50 021 Start up after 22 years Eastleigh 10th April 2022

[@Clapham888]

Absolutely phenomenal work to all involved. We can not let these beasts fall to the history books, they help build this country in to what it is today! Thanks for posting.

[@hk0752]

Thank you for your kind comment. Hope to bring you more videos of Rodney working in 2025 on preserved railways around the country.

[@BritishRail60062]

I love these Class 50's and I am glad to see another one saved and restored.

[@hk0752]

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[@matthew0605]

I agree !!!. I've always thought that the 50s are a great loco . Always reliable ,strong and beautiful sounding . I always loved the 4 exhausts too. Quite a lovely thing . I guess I just love dirty smoky diesels . Suppose that's why I've got a vauxhall astra !!! , that's the same too. Well done all involved in it's resurrection. Another one of the class for the younger generation to enjoy and savour -bud the painter-

[@hk0752]

@@matthew0605 thank you for watching the video & your comment.

[@jonahspiper]

Welcome back Rodney! Big thanks to all who have worked so hard on her. Rodney hauled me on my first class 50 trip in 1985 from Birmingham New Street to Penzance. I remember the trip like yesterday and hanging out of the leading coach window almost throughout Cornwall listening to her music! A link for information on her and possibly donate would be great. Thanks again everyone!

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and your suggestion link now added.

[@robcollins2017]

I was the first person to start triumph in preservation. Hearing this was music to my ears.never thought I'd hear ol roders start again.well done people it's An experience when that engine explodes back to life your deaf and your eyes are bloody stinging eh? Love it x

[@Froobyone]

Amazing and moving. If I'd have had any part of bringing this beauty back to life, I'd have been crying like a baby when she fired. I cried like a baby when a Deltic started near me, so maybe that's just me. Best livery ever carried by a 50 in my humble opinion. Well, best livery carried by any loco if I'm honest., but the 50s just carried it with a little more panache. Congratulations to the team who made this happen. The Clag and the Glory. Amen.

[@honours1980]

BR Large Logo is definitely THE best livery, totally agree with you 👍🏻

[@MarkGFRex]

I could listen to that for hours on end. Great job guys.

[@hk0752]

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[@nigelterry9299]

It's a good startup for an old engine with no glow plugs that's stone cold. Well done!!!

[@hk0752]

Thank you for your kind comment.

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Much preferred driving the 47's, but the 50's were ok 'when' they were working fine. They could be a git to start cold. Used to call them flashover 50's! It was all down to poor maintenance though,as little was spent on them towards the end. Had a hard life before we had them on the WR, as they were thrashed on the LMR north of Crewe for 7-8 years. Nice to see the old tubs springing back to life though.

[@allantavener7378]

Have a soft spot for these locos as i rode behind one down to Plymouth at the start of my 23-and-a-half -year career in the Royal Navy, great to see another one running again

[@hk0752]

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment.

[@restojon1]

Thanks for your service, Crab.🙂

[@philclennell]

Lovely to see these old girls doing their bit for the environment! Well done to all concerned!

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video and your kind comment

[@petersmith4455]

i remember these at Paddington stn in the 80s and at Waterloo stn in the early 90s ido not think BR looked after them all that well.well done to those who revived 50 021, she runs really great.

[@kahiermodelrailway4177]

they were good old days. by then the locos were twenty to thirty years old. money was tight in them days for the railway and they did their best at the time. still it is great that a loco over fifty years old can come back to life. THANK YOU for your kind comment to all the lads that have worked hard over the years to get to this stage.

[@Trainman10715]

they looked after them perfectly fine maintainence wise, their poor reliability in the late 80s and early 90s was due to the fact that they were being used on service which they werent designed for. the thames valley line ones were alright provided they were working semi-fast trains, the west of england mainline ones however were all doing stopping services - something which the 50s were never suited for. a few years on the west of england mainline totally knackered them as a result

[@raytalbot5890]

Welcome back to life, you smokey monster. What a beautiful sight, your sisters have missed you.👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@hk0752]

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[@raytalbot5890]

@@hk0752 it’s ok I just love 50s 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jamesalexander3893]

I hope nobody from Extinction Rebellion is watching this! That's a whole country's worth of emissions right there!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

I'm not from extinction rebellion, but this celebration of "clag" and burning fossil fuels will become a thing of the past. We need to cut these polluting locos for scrap and focus on the reasons behind global warming and climate change.

[@gregoryclark8217]

I understand that you're joking, but it must be pointed out that there is a big difference between a few heritage steam and diesel locomotives, and an entire country worth of cars. Personally, I would happily not have a car at all, if it meant that we could keep beauties like 50021 here running.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@gregoryclark8217 I don't have a car so I'm already setting an example. But we should set another example by scrap cutting of polluting locomotives. It's not about the quantity, it's about people celebrating clag and burning of fossil fuels which is setting totally the wrong example for anyone watching.

