Class 37 Driver's Eye View - Crewe to Manchester (Longsight Depot)

[@gb5uq]

Thanks for another superb video Ben. A rare treat to see the catch points switch over at Stockport. The 37 is still an amazing loco by any standard. Great to hear the old lady growl.

[@pgw1977]

Hi Ben, Very interesting. I remember being at Exeter Saint David’s as an 11yr old around 1971, staring at the engine, and waving at the driver. I asked him if I could have a look in the cab, and he reached down his hand and pulled me up. I imagine the train was ready to go, so he put it in gear and we moved about 20 yards down the platform, where he let me off. You just never forget moments like that. Oh my mother was distraught!🤣

[@RetroJack]

These days he'd be called a pedo and arrested.

[@JH-si9oe]

I totally enjoyed it. I always wanted to be a train driver, and if I had been, a class 37, it would be one of my favourites.

[@paulspickernell6875]

Great video Ben, great to see the Class 37 still going after so many years

[@michaelouldred8485]

Fantastic. I grew up just north of Sandbach in Bradwall and always wondered what the driver's view of our house was and now I know!

[@robertmilne4304]

Perfect view of the wonderful front of the 37. It has such a presence.

[@AndreA-ke2id]

Same as the Class 40 !

[@raysprott5493]

Awesome perspective, i have watched all sorts of '37s' videos, but that was great to see the driver perspective... got to grips with the bells and lights, although i did get confused a couple of times.... Great Vid, Thanks 👍👍

[@30041946]

Excellent Ben - thank you. Nice to ride with you at 90+

[@JohnLavender]

Interesting to see the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope appearing. That, and it's then Director, (Sir) Bernard Lovell inspired my interest in all things Astronomical, and subsequently, Physics-al. Which I retain 60 years later. Nice one.

[@josephinebennington7247]

I’m somewhat surprised Ben didn’t put up a mention.

[@af757]

37's and 47's are my fav's. Cannot beat a good old diesel.

[@alastairbrand4998]

I always had a soft spot for the Cromptons (Class 33) They were extensively deployed in our area and were used on daily loco-hauled passenger workings from London down to Uckfield until '84. Both they and the 37s seemed to be good all-rounders - railway equivalent of the old Swiss Army knife

[@keithmorgan1440]

Class 55 mate you can't beat the Deltics most powerful diesel ever

[@blair2798]

From across the pond - thanks for the ride. Very relaxing anf enjoyabe.

[@davidbarber6268]

Good to see the old girls still galloping along at a good pace earning their keep

[@markfaz8689]

Awesome 🚂, I used to work at Longsight depot back in the mid 80's. A trip down memory lane, 👍

[@stuartbroome1258]

Last time i went round Longsight class 40's were there. 40196 refuelling, 40150 parked, and 40022 "Laconia" withdrawn. Happy days, and very interesting video👍

[@gavinferguson]

love the 37/s it will be a sad day when they finally leave the main line. the engine noise out of crew was phenominal

[@MelvinThorley]

Ben, you are my Time Machine. Only once in my 10 years did I have this. Not ever being at a depot with any diagrammed 37 work, I never got trained. But I knew a man who was. Sitting at Warrington on 7.10.2003 with the infamous John Wilson we discovered that the Northern Belle 9.34 am Engine 0T 64 was not a 67 but 37798. Instead of sliding off home I accepted the offer to drive the old girl from Arpley Sidings to Chester to await the Belle. I also had the pleasure of riding 1T 64 the 11.47 from Ludo Jn to Blaenau with Joe Mc Murray......what a thrash. I felt so guilty for getting paid that day.

[@adammoss5284]

I'm sat watching this with a USB headset on and it's the closest to being in the cab. Superb.

[@1903bretep]

Super job Ben, nice to be looking out over the nose of a 37, keep it up.

[@Mounhas]

Listening to this growler makes me think of BSA Triumph Norton & Matchless 4-strokes!

[@PeterSweetman-vm8oj]

The remarkable Class 37 the all time versatile locomotive, how wonderful so many remain in traffic with the future looking bright. 37003 is being rebuilt by a dedicated team hopefully returning to long term heritage use at Dereham in Norfolk. Thank you for a great video

[@RedShedNick]

Best piece of footage on UT ive seen for many a year, enjoyed is an understatement, thanks for sharing Ben and naturally you have a sub from me, good luck and n more soon please, regards Nick.

