[@SuperBC10]

I had a Ford Transit di once that used to take longer to start than this😂. 3 starter motors, 4 batteries and lots of swearing were used during the winter of 2010 !

[@user-tj7we4cc7j]

​@@SuperBC10😁😁👍

[@chrisratcliffe1736]

Why would you specify a cold start system in the UK when half the year is cold! Well done British Rail.

[@GRIDMASTER6]

37419 has had a overhaul since the video was taken and is still in service after 40 years of service.

[@kanethompson708]

👍

[@henrikbragge]

Greta will ban this beautiful engine 😢

[@stephenchecksfield632]

A sign that 60 years later the English Electric type 3 or class 37 is still in service very reliable and robust locomotives obviously quite a few scrapped but also many in preservation and in front line service still with various rail operators a testimony to their design and build quality 👍

[@kevvynolan8753]

Carl Havilland

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@henrikbragge Greta is right. We can't have these polluting emissions now. Not only particulates and unburnt hydrocarbons but also carbon dioxide causing global warming and climate change. The remaining 37s need to be sold to CF Booths and sliced apart with cutting torches. The metal will be chopped into small pieces ready for melting so these locos can no longer pollute.

[@AlycidonDeltic]

I feel like this trying to get out of bed in the morning.

[@trainmaniacstudios8216]

+Alycidon Deltic LOL So True! :D

[@stevedoubleu99B]

Alycidon Deltic Ha ha, seems like the loco is saying ' Oh god, do I really have to go out in this weather??'

[@scottfw7169]

I hear ya!

[@garyhoffmann1615]

Do you fart like that too?

[@stevenvater2681]

You poor bugger!

[@1929modelagirl]

I drive a heavy truck and know what it's like to coax a cold diesel into firing! I loved listening to the cylinder by cylinder firing. Great exhaust shots!

[@teech16]

Remember seeing one of these start up in Kings Cross station when I was a kid. The whole platform around the engine shook. Absolutely wonderful!

[@originaldeftom]

Since I was a child I loved diesel engines, particularly locomotives and tractors. There is something so nostalgic and charismatic about them. Am I the only one?

[@AlaskaErik]

No, you're not the only one.

[@anthony342]

same here

[@rogertycholiz2218]

Nope! There are hundreds of thousands of us.

[@thatswiss1385]

No, you're Not alone!👍

[@m1ke1981]

Same here. I feel there’s something more primordial/beastly with huge diesel engines. Love them! When i was a kid i could watch a big tractor starting up and watch it going idle for a loong time until it went away to do it’s tasks.

[@alanbottomley5581]

An absolute enthusiast dream . The class 37 was epic diesel and always felt more pure power than its 1750 BHP. It must continue in private enthusiast hands so that children today know what a beast of a diesel this is. You cannot have F1 without the engine song and it's the same for diesels. They have a life & soul which electric will never provide to the world. Just iconic & brill

[@aliens_exist_23]

What an incredible sight! That 37 looks stunning in that livery and the weather too. Wonderful!

[@cielobuio]

Up-vote if you periodically come back to view this clip and ask yourself "Why am I doing this?"

[@tomgauntlestrange]

i periodically come back but know exactly why.... I'm addicted to class 37 Clag and Hellfire

[@terrelmchenry9524]

@@tomgauntlestrange BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE DELTICS.

[@tomgauntlestrange]

@@terrelmchenry9524 This isn't a Deltic, Its a class 37.

[@terrelmchenry9524]

@@tomgauntlestrange WHICH ENGINE THEN?

[@tomgauntlestrange]

​@@terrelmchenry9524 An English Electric 12CSVT Diesel Engine powering English electric DC motors via a Generator

[@rick_porter]

Well done! Captured the entire start-up. I love how you can hear each cylinder as it comes on line. This is definately in my Trains Playlist! Love those E.E units. Nothing quite sounds...or smokes...like them! Rick - USA

[@Andreschannel_SA]

The heat generated by the hard working batteries, to start the engine, eventually radiated to the engines and consequently heated up the engine enough for it to actually start. Excellent video. Thanks for posting.

