D1015 Western Champion Full Start Up

D1015 Western Champion Starts Its Two Maybach MD655 Engines At Blaunau Ffestiniog Prior To Its Return Down The Conwyn Valley Line Back To Llandudno Junction As Part Of The Western Slater Railtour. Don't forget to "Smile"!

[@glynperrisgp]

Beautiful sound of the Maybach ....you just can't beat it. Such a shame these magnificent beasts had such a short service life, I remember watching them thunder through Newbury station as a kid in the 70's. As they were taken out of service and most scrapped after barely 10 years on the Western region, thank god a few survive.

[@michaelcampin1464]

I remember a double headed rail trip when THE IRONS played I think it was Swansea in the FA Cup in late 70s. It was heaven

[@christanner8104]

I lived in Newbury in the early seventies and spent many Saturdays on Newbury Station platform watching the Westerns. My school was next to the main line.

[@AtomicFFProductions]

mmm tuning the maybach duet. That s just sheer brilliance. Who needs highspeed or eletrification when you could have a western!

[@alcazar136]

Just been watching this and listening to that wonderful sound LOUD through hi-fi. Wife and mother-in-law worried that there was going to be a plane crash. Great stuff.

[@stefankassbohrer2765]

Great to see, a real beast ... pre-lubrication of engines, starting engines .... best regards from south Germany

[@sergiokodemo6925]

Fantastic sound only matched by a Deltic. You British people had a great time when Classes 20 to 56 were all in regular service! At least the 56's remain. Still have to watch some Class 60 videos. Have no idea how they sound yet.

[@stevewilson7560]

Sergio Kodemo only one sound better than this, that is a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, of which I have made parts for. But followed these since I was 10 in 1970 and spent weeks on holiday in Dawlish with a rail rover behind these great locomotives

[@7822welshsteam]

I liked this so much I laughed out loud for both start attempts.

[@daystatesniper01]

Still cant beat the sound of one of these beasts thrashing up Dainton bank with load 13 on ,front window aaaaaah the memories

[@50018Resolution]

@24nov67 Drive from the Maybach engine's is transfered to the wheels via a Voith hydraulic transmission (1x Engine and transmission unit at each end)

[@stev6free146]

Best sounding loco ever had a few trips over the years at the seven valley.

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

Having been use to hearing EMD,GE and Alco locomotives from time to time. This isn't a bad sound either. Nice sounding locomotive.

[@petersimpson3140]

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[@markherzog9484]

Many an afternoon spent on the platforms of Ealing Broadway station way back in the late 60’s and early 70’s watching these impressive machine roar through to and from Paddington to the West Country…. The whole station would shake as the trains passed by……..

[@motor-werner1989]

This loco Sounds awesome :D

[@imautuber]

OMG thats an amazing sound !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@biggedybiggedybong8032]

First big loco i had a cab ride in was my fav... Western Courier D1062... even had it as a model wen i was a lad

[@John2Ward]

"Courier" is now preserved; and I was one of the first to buy a few shares in her, back in the 1970s.

[@burghill1979]

amazing sounds:)

[@MrFlavioValentino]

Its Maybach Power what do you expect? Simply the best.

[@dartskipper3170]

I knew a chap in the 1970's who had worked on the Warship Maybachs at Laira. He said they were a nightmare due to lack of room and it was the British built bits that kept breaking. The first German built engines were OK but the British ancillaries were junk. Spanner steam heating boilers were out of service most of the time. Later on they left the Maybachs ticking over rather than shut them down because the batteries were clapped out too.

[@ProblemProductionsLD]

Ah, beautiful! Perhaps ironic that almost identical engines were used in the heavier German tanks (the Tiger I being the most memorable) in WW2. One of the major differences was that those engines ran on gasoline. Love this sound, though, thanks for the upload :) J

[@mattlaugher]

Well said!

[@gamr4fun]

Well said.. Personally, I can respect all the loco's, but those rods on the steamers scare the life out of me, yeah and the boiler, man never a boring moment on the old steam..

[@michaelcampin1464]

Magnificent in Maroon. My Hornby model is in Maroon like my Warships

[@bertiewooster3326]

Is that the rock of Gibraltar in the background?

[@davidirvine4294]

Class 50 prior to refurbishment were the best sounding. One could hear that Hoover whine from miles away.

[@7822welshsteam]

It's hard to tell from a video but these things are so loud that if you're hanging out of the front window when one's on full power you can't believe what you're listening to.

[@mekydro]

Blaneau Ffestiniog never sounded so good!

[@Synthematix]

theyre both singing to eachother

[@SGHeavyVehicles]

Hmm from the time between 1:13 to when engine startup at 1:45, is it the period of time where the lube oil priming pump pumping the lube oil/turbine oil pressure to the required pressure before the engine runs? I worked on a similar engine before and thats about how it starts.

[@A380bhxdxb]

Sounds like a Panzier division starting up ready for battle, like in Battle of the Bulge!! Mind you, the sound might not be so far from the true, as German Tanks had Voith transmission I think.