[@Brandalar]

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[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Brandalar Clearly you have no understanding of global warming, and need to scrap polluting locomotives.

[@joshjones3408]

I have to say that's the first kittin Iv ever seen with stage 63 infzema but none the less it is prering.,. great video 👍👍👍

[@hk0752]

thank you for you kind comment and for taking the time to watch the video.

[@bandit8720]

I love this engine sound with goosebumps! Great video.

[@hk0752]

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[@PodgyAsthmatic]

Brought a tear to my eye. welcome back "The Plonker". Well done all involved!!! Long may he ride the rails again!!

[@hk0752]

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[@dazt103]

Great stuff. Looks and sounds brilliant 👏 You should have invited Greta to the starting 😉🙂

[@jimdee9801]

Haha 😄 i was thnking how smokey too

[@richardsymonds5159]

Not as much smoke as in the Ukraine!! Perhaps we should get our Greta to investigate there instead?

[@theycallmejerry3916]

😂😂😂😂❤

[@brianwillson9567]

And to lie across the tracks. Hoover verses pain in ass would have been an interesting contest.

[@bellers13]

Fantastic! another beauty restored for the galleries of the future, super stuff, well done all involved

[@hk0752]

thank you for taking the time to watch the video.

[@HolgerSc]

My respect ! I can only imagine how much work it was to get the train running 👍👍👍

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment. kind words much apricated. hope that one day you will enjoy a ride behind our locomotive.

[@michaelschweizer4772]

Nice job guys!! Looks and sounds great.

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video.

[@charlesemerson6763]

Congratulations on bringing back to life the best looking BR diesel class ever built.

[@hk0752]

Thank you for watching the video & your comment.🙂

[@paulprescott7913]

Sweet, brings back memories of these been thrashed double headed along the seawall at Teignmouth.

[@hk0752]

perfect scenery for the perfect locomotive. thank you for your comment.

[@andycollins3124]

Great work all round, glad to see another Hoover up and running

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and watching the video.

[@grahamhenderson6833]

Im watching this with a tear in my eye, because my late father was called Rodney and on the day I saw this video ( today 18/11/22), he would have become a great grandfather (step) today when his step neice delivered a baby boy. Well done to all the volunteers who helped restore this unit, it is my favorite because of its name

[@hk0752]

Thank you for your comment. I hope it brings back some happy memories of your father & enjoy making new ones with the newest member of your family.

[@johnabbott2575]

Great job how lovely it is to see another 50 back last time i saw this loco was at didcot on a oxford paddington service

[@zoomer1979]

Nice to see Rodney back to running again. I used to be a volunteer at Bo'ness when it arrived there and spent many a weekend working on it. It was always a pain having a loco that size with a manual oil priming pump! Good luck. Neil.

[@hk0752]

thank you for taking your time to watch the video and your comment. they are not the easiest to get going at the start of the day.

[@davesav1]

These were common sight on WCML single and double headed as I was commuting between Lancaster and Preston before and during the electrification of the line north of Preston, Happy days with a large variety of diesel and electric locos to spot.

[@hk0752]

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[@studebaker4217]

Used to love listening to double-headed Class 50s over Shap pn The Midland Scot, 1972/73. Front carriage, front door - best 'seat' in the house!

[@hk0752]

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[@BobBeatski71]

Absolutely love the sound of these engines.

[@hk0752]

number 1 in my pop chart. Thanks for watching and your comment.

[@grandadgamer8390]

Do love the 50s, don't get enough love 🙂 I think it's obvious why so may diesels were left on idle at Paddington when I wad a kid 😁

[@hk0752]

good old day. thank you for watching.

[@robertmarsh3588]

Impressive stuff. Brilliant to get that huge EE engine running again. Mind you, quite how anyone really believed that diesels were a better option than steam emissions wise escapes me. Cleaner in terms of soot yes, but the thought and smell if those carcinogenic particulates isn't great. (This is from someone that loves heritage diesels and is invariably found watching or travelling behind them). I appreciate this is a cold start...

[@hk0752]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. hope that you enjoyed the video and may one day soon we might get her out for a run.

[@WildB06]

Don't believe all you hear about global climate warming freezing change... it's nonsense.

[@phillynch3819]

It was down to cost. Steam engines required far more maintenance, took longer to start x100, used more fuel per ton per hp.

[@eathan323]

Fantastic let them smoke and stink and thrash as long as they need nothing like that sound and smell the activists won't like it but they never complained back in the Day long live these locos and thanks to the people who maintain them inc women who are some excellent engineers

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment. hope you enjoyed the video.