[@Jfreadhoff]

In the end, the old girl started: the smoke changed colour. In the US, we don't run anti-freeze in our locomotives, so once it gets down to freezing (32* or 0*, take your pick) the engines arn't shut down.

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

Many years since I've heard that beautiful sound. ..thank you.

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Wants to be a steam loco when it grows up.

[@margotishrn]

60 years later and the brush type 3..(37) is still hauling arse on the UK Rail network.. Truly admirable👍 GO ON YOU TRACTOR!!!!

[@owenlewis8006]

These things were built in the early '60s, there are no glow plugs, block heaters or anything else to aid a cold start. Back when they were in common useage, standard practise was to just leave them running. There's nothing wrong with it, all English Electric Diesels were like that from a stone cold start, crank it over until you get one or two pots firing then leave it to warm up.

[@rileykirk11]

+owen lewis I heard some of the big ass fairbanks diesels wouldnt stop running until you rebuilt them. Pretty cool stuff

[@dearbornerik]

crank it till its warm lol....

[@3RTracing]

not crank, run

[@supermajor2759]

Better to shut the engine down and restart when needed again. Idling diesel engines for extended periods causes the cylinder bores to become glazed. Diesels love and need hard work. Great to see a cold start like this. Just wish the video had run longer so we could see the exhaust clear clear as complete combustion is achieved. Compression ignition is a fascinating process.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@supermajor2759 bores glaze over? Piffle.

[@applecounty]

I've watched this beauty dozens of times - shear magic.

[@cielobuio]

Less emissions than a VW Golf !!

[@jameshiroki1]

+cielobuio VW

[@ahtikalevikoponen2954]

But the running sound is almost the same;)

[@AmazingYT]

@@ahtikalevikoponen2954 I'd say that older BMW 4cyl diesels (M47) are the most tractor sounding engines

[@Andreschannel_SA]

And more reliable than a coal stove.

[@undertheradar001]

It was based in Inverness. Took me to school many times. You will still see the old Highland rail logo on the side of the nose. 37400-37425 were all based at Inverness during the 1980's.

[@779nkp]

At -01c we still picnic and swim here in Canada...

[@779nkp]

Ricardo Testa agreed! -01 isn't really that cold at all...

[@GRIDMASTER6]

779nkp DOES IT LOOK WARM OR COLD? A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER IT'S NOT HOT IS IT.NO

[@779nkp]

GRIDMASTER6 when you've felt -20 below zero plus a windchill which makes it -30.....0 degrees is pretty balmy

[@cjmillsnun]

779nkp In the UK any negative temperature is considered cold. Even in the height of winter we rarely get below -8. So for us, and the 37 (which doesn't have preheaters) yes it's cold.

[@smduchode4life]

cjmillsnun acrually most engines can start fine without any hesitation well into the -20s c that pos engine is broken or sumtin

[@NcalBiker]

I had a 335 Cumins in an old KW that blew smoke rings like that, YEARS ago. One drippy injector is all it takes. Great video!

[@jantyszka1036]

Like James Stewart in 'Flight of the Phoenix'

[@Essyemmm]

A Brit friend of mine, online, is an engineer.. I didn't realize he was connected to trains. He told me to come and look up MAYBACH..I didn't realize what Mayback Music is either..Well, I'm here and now I'm looking at ALL the engines..What a Hoot..lol Thanx for putting this up here...truly...I too always loved the Trains..A Dame in Calif.. xxx ;)

[@mrchestwell]

4.1 million views, and every one of them left wanting more of this glorious scene!

[@mikeland812]

Brilliant. Watched this a few times now.

[@TrainMadJames]

got to be the best cold start on KZbin

[@rammergramps]

that was amazing to see her starting up in the cold. Love the sounds Thanks for sharing

[@robertratcliffe3349]

Old machines are way more interesting than any new junk.