[@RyanWindridge]

Love it Ben got the Cardiff canton to Cardiff canton last night at 1130pm sounded so good on the rear of the dbso 37610

[@Grid56]

Great video despite the microphone clipping. Still good noise in some places like Crewe P1 start .❤❤. Class 37 is the best beast out there. Still strong and useful today with it's low route availability number and decent power.😊

[@jessicamorgan3073]

Thanks Ben and team. It's nice to see into a depot!

[@thetrainspotters502]

Great video mate, seen quite a few 37’s recently nice to see the drivers POV bet it’s amazing working with 37’s. I’ve subbed to the channel, 😁

[@thewatchmen4920]

Better than some 📺 programs. No COMERICALS

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Great Video!

[@kevinellis8869]

Great footage inside the depot!

[@O.Gcarsten12775]

, VIEW, HEY?!! Never realised that the driver sits on the roof. Well as the saying goes, You learn something new every day!!!

[@sebbrady8927]

That’s the bonet of the train

[@christopherbentley5216]

Great video. I wish network rail would tidy/ cut back branches etc. The locomotive actually gives hit twice by branches at Stockport. I mentioned the same thing/ well similar at Waterloo East 14 years ago,to be told l was mistaken.

[@ianwarriner8193]

Stick it on 24 Road ! Which in the sixties was the scrapline ! Nice to see the shedmasters office is still standing but with Alstrom emblazoned above the bay window , an enjoyable video 😊

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

wow straight high speed tracks, we would love that in Denmark

[@EXPLORINGWITHMEDAVE]

wow never seen 37s like this brill footage

[@wrigjo101]

A nice video as usual Ben

[@michaeljenkins302]

Absolutely lovely. Thank you so much for your videos.

[@LaviDzine]

Jesus.. the legs on that Southend Opsco! Good old Benny Hill welcoming you on to depot! Those Stop boards could do with renewing though! 🤓

[@Del-bm]

Thanks for the upload.

[@muttsnutsNAFO]

Oh the 37... thanks ben!

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

One of the most driven routes for me. Modal later today. Great video for the enthusiasts to watch. JG.

[@stulop]

37, the sound of my childhood. I'm 60. Some things were built to last.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Nice to travel with you

[@shamus2503]

Thanks Ben! Awesome video! :)

[@deltic1964]

Great Video Ben

[@enforcer-e1s]

It feels good to travel in British made trains!

[@ianhenson724]

Loved it.

[@thegreateasterntrainspotte8760]

Great video and lovely cab ride as always mate! I love the details you add in as well including the speed, which line the train is running on (e.g Down Main), stations etc it's really good!

[@justinobrien3593]

tractor at 100mph that's shifting wow beast of a EE tractor 🤩😍😘

[@beneliastrains]

@@justinobrien3593 it wasn't doing 100mph at any point in this video. The maximum speed was 80

[@justinobrien3593]

@@beneliastrains I thought they was restricted to 80mph it said 100mph in the right corner for its speed 🤣

[@mrvwbug4423]

@@justinobrien3593 That's line speed, not necessarily the speed he's going. Top speed on 37s is 80-90 depending on the spec of the locomotive.

[@markcf83]

That's the line speed limit.

[@stevehull787]

First class 👍

[@bobtudbury8505]

wow more yellows than a custard factory ............not to mention the reds. i'm amazed any trains run on time !

[@NJPurling]

The facet that a Gen 1 diesel is still pounding the rails in 2024 proves that BR & English Electric produced a near-perfect locomotive. It wouldn't please Greta Thunberg... But what would? An angry Class 37 produces clag you could chew and sounds magnificent.

[@andylaws4247]

Sad to see how much of the p/way around Crewe and Longsight has become a jungle. Looks very neglected.

[@bobp6742]

Bloody awful locos to drive during the winter, the traction blower motors used to make the cab draughty as hell, I always used to have a roll of masking tape to try and keep the cab as warm as possible 😂

[@thomasshepard6030]

When I was a fireman at eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 I used to keep a stick in my bag to keep the bloody windows up bloody heaters never worked on them going up the west highland line in the middle of December and having to sit with your heavy overcoat on my brother was a driver with DRS and he told me the 37s that came from eastfield when it closed were all refurbished they put in insulated and soundproof bulkheads between the engine and the drivers cab and new heaters he said they really transformed them

[@37418]

Excellent Ben 👍 Have Subscribed Carnt Beat a Class 37 👍

[@martyn6792]

A couple of subtle thrashes just before and leaving Stockport

[@Adullamite]

Thanks, very good!

