60091 departs Gloucester Yard Jn with 6b13 THRASH INCLUDED!!! . 15/03/2018

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Good video, Barry Needham was on the EWS coal desk at Doncaster and was killed at Great Heck going to work. Class 60's always needed extra TLC and were not a patch on class 66 reliability .

[@darrenhillman8396]

Very impressive standing start! Have always liked the 60’s and consider them a very unloved and undervalued class, just like the 92’s, but reliability issues aside, they will blow the socks off a 66. Good to see that other freight operators appreciate them rather more than DB do! Nice vid! You have a like and a new subscriber.

[@nounoufriend1442]

Great loco's when their behaving themselves , worked on them since their introduction , driven a few ,they will pull nearly anything so quiet in the cab , rode few on acceptance trials and they were game changer when introduced

[@markappleby3282]

They served well for a good few years. Shame to see the scrap line at Toton. Changing this particular working to 2 66s doesn't make a lot of sense. Maybe better reliability but double the fuel. Doesn't run 6 days a week now.

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Could watch this all day

[@markappleby3282]

Thanks for watching

[@BritishRail60062]

Great locomotives and they do sound very similar to the GE Dash 8's in my opinion.

[@markappleby3282]

They certainly made a noise when they went past. Made the place vibrate.

[@AustinoInc]

Great back garden! Would love those amazing views. Austin

[@markappleby3282]

With the summer though a lot of greenery has grown now so the view is a bit different now

[@leonblittle226]

Not very often you find a 60 having an argument with a heavy train, although as you can see the argument was soon won. You move or the coupling gets torn out.

[@markappleby3282]

The 60 always wins though

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

It's not really struggling, it's just taking the strain between the wagons to prevent snatching

[@alstonofalltrades3142]

@@bonkeydollocks1879 snatching?

[@alstonofalltrades3142]

@@bonkeydollocks1879 Lol, well thats ended this conversation with a fellow train fan. Ill look it up.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@alstonofalltrades3142 oh sorry I thought you were being obtuse. The loco will start off slow to take up the slack between the couplings to avoid putting a sharp load on. Bit like when you tow a car, take up the slack in the rope first

[@EM-yk1dw]

Excellent ❤

[@moxon2313]

Very Nice Class 60 Video - I do like the 60s!

[@markappleby3282]

Nice sound as it was pulling away

[@keynsham-trains]

Nice video . I heard some wheel spin and sand grinding under the wheels . Are you in your back garden of your home ? When you took that .

[@markappleby3282]

Yes that's the view we have for now until the summer eventually arrives then it'll be all overgrown I expect.

[@scottwilliamson1951]

Would this train pass port talbot , south wales by any chance ?

[@markappleby3282]

It does but very early in the morning and then very late at night. To and from Robeston

[@scottwilliamson1951]

@@markappleby3282 i used to see it when i was building the rail bridge at port talbot, that particular train and a colas 46 log train .

[@markappleby3282]

Yeh I know the one. Baglan Bay to Chirk?

[@kyle123481]

Brillant Video! -Kyle

[@markappleby3282]

Thanks. I enjoyed filming it with that beast

[@alanrobertson9790]

You make the best of Gloucester but its not a great location. I used to go train spotting in my teens and be happy to wait 10 - 15 mins between trains but now its so much easier to watch youtube clips and requires no patience. Keep up the good work.

[@markappleby3282]

The only problem here is the avoiding line. I always need to work between the 2. This video was filmed from our back garden. Great spot to live. Freight has started dying out a little now but on the passenger side its getting a little more interesting with the imminent start of the IEPs with GWR and class 166s from the Thames Valley services. Keep an eye on my channel. Always plenty going on.