Class 47's (Part 1, Subclass 47/0)

Filmed mostly around Manchester Victoria, this film features Class 47's of the subclass 47/0 on a variety of duties.

[@grahamsmith7054]

Just found out Mr John C Earwicker passed away few years ago-the Person Videoing these Loco's,great videos R.I.P John.

[@David330ify]

Great video John. Always liked the class 47.

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Outstanding compilation

[@mjradar]

50 minutes of pure spoon delight fantastic

[@DeanPark]

Always good to watch one of your historic videos. Brilliant. Thanks. Dave

[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍 I've got a soft spot for the Spoons, especially when in multiple!

[@stevewyman2822]

Always Loved 47 's on Roundie's....Plenty of them in there...Nice one..!!! :)

[@James47298]

One of best 47 vids ever!

[@LDEGM]

Amazing video! Beautiful old images with Class 47! I like very much engine sound! Good work, John! Thumbs Up Best Regards from Romania Andrew

[@gavin37688]

Excellent vid some great stuff in there, love the tnt 47's and hauling failed freights keep them coming and please do a 37 one too ;-)

[@tradtrain]

A fantastic video,thanks for sharing it with us 👍

[@Pmjs]

The 47 is my favourite locomotive.

[@niloc6336]

Great video my friend very enjoyable, more please

[@apiaristicone9585]

just fantastic memories.

[@richardjellis9186]

Although this is a good video, some NARRATION, or story telling, would be FANTASTIC.!😁!. MAYBE, Someone could use the footage they've collected over the years, and go one by one, through all the different classes of locomotive, telling us where they spent their lives and what they got up to. I know that I'D BE DELIGHTED to watch a video on each class. There's LOADS of videos done by the Americans on THEIR locos through the years, and, LOADS of videos done on the locos that were special in one way or another (big boys, and gas turbine locos). They are PROUD of their rail history, and rightly so. Surely someone has the footage and knows the history of OUR stock.!🤔!. Fingers crossed eh.! LOVE THE VIDEOS🥰. KEEP 'em COMING🥰🥰. RICH 🥰🥰🥰.

[@jackharrison6771]

GREAT video mate, thanks for Posting.

[@mjradar]

Very good video enjoyed a lot

[@JohnBowl]

The wagon behind 47054 (2:00 & 2:06) seems to be made out of the cab of a Class 17 Clayton. Does anyone know any more?

[@johnfry1011]

John Bowl the whole thing is a long welded rail train (made by Plasser and Theurer) for delivering rails to site

[@gyrovague]

What are these big ass bolsters at 2.15? 1990 again? Thanks for the upload!

[@eddherring4972]

Interesting choice of thumbnail for this vid, a 37.

[@davidbeckett3313]

why where they scrapped for units that do the same job ???? it seems like b r or whatever seem to like replacing perfectly good locos for imports that do the same job , 47, could go on for ever sorry for the rant , loved your vid , take care !!!!!!!!!

[@SteamboatWilley]

From Wikipedia: "EWS inherited a fleet of 1,600 mainly diesel locomotives, with an average age of over 30 years; 300 had been cannibalised for spares. Typical of the fleet, the 2580 hp Class 47s needed a major overhaul every seven years, costing £400,000; yet had an average daily availability of less than 65% with only 16 days between major failures. To enable it to offer its stated lower pricing to customers, EWS needed to reduce operating costs and raise availability." And thus the class 66s were ordered.