[@sapper82]

Number of time I did that route on MENTOR before it got rebuilt and sat in the dome doing the commentary.

[@donk1822]

I used to watch these going under the footbridge near the Quaker Oats factory in Southall as a child, they were the most brutal looking machines and I loved them. I spent so much time standing on the bridge I'd go home covered in soot. Thank you for this ride :). PS. I'd love to know why there is such a mish mash of differing designs for the supports for the overhead cables used by electric locomotives?

[@pburr1973]

There are 2-track, 4 track (and sometimes a lot more than that) sections - so different designs and span widths have to cater for that. The original electrification (c.1960 here) saw quite heavy lattice-type portal structures used, most of those can still be seen here - but some newer structures have been added too (or replaced old ones during re-signalling, track update programmes etc).

[@donk1822]

@@pburr1973 Thank you. I figured it might be a bit of that combined with random replacement of old worn out ones with newer designs.

[@Trainguy_spotter]

Saw 254 at Weymouth yesterday

[@paulmark63]

Thank you a great video and the noise of the 37 brilliant. Paul in Kent

[@stenut2895]

Splendid

[@HSTPaul]

Another great video. I have fond memories of 37 254 when it was based at the Spa Valley Railway.

[@joshuaedwards6733]

Can't beat the 37s I like the thrash when they accelerate out the station is it just the paired locomotives running light

[@stephenpowell5912]

Fabulous sound and Great video ❤

[@thomasshepard6030]

The class 37 was the first locomotive that I drove when I started with BR AT EASTFIELD TRACTION DEPOT SPRINGBURN GLASGOW 1974 fireman/second man I was still called a fireman on my wage packet and on the roster board and all the old steam men called me fireman

[@coveryoureyesmedia]

This isn’t about you though Tomass. Uve had 6 likes well 5 likes as 1 was totally yours. I’d suggest you get out more..They are all sympathy thumbs up here 100% all day long. The honest truth right now,I’m afraid. 😂

[@UKbrownSkinBoy]

"I want to go to Birmingham and they're taking me of to Crewe......."

[@lesleyhirst3422]

Thanks, Ben - it was great to ride all through the depot!

[@petergut99]

Great video, really enjoyed it. Would you be able to tell me what type of camera you use please?

[@petergibbs]

Thanks Ben, it's a treat to have a class 37. Seeing Jodrell Bank telescope, was an extra bonus as well.

[@titup2]

Mr Google says your Dane Viaduct is Twemlow, and places Dane just North of Congleton. Fine trip nevertheless; thanks.

[@beneliastrains]

The sectional appendix lists the one I called Dane as 'Holmes Chapel Viaduct'. The one just north of Congleton is called Congleton Viaduct (at least that's what it's listed as). I think local names are used sometimes and they don't always tally with what they're actually called - I used the Track Access maps to complete the captions and they list it as Dane (Twemlow) viaduct, so that's why I called it Dane!

[@beneliastrains]

The river dane flows underneath and they often name the viaducts by the name of the river so that probably explains that one! Twemlow would appear to be the official name.

[@mrbluesky2050]

nice one.

[@tango6nf477]

59 and 61 years old and still working

[@ramonwilliams5721]

Enjoyed your video, never been on a class 37, seem to ride well.🚂🚂🚂

[@brianeynon5406]

Agreed my favourites to .

[@billseymour-jones3224]

Wonderful, arrived just in time to restore my waning sanity!

[@IcenI_Koi]

Lovely drive.............👍

[@7write7]

I love GB unusual for EU scenery landscapes and railways system. Wana visit it and ride London-Plymouth train so much

[@mbbcfc]

Keep going onwards from Plymouth to Penzance - it's a lovely route, especially over the Royal Albert Bridge.

[@Sparkiestransoprtvlog-cy4lu]

Hellfire❤

[@MelvinThorley]

talking of Old Lady's growling......I am a Cougar fan

[@steventrainspotter72]

What were you pulling great video

[@dilwich]

How can driving such a machine ever be classed as work.