[@RPKGameVids]

Best train video I've seen yet.

[@LothianTrainz]

Sounds like horses clapping along at about 1 min :P Nice work, cheers!

[@MrEnglandForever1]

Why do i find myself 'bobbing' my head to this?!?!......just like i do whilst listening to an Inkjet printer. Great vid, great sound. 10/10

[@jackpleier5534]

Another fine summer day in North Dakota.

[@WS-1]

A great piece of film - setting and action superb !

[@thecanuck5227]

Everyone in the village knew when young Jim was firing up his Class 37.......LOL always park it upwind of town lads!

[@Squarerig]

We all know and love that wonderful sound when the engine finally fires up!

[@TullioK]

love the individual puffs of exhaust!

[@GRIDMASTER6]

@cielobuio The batteries are 110 volt 180 amps hours.You could turn the power unit over for about 5 minutes on fully charged batteries.To start this loco you would need to prime the oil for 3 minutes before pushing the start button.By doing this you get oil pressure to the governor that in turn opens the fuel racks to allow fuel into the cylinders.The video shows that in action but due to the power unit being so cold it struggles to start .But in the end it fires and all 12 cylinders.

[@MikesMovies]

ah well done old girl you got there

[@sidewindersid4180]

Love it😁😁😁

[@_tsiatsiaros.k]

After all this years, the best thing I have seen today !

[@pjdscott]

Great stuff! I love the way the engine nearly dies, and then continues to splutter to life - wonderful. Was the photographer covered in as much snow as the engine?

[@RPKGameVids]

I come back to this one again and again.

[@filtonkingswood]

Looks and sounds like my old Grandad when he was trying to get his first Woodbine of the day going.

[@zipdiskdude]

Saw this beast earlier in the week heading North through Newcastle with an inspection saloon. Monster!

[@banksroadmodernimage7358]

Just luv watching this video over n over again!! Ive subscribed ...

[@MemeReviewer]

Always love seeing those tractors.

[@bobburro3642]

love the "popping"

[@mark-1rc502]

That's cool I would actually of liked to watch it come to temperature and be running nicely .

[@richardparnell3770]

hey that's kind of like me in the mornings.

[@tomw6458]

And me

[@PiotrTester]

In my opinion this is the best sound of cold start!

[@TheLovie999]

Utterly well done, lads... in that kind of arctic weather ..

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

This video was apart of my childhood on KZbin, such memories

[@Jokero_YT]

The sounds in the video give me the goosebumps :D

[@Trackstar2211]

Love this video. Kinda like an old monster trying to wake up and lots of snow for England. Thanks

[@JasmineLindros]

Educational post - I didn't know -1C was considered "cold."

[@tracypanavia4634]

suck on an icecube and tell me about how 'cool' it is

[@rutgerdehaan5076]

It is in the UK, apparently. But I agree. -30ºC would be proper cold.

[@grah84mck]

***** good for it

[@GRIDMASTER6]

I think you need to back to school and find out what hot and cold are.Does it look warm,No .And would the engine struggle to start if it was warm? No. if the engine was hot or warm it would have started straight away. So we don't need to hear that you all live in Antarctica and its only - 50C outside and still feels warm.

[@trentlewis1473]

But lets not forget locos don't have any components that aid in starting in the cold and as a railroader on the prairies of Canada I have witnessed my fair share of cold (-40ºC) weather.

[@wqfs650]

I never would of thought it would of started. That is a well built tight diesel engine.

[@topautos]

What a magnificent beast ! :)

[@cellogirl11rw55]

topautos You should look at steam engines!

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

I love diesel train. Thanks, greeting from ndonesia

[@fluchterschoen]

Choo-choo!!!! I bet a can of Bradex Easy-Start would have got that going in a jiffy.

[@jbird167]

It's not easy to cold start a locomotive easy start wouldn't work on a locomotive dumbass

[@trpstrincllc4866]

fluchter1996 It might help, But if it has an issue with idle, Then it's still not gonna be easy.