[@beowulf5982]

Just think of all that lovely fresh air.

[@noeldunford4955]

Yes I remember the of one or two in Peterborough on test and no 50041 in Peterborough. After the Paddington derailment total break failure

[@alanclark1760]

Brilliant; drove Ramilles 019 in the mid naughties at the MNR Happy days!!!

[@hk0752]

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[@Qwerty1235945]

Great work lads. Amazing!

[@hk0752]

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[@robinforrest7680]

Good to see a Hoover again. That start up reminds me of time spent in an SNCF lodging room in Nancy France. I got woken up at 0300 by the start up of an SNCF CC72000 diesel electric across the road. It wasn’t the noise that woke me up, it was the smell of unburnt diesel seeping through my closed window. Check out the CC72000 if you’ve never seen one. A classic diesel for SNCF as is the 50 for BR. Well done for saving another one. My favourite 50 livery too. I hated the NSE livery they got later. This is what a 50 should look like

[@hk0752]

thank you for your interesting comment & for watching the video.😀

[@peterhanahoe4913]

Fantastic sounds

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video.

[@IanBlack66]

Looks brilliant.

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

She certainly came back with a show, all right. That's good ol' classic diesel power for you right there...

[@highdownmartin]

Love the whistle of the turbos.

[@andywhite40]

Brilliant to see Rodney running again and in large logo blue which, IMHO, put the 50's into a different league in terms of looks. Good healthy amount of clag being emitted there too!! Keep up the good work guys!!!

[@delticnapierdccsound4236]

Nice one Rodders!!!

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video

[@nigelterry9299]

Nice easy start. Well done! By 'eck she's cold!

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video & your comment. after about half an hour, the smoke cleared, and she ran clean.

[@rayphwest9188]

LOVELY DIESEL SMOKE....THE GREENIES WOULD HAVE A FIT LOL

[@hk0752]

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[@SimonConder]

The monster lives!!! Congrats indeed

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Christ on a bike ! Can you imagine firing that up under the Canopy at Paddington ! How to clear a station in under two minutes 😂

[@PeterJewell2]

I was at an Old Oak open day when they started one. That was outside, but the vast clouds of fumes drifted into the Factory (was that what the maintenance shed was called?) and loads of people came out coughing and spluttering. Love the sound of these, it's like music!

[@alanmusicman3385]

Something about those 50s was pure magic. I don't know what it was but (with the possible exception of the Deltics) they are far and away the most lovable British Diesel loco.

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video.

[@timw6928]

Once she got firing on all pots it sounded magnificent

[@Grid56]

Looks like three smokey vents and one clean one. Optical illusion or cylinder mismatch ? Great noise better than the similar 40 not as much bottom end bass as the 37. God loves EE. Greta doesn't. Fabulous resto. Looks great in large logo, the best livery on large sides imo.

[@hk0752]

bit of Optical illusion by the camera angle. front left to back right pots. the class 50's always looked good in this livery {personal opinion} I feel that it was only right on class 37's and 50's need a long locomotive to carry it off. thanks for watching the video.

[@DavidDavid-ip1xf]

Looks like the rail yard at Scunthorpe steel works

[@hk0752]

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[@smallrails6831]

Great video. Hi from NZ

[@hk0752]

thank you for watch & Subscribing. keep safe.

[@smallrails6831]

You too

[@fenderac3049]

The pollution is wonderful - so is Rodney!

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video.

[@coopertay2166]

Attenborough,the shwab and prince Chas would implode haha

[@phillynch3819]

Well done. About time she dubbed back to life!

[@davidvivian596]

Bloody hell - she fired right up!

[@hk0752]

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[@alasdairvincent6248]

A great old locomotive, nice to hear it fired up. It doesn’t exactly do anything to reduce air pollution though, with all the smoke coming from the exhausts. I’m all for the preservation of locos like this,all the same.

[@hk0752]

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[@chrisbroesky2932]

Some of the best cold starts on the planet.

[@hk0752]

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[@tilerman]

Sorry, not a train guy but loving this video. Can someone explain how to start a train engine, is it like a car with a battery and a starter motor? Sorry if that's a dumb question but im genuinely curious. Thanks.

[@hk0752]

Very basically YES. The batteries are used to spin the generator. Turning it into a motor. That turn the engine over to build up the compression pressure. That ignites the diesel fuel. Releasing the start button cuts the battery power supply. Turn the generator back to a generator. To provide electricity to the motors for movement. There are no dumb question in this world. The only way we learn is to ask. Thank you for watching the video and I do hope you enjoyed it.

[@mrdbaker2ubaker182]

Gary linnaker has one of these to get him around London and the home counties

[@pitdog75]

Beautiful.

