Archive Peak Action Class 45 & 46

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swearingkevo

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@jos4669 7 ай бұрын

always pleases me to see older rail footage like this preserved and shared, especially with accompanying audio

@SteamboatWilley 7 ай бұрын

Old-style pick-up goods trains with four wheel vans surviving into the BR blue era. Fascinating stuff.

@dieseldave3879 7 ай бұрын

Always great to see the Peaks in action! 🚂👍

@kite7214 7 ай бұрын

AND the Whistler !! Beautiful

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 7 ай бұрын

I am a retired Derby driver. While I was not there to drive the Peaks I had many a conversation with hundreds of old hands who had driven them, and the general consensus was they were the most reliable of all locomotives.

@kevinfowkes2327 7 ай бұрын

A good example of how perception often differs from statistics. I'm pretty sure the stats disagree that the Peaks were super reliable, certainly the class 46s were not, it is on record that their failure rate contributed to their quite early withdrawal after only about 20 years in service. The 45s were always more reliable than the 46s despite being a bit older, I think this reflects their superior Crompton Parkinson traction motors, and it's plausible that the 45/1s on the MML expresses were more reliable than the 45/0s on account of being better maintained...nevertheless BR conclusively preferred the Class 47 by the 1980s and it's hard to imagine this didn't reflect reliability as well as the size of the class.

@iainmaturin8460 5 ай бұрын

@@kevinfowkes2327verbal dieorrae anyone

@robertbate5790 7 ай бұрын

Yea, back when the railway still was, just. Some cracking shots there. Managed a couple of 40s too. Great stuff 👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

@kite7214 7 ай бұрын

That lovely clickety-clack of non-welded rails.

@tattoo1084 7 ай бұрын

Nice footage on the S&C.

@gordonkennaway3847 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting, great memories!

@TB76Returns 7 ай бұрын

Man it is just like Northern Transpennine on Train Sim World, locations that are in fact on the video!

@edbateyjr.517 7 ай бұрын

What camera did you use? Love this!

@garethmatthews7939 6 ай бұрын

thanks for a great film but do have a question the 40 and peek double header was the peek either a named 45 or 46 has if it is a 46 i have a model of the 46 has it is the leicester and deryshire yomery

@swearingkevo 6 ай бұрын

@@garethmatthews7939 a Peak is a nickname for a class 44,45,46

@garethmatthews7939 6 ай бұрын

@@swearingkevo in my comment i ask if it was a , named 45 or 46

@kite7214 7 ай бұрын

And the beautiful slam doors. 🙂

@JohnRiley-lj5sn 7 ай бұрын

What is the junction location at 4’.15”?

@JohnRiley-lj5sn 7 ай бұрын

Proper trains with soul and character. But I had some difficulty in identifying all the locations. Presumably, many of these are on the S &C. Where is the one with the loaded coal wagons? And presumably the 40 was due to a failed Peak. Where is this?

@kevinfowkes2327 7 ай бұрын

A majority of the passenger train shots are somewhere between Manchester and Leeds, including the shot of the class 40, with some footage at Manchester Victoria. This footage most likely dates from around 1983-85 just after the Peaks were replaced on the St Pancras expresses and moved north to handle Trans Pennine semi-fasts. I don't think Peaks were super common on the S&C by this time on passenger duties, 47s were more normal, so the 2/3 shots of the short passenger train on the S&C were lucky captures....as others say below, the freight footage towards the end is at Appleby and on the Warcop branch.

@blackjockofmangertonpele 7 ай бұрын

The loaded coal train is passing Gateshead diesel depot.