[@fluchterschoen]

Nathaniel S It does help - that's why we use it on our own locomotive.

[@Kona138]

Nathaniel S When a diesel cold starts like this sometimes only 1 cylinder is firing. That's why it sounds so rough idling and that's why there is so much smoke. Once the engine has warmed up it will idle properly and have little to no unburned fuel in the exhaust.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

fluchter1996 glad to see I'm not the only one who gets this type of answer , well done on a fantastic retort!

[@friedchicken1]

i love trains, and i love cold starts.. perfect video!

[@critchley3819]

I have one of these Loco's still runs fine, mine was built by TRI- ANG, sadly it doesn't sound as good as this one

[@Loosetile2]

I can remember looking at this video nearly 10 years ago!

[@pvccat1]

just like me in the morning - smoke rings and all .... lol

[@paulburgess44]

it shows britain did build and is still going today,i guess this in away overshadows what we cannot build anymore! well done guys, merry christma))

[@kirby0wnzz]

cool video. If -1c is cold or warm to you, right on buddy. nobody gives a fuck about your temperature threshold. shame that people are more interested in arguing about temps..

[@GRIDMASTER6]

Yes people seem more interested in what they call cold in what ever country they come from. The engine in the video is cold period. It's not warm as the video clearly shows.

[@RiceReaper]

-1 isn't even that cold, The engine is just so damn big it takes alot of power to get it Turning.

[@GRIDMASTER6]

+RiceReaper It cold hence the reason its struggling to start .

[@Damocles178]

Very nice video :) I also see now why the 37's are nicknamed Tractors; that distinctive Engine noise says it all :D

[@railfangig6699]

Where was the shed man to run the engines every few hours or keep them running in severe weather conditions, oh i forgot we privatised our railways and got rid of lots of staff.

[@mohammedrafiq2672]

were you the shed guy that started em up every few hours

[@gavsky23]

Poor old girl, she seems to be channeling all of the steam locos of yesteryear! Sounds like Ivor the Engine... ;-)

[@boxcarwillies1603]

Did she ever start??

[@GRIDMASTER6]

Yes she did start .

[@boxcarwillies1603]

OK that's good to know

[@CreRay]

+Whistle Stop Productions It's running by itself from 0:10 on, but not on all cylinders.

[@boxcarwillies1603]

ohhhhh that might explain all the chugging

[@iDEaXANA]

+CreRay why not?

[@6380BAN]

COF COF COF... What a hard starting engine. FABULOUS!

[@User-3O3]

I own the 4mm scale model by Bachmann of this particular 37 in EWS livery. Stunning model of a stunning locomotive.

[@Arabhacks]

The electrical system in the UK is indeed 110 volts DC. In the USA it is 74 volts DC. And although a cold start seems to be a problem it really is not. In the USA we simply connect another locomotive and it will provide traction voltage, 600 volts DC, turning the generator into a motor and cranking the engine directly. The big advantage of a traction start is that the engine is spun at full idle speed and thus very little clag.

[@longlakeshore]

It's reminiscent of starting up a diesel tractor on the farm on a cold winter morning--sputtering on a few cylinders until it warms up enough to fire on all...

[@forzafreak94]

DANM YOU DB SCHENKER! I want the old EWS livery back, it looks great on engines, mainly 66s

[@PictureHouseCinema]

This one has been in Thurso, the northmost station in Scotland many times having served on the north line out of Inverness. It's nice that EWS maintained the Highland Rail logo on the cab.

[@chipwright6193]

This reminds me of my boss starting up his 1978 International tandem axle truck in the winter. It coughed and sputtered, made the cloud of smoke, and blew smoke rings just the same. It sounded more dramatic than when they started up the Phoenix for the first time in the movie.