[@markusalberti79]

What type of engine is inside? Sounds like Pherkins. This beautiful babe owns 3 hearts (Diesel powered engine) ?

[@hk0752]

it is an English Electric CSTV 16 Cylinder. Thank you for watching the video & your comment.

[@aston-martin-internationalist]

This is uncanny! I used to work at Alstom in Eastleigh and my birthday is April 10th.

[@hk0752]

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment. it's now Rodney re-birthday. too😃

[@viviangrabowski6506]

I ❤ that fantastic Diesel Sound. Vivian Hyde

[@delbennett4534]

Awesome noise!!

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video.

[@w33shy26]

5:05 The diesel: OOOOOOFFFF IM FLIPPINN AND LITERALLY FFUUUUUUMMMMINNNNNMM

[@danquinnell3502]

On a typical non winter day, how long would one of these need to warm up before going online?

[@robinwallace9724]

Looks amazing but why so much white smoke ?

[@jacianmcgurk7424]

Well done boys. :-)

[@hk0752]

thank you for taking the time to watch the video and comment.

[@caerleon87]

Which bit it that?? Dutton lane or Campbell road?? I used to deliver steel to them both about 30 years ago..

[@felixthecleaner8843]

Awesome!

[@hk0752]

thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch the video.

[@owenslanejunction7544]

the beast has risen from the ashes

[@hk0752]

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[@johnnybeverage]

I just love it.

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

How were trains jump started before fancy boost packs?

[@claireflood4146]

Green Peace will be proud!

[@paulnolan1352]

Thanks for the video, on the second start up, it seems to be a while before the Engine fires, is this because the oil pressure has to reach up before the fuel pump injects?. It’s putting a lot of unburnt fuel out on idle and doesn’t seem to clear, worn cylinders?. Perhaps a run with the Engine under load might cure it assuming no other problems.

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video and your comment. after the loco ran for a while it cleared and ran clean.

[@hk0752]

thank you for watching the video and your comment. after the loco ran for a while it cleared and ran clean.

[@TurnFullCircle]

just wonderful to see....cheeers

[@hk0752]

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[@pepedrat2982]

Does that mean they've chosen a new Pope or not?

[@CommandoG331]

Superb. What an achievement from you all. A fantastic loco 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hk0752]

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[@YsanneOshea]

Doesn't matter how many times you hear it, that noise................

[@hk0752]

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[@NormanStanleyNew]

Forgotten the piston rings?

[@philipcubitt]

So much for the Green Party Express

[@vanillacoffee]

And remember kids, NOx only remains in the atmosphere for around 100 years.

[@ms-fl7jj]

Have always wondered how much fuel is required for these to operate.

[@justinobrien3593]

I think the hoovers have got similar engines to tractors!

[@nicholasj.baranyk4999]

Does that locomotive have a Deltic Diesel Engine? It sounds like a classic Deltic. Why does it take so long for combustion to stabilize? It burned pretty smokey for a while, though it looked okay at the end. I'm merely curious.

[@hk0752]

English Electric 16-cylinder 2,700hp. uprated class 40 engine. other English Electric locomotives with variant of this power units 20, 31, 37, 73. 1st time the power unit had been started for 20 years. needed to be run in.

[@jimward8095]

Great to see another one brought back to life ..Steam/Diesel reign?

[@kalicom2937]

Ah, just like Exeter St David's in my youth 😀

[@hk0752]

you're not wrong. reminds me of my time at Old Oak Common in the mid 80's. Very early hours of a winters morning. firing them up before they headed out with the ECS commuter trains to come back into Paddington later that day. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hopefully there will be more to come soon.

[@hendricstattmann3638]

I think it was a good idea to pull it outside before firing it up.

[@milehighclassics]

She’s breathing like a new born baby on an incubator, the sounds of my youth and the bell Huey helicopter

[@hk0752]

thanks for watching the video. hope it brings back happy memories

[@Grid56]

If my baby looked liked she smoked 40 a day I'd be having words.

[@michaelmacarthur4405]

My childhood 😢 fucking love it!

[@daystatesniper01]

Clagtastic !!!

[@MontyCantsin5]

A fine sight.

[@hk0752]

Thanks for watching & your comment.

[@steventhornton4716]

Anyone know what's going on with that class 45 they wanted to go mainline?

[@gregorycole3511]

That’s good for the environment

[@keepgoing1973]

Does this pass modern emissions tests?

[@vumba1331]

Of course, endorsed by Greta herself.....

[@Admodeus]

God damn that's a lot of smoke. The Earth is gonna be coughing after that.

[@stephenhastie3801]

Do these engines have heating systems to keep the engine warn when shutdown

[@nlo114]

Crisp! 🤩

[@boysnips]

Greta ...how dare you not appreciate this

[@hk0752]

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