[@heckelphon]

Lovely video, as always. Many thanks. Was there meant to be something which indicated where Down Manchester became Down Wilmslow? It just seemed to happen!

[@beneliastrains]

It's the change of control from Crewe PSB to Manchester South SCC which dictates the line name

[@heckelphon]

@@beneliastrains Ah, thanks for that. Is it then the line-side cabinet which happens to be the first piece of equipment no longer controlled by the power box at Crewe and so marks the boundary? It seems strange when almost everything else on the rail network gets labelled that such precise locations of signalling control transfer don't get a little sign. Presumably its one of those many secrets you have to absorb in learning a route!

[@nicktheengineer5976]

Thanks Ben. I was wondering who do you work for and also how far in advance do you know your schedule for where you are going?

[@JohnDrewVoice]

The Jodrell Bank Observatory! I'd not seen it since I lived in Wilmslow in 1965 and 1966.

[@MrMWRMWR]

About 1973 when travelling up to Manchester one lady of a certain age drew the attention of her companion: "Look, Enid, it's one of those there what-do-you-call-its 🤔a horoscope ". Real life, not a comic sketch.🤭

[@bleulander7364]

From a Class 37 Driver's point of view, pressing that horn Is an act of self humiliation.

[@UHarshanBlackBoy1995]

Cool

[@Bassmanfallon]

Great video but the bell ringing and buzzers going off would drive me insane.

[@sebbrady8927]

That’s literally part of the job 😂😂

[@Bassmanfallon]

I think there’s an old style phone ringing too;Maybe the driver’s wife trying to contact him regarding their recent argument?

[@justinobrien3593]

what was the class 37 moving all that nova 3 crap to take it to long Marton for storage!!!

[@lisdoddestraat]

13:40 what’s that big satellite on the right?

[@Thecrazyvaclav]

Jodrell Bank radio telescope

[@andrewwilkinson3022]

Which do you prefer to drive Ben 37's or HSts....

[@Seeking_Gnosis]

13:24 thats a big sky dish

[@joeritchie7286]

Beast

[@markcf83]

That's Jodrell Bank.

[@petrolhead1960]

Ben, are these trains still called the Deltics like they were in my younger days?

[@Grid56]

These are English Electric 12cylinder powered class 37 not deltics which are Napier powered class 55. Their similar shape is due to having the same build company but direct comparison will show the deltic as a bigger engine and larger nose ends.

[@petrolhead1960]

@@Grid56 Thank you.

[@Grid56]

@@petrolhead1960 No problem.

[@tommos16]

Would you generally more than one yellow to indicate theres a red signal coming? Seems a very short distsnce to slow down from 80/90..

[@beneliastrains]

@@tommos16 one or two

[@MrAvant123]

What do the bells signify ?

[@aetch77]

green light ahead

[@Dreamweaver787]

Lovely stuff fella, why in 2024 is there still class 37's in use, don't get me wrong love the old diesel's but for such an old engine and the silly laws over emissions how come there still so popular?.

[@beneliastrains]

They're reliable and very versatile because of their low Route Availability (they can basically go anywhere)

[@gazfish]

I assume you weren’t pulling anything

[@TheJack4000111]

The Video is Outstanding - Audio? Horrendous.

[@beneliastrains]

@@TheJack4000111 yes it's pretty crap, but improves from Stockport. It shouldn't be this bad in the future

[@hamshackleton]

Christmas tree on the platform - already! - - - That microphone doesn't like the noise level in the cab. First time I've seen the first part of that route. Thanks.

[@Starman2319]

Hey Ben, cracking video. What was the actual train speed going through Goostrey?

[@beneliastrains]

@@Starman2319 the line speed through goostrey is 110mph. This train has a maximum speed of 90mph.

[@beneliastrains]

@@Starman2319 no idea what the actual speed was, sorry

[@vwgolf9826]

You can work it out by timing the train between the mile posts. Speed=Distance/Time. Hope this helps.

[@Guard_Amos]

Video starting off in style with a glimpse of 142003. Have you tried put a wired microphone into the engine room? The horn is a bit suspect on 254 haha

[@beneliastrains]

My next video will have HST engine room sound recording 😜

[@Guard_Amos]

@@beneliastrains 37's would be better haha

[@andrewrice6596]

Spot on.