Class 50's in B.R. Service.

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

I spent 12 years as a Shunter at Penzance, and can say I have dealt with every Class 50 Loco. I’ve enjoyed my life.

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

I’ve shunted with a lot of these Locos at Pz when the pilot was in for service. They would regularly travel 1000 miles in 24 hours. Penzance to Paddington, Padd to Swansea, Swansea to Oxford, then to Birmingham, to Padd and back to Pz.

[@stuartrutt9524]

Now i have to admit i am a dyed in the wool steam man but i just loved the 50s have seen them all many times over and would have loved to be in a position to have bought one and if i had AJAX would have still been here today.

[@class45peak]

If this ain't the sound of music i don't know what is . These lovely engines had the sound and looks of perfection . Thank you excellent video .

[@1951GL]

The Class 50s ran in pairs on the northern end of the WCML from Crewe. Post electrificaton transferred to the Western lines. Quick acceleration, but aesthetically lacking something at the front, unlike DP2, their prototype.

[@allansmith4447]

The CourtChester at 5m35m... I have just found this and I was the Driver on this from Sheffield to Chester.This is the first time I have found any footage of this train.

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Nice one Allen, greetings from an ex Stoke Gifford and Penzance Shunter.

[@antman09ful1]

This is great footage of them fantasic loco's, thanks for shearing your filming. Mike

[@jaketaylor3611]

Hellfire machines! My dad was a vac basher many moons ago :)

[@hisham77x]

Ahhhhh...the class 50's thrashing sound is 'killing' me! Thanx for posting this video....

[@ronaldgamble8739]

When first introduced in 1968 it was to finally replace the remaining steam traction on the west coast route north of Crewe and accelerate the speeds north to Glasgow from lower powered diesels,they always worked in pairs for the power needed for that steep route.There was controversy at the time as to why Brush 4s were not used instead as they were proven locos already,personally I got to like them and on the west coast run they could be fast and being double headed sounded good especially on overnight runs.

[@inglian02]

Happy days on the Southern. :) Oh for a time machine and a few thousand pounds. I'd take a hotel room in Salisbury and spend my days riding behind and photographing these beauties.

[@annescholey6546]

Only on weekdays. They didn't appear on Saturdays as we got a slew of Cromptons instead.

[@Robhalifax]

Nicknamed the 'Hoover'. We used to get very excited if we saw one of these in York back in the 70's when I was spotting.

[@DeanPark]

Great set of video clips!

[@milehighclassics]

thankyou for taking me back in time

[@davidfrobel7582]

good vidio,Ilove the sound of thouse old locos,,,

[@FrontCompVids]

Awesome footage there John!

[@Panarail]

I remember them at Manchester too. The last time I saw one of those plates was at Old Oak Common approx 1977. I think it was on 50036. I am sure some of those found themselves in the hands of collectors. I can't say for sure though. Thanks.

[@MrJezza31]

@bluebus270 it was fitted with snowploughs at clapham junction u r right there

[@dougjuk]

Those were the days !!!

[@Bellwestern80]

Such a shame you dont see the 50's anymore. Mostly DMUs and EMUs.

[@brushhead]

They had four Turbochargers, and it was an uprated version the unit out of a Whistler.

[@cidertom5140]

Nice flailing boys

[@Panarail]

This is 100% original live sound. What you hear is what you see.

[@georginaflorp7091]

She´s got the most funny face - You cannot disagree, do You!

[@halesworth01]

I can't remember these in East Anglia (Only 37s maybe the odd 47) but you can't beat the "rasp" of the 50s. Why are they nicknamed "Hoovers"?

[@zedcharlie]

Before they were modified when the fans started up they sounded like...? Yes you guessed it, hoovers!

[@cov73]

Couldnt agree more.

[@Panarail]

That clip is how old ??? ... and I never spotted that. You have a good eye for detail there.

[@jamestheengine]

Back in the days when the Waterloo-Exeter had real trains,noe its boring 158s that dont even go to Paignton

[@bluebus270]

Is it me or was 50018 fitted with snowploughs? At Clapham?

[@Thunderer0872]

Well your be please to know that quite a few are saved and some are working the main line, 50031 Hood, 50044 Exeter and 50049 Defiance are main line certifed (44 currently under repair) 50017 Royal Oak had a short time as did 50050 Fearless but I doubt these will be back but 50026 Indomtiable is expecte to return soon and there are many others on steam railways up and down the UK working through out the summer months.

[@cov73]

funny how after they went everyone claimed to a 50 basher,i only remember the big following they had from the brum lads and the roadshow being there year after year.chris 4get villa get your arse on the minehead tour.

[@TrowbridgeHardcore]

not often you c loco hauled trains with only one engin now days, when ever i have seen them there has always been one either end o the train

[@luke9620]

what s the number of priverived locos

[@nigelterry9299]

I always did like 50007 in green. Seem to be in a minority these days.....

[@imaghostbuster36]

why at 7:03 is there an American train horn??

[@still_guns]

Deltics?

[@gw4pjq]

What has happened to English Electric, Brush Traction, BRCW, Metro Vic? they made some fabulous Locomotives. I bet somewhere in their epitaph the words margaret, thatcher, ernest, marple and/or conservatives will be found. What this shower have done to our manufacturing base is criminal. What are we doing buying trains from (of all countries) Spain and Italy? Bitter? too bloody right I am.

[@wakehurst2]

gw4pjq I can understand your stance - and I appreciate its 5 years since you made this statement - but the simple truth is we as a country lost this engineering/manufacturing game during the '80's. In terms of locomotive manufacturing the reliability of BR motive power was shocking. At times low 60%. Sadly even the then new 56's proved unreliable - not just the first 30 from Romania but the BREL built batch too. They were uneconomical almost out of the box. It took Foster Yeoman to haul BR into the modern world with its order of 4 - just 4 - Class 59's from the US. This was the start of the revolution that effectively killed our manufacturing. Was it political? Possibly. The main problem for all manufacturing companies in that era was the power of the unions. Our cost base went up and quality went down. Simple.

[@aureol40012]

I take it this is dubbed?

[@lancashire-john]

Dub-dubbed. 😉

[@datnotfair]

NSE livery was the best!!