[@davidellis279]

If a truck engine threw that much shit out it would be banned off the road immediately but of course if the government are doing it then it's OK. In this day and age there is no excuse for allowing this to happen, a heater element in the air intake like Volvo use on their diesels would eliminate most of this smoke which is unburnt fuel, the engine would fire up in seconds rather than the constant cranking to get it going. Diesels hate cold weather and this is the result of no preheating being fitted which should have been done when the technology became available which was over 30 years ago. The cost of starter motors must be horrific and I hate to think how much has been spent on them since these locomotives were built in the Sixties. As these diesels are still being used they should be Retro Fitted with up to date Pre- Heating devises to aid starting in cold weather.

[@jimih8539]

I watch this video every Xmas lol

[@alexx400]

This video sums up exactly how i feel every morning.

[@gsagatis]

love the rings its shootin out

[@christopherhulse8385]

This was one of the first videos i ever saw in KZbin!

[@manthony1956]

Smiffy1071 - Please pardon my ignorance of British Locomotive classes. Most of my knowledge of your locomotives has come from books until recent years. I do remember the English Electric Lightning as I actively sought and built many Airfix models as child. I work in the transportation industry and many of our older diesel trucks start like this when the mercury drops

[@RailfanR]

Very nice! Big up from Romania!

[@swedishlevelcrossingchanne2745]

That is a cold start indeed!

[@tjshill82]

Best stationary 37 video on KZbin. No doubt

[@chrismillyard8304]

The trick is to leave it running after you finish with it. During the winter, we would leave our old 350 (class 08) running all day & night in the siding until it was needed. That way we avoided what you have just seen.

[@WisconsinCentralProductions]

as a cold start fan, i approve

[@depasdepas]

It's like a percussion instrument. good sound. :^)

[@slipknotman689]

I REMEMBER XMAS DAY STARTING ALL THE LOCOS IN THE HITHER GREEN SHED ABOUT 70/71 TO STOP THEM FREEZING UP.NO TRAINS RUNNING BUT 24 HOURS AT TRIPLE TIME 2 LOU DAYS AND A FREE PASS WAS WORTH IT

[@nigelterry9299]

A typical EE cold start, one cylinder at a time. Lovely machine!!

[@sarsanch]

I do know them since I work around them for 30 years but maybe the fact that the engine was an old clunker and a cold start contributed, but diesel engines should always be on, specially in cold weather .Sorry about my comment I didn't want to offend anyone,have a good day Englishman!

[@melissarennie7289]

I miss the 37's. they were used on the Inverness to Kyle line and they were just awesome. You'd hear them miles away and crap your undies if you were walking along the track to get to the wee beaches.

[@smiffy1071]

@sidecrank A massive Eng;lish Electric V12 four stroke, 12 inch bore, 12 inch stroke, which I worked out is 221.6 litres!!! a huge turbo, with intercooler. 1750bhp @ 800 rpm. These were built in the early 1960's, and some are still in everyday use.

[@billsmith305]

I used to start tractors on farms as an apprentice mechanic,didn't have this problem even super minus frosty mornings

[@julius6889]

Awsome! That lady is really fighting agains't the Cold to start up!

[@peternorman2563]

Nothing like a good old two stroke diesel, no wonder Tilling Stevens sold the idea to Roots !

[@carcomp101]

I watch this video sometimes... I can't explain what I feel, but its the same way you get when you walk outside at 7:00am and its a fresh snow, with moonlight or streetlights gleaming off it, its silent, you know the drive will be slow and relaxing, your car is covered with 4 inches, and you get inside and fire it up... Knowing in a few that you will be warm.

[@stephenwilliams5201]

Cold is right. Lived round n/w Ohio and the old nickle plate rail road. Pour buggers have a rough time. Once warmed up they become awesome giants.tks from old rail fan 73,88 om

[@syamsularifin5584]

Amazing video. That class 37419 diesel locomotive Cold start in winter with lot of smoke ring.

[@SheetRockGirl]

What a beautiful machine, that is art. I would love to spin next to it in the snow.