[@dave13dc]

I've seen this engine sitting silently at Bridgnorth many times but I've never seen it run. Nice to see. Wasn't there another one with it at Bridgnorth? A sandy coloured one?

[@50018Resolution]

The one at Bridgenorth David is D1062 Western Courier, D1013 Western Ranger is also based there,

[@azzifyy5988]

@@50018Resolution Western Champion has been stationed at the Severn valley railway with Western Courier and Western Ranger since 2001.

[@jacobisrael5938]

COLD START THIS ENGINE YOU WOULD THINK THE BUGGER WAS ON FIRE BLACK SMOKE POURING OUT OF HER

[@MrGeordiesteam]

Nice video, but it will never beat the sound of a Deltic

[@AndreiTupolev]

And indeed Maybach engines.

[@nelson241071]

I agree...super sound...the best! even beats the deltic

[@Der_Otann]

Start watch ING from 1:40

[@dave13dc]

It's Maybach diesels rev quite quickly. Not like the slow rumble of a Peak anyway.

[@i_ident1fy_aZ_A_h4ndle]

Class 55 uses engines from formidable warships, so it's only right that the 52's uses engines from German tanks.

[@tpvalley]

Thanks, oddly enough I am more interested in the diesels that pre date my birth...especially NBL stuff like class 21/ 6100 series and 22/6300's; oh and class 28 co-bo's intrigue me; for some reason the more unreliable the more interesting! westerns were very reliable evidently, but still interesting!

[@benconway9010]

tpvalley actually the westerns weren't reliable they suffered with hydrolic leaks and always broke down because they are not diesel electric they are diesel hydrolic which means the wheels are driven hydrolicly

[@bonzo874]

ponytail pete at 1 00

[@tpvalley]

Thats like old steam guys cant see why we like diesels, us oldies cant see why the youth like modern shite, it will continue like this forever maybe; its what u grow up with?

[@AnTiThesis-HaT-HoT]

Great vid only spoilt by the patronising git telling driver to ‘smile’ at 0.57.

[@ACTractionLTD]

i see "Rambo" the driver was driving, greatest thrash merchant around :D

[@steviesteve750]

Nice capture, but a class 37 EE or a sulzer 47 are hard to beat.

[@davidirvine4294]

Class 47s sound pathetic.

[@MontyCantsin5]

A 47? You must be joking, surely? They have some of the worst thrash going.

[@4vepvik781]

​@@davidirvine4294Agreed,good locos but engine sound track ain't making it.😅

[@larskjeldgaard9895]

yes ok

[@24nov67]

don't think these engines had traction motors? if i remember correctly the wheels were driven by driveshafts straight from the maybach engines through some sort of gearbox or something.

[@neildeakin4454]

Correct, Westerns were diesel hydraulics not diesel electrics like the 37's, 47's etc

[@martinjh999]

@@neildeakin4454 Wasn;t that why they retired early? Non-standard...

[@neildeakin4454]

@@martinjh999 I think there may have been reliability issues from what I have read.

[@12crepello]

​@@neildeakin4454 Also not eth fitted, so not compatible with new MK2 air con stock.

[@fredscratchet1355]

Looks like Gibraltar

[@nomon95]

two separated engines???? i"M in a misstake????

[@andrew80s]

No mistake. Two totally separate engines, each with their own transmission, driving one bogie each. A few other classes had this, most notably the Deltic.

[@tpvalley]

Westerns gave good service evidently yes, but nothing competes with old or new EMD for reliability, economy and ease of maintenance unfortunately; have u seen how easy it is to change a piston (power pack- liner piston and rod), even the heads come off without removing exhaust manifold, they r a genius design. Give me old EE and sulzers anyday.

[@riklund691]

Starts like a tractor....runs like a plane!!

[@simonp1970]

And what makes me laugh the most is to do over a million miles on Voyagers you would be putting in about 300 miles each day which is total bollocks

[@nibiru777universalmachanic3]

Sounds like a panther tank same engine right

[@nibiru777universalmachanic3]

Yes that's right I know they both used Maybach v12s that's why they sound similar

[@alangordon3283]

No .

[@user-cv2ud6yf2j]

😂 tutti fruity 🍉🍍🍎🍒 its alive

[@mattlaugher]

That is clag, a brilliant feature that a 66 will never experience! 66s are crap imports, how about this for a proper class of loco... watch?v=ZbGWcAbpBf l

[@mattlaugher]

OH MY GOD A 66 VEG!!!!!!!! 66's are one of the worst locos i have had the (dis)pleasure of riding in! I bet they overplay a better loco noise on simulators to make them sound acceptable!! Nothing can beat an old BR British build diesel!! Ever heard a 37 on full bore? that is proper porn!!

[@SuperRubberFrog]

Actually i see class 66s almost every weekend, and you cant compare a simulator to real life. Most simulators don't even have realistic sounds on them. Also class 66s sounds awful next to a old BR diesel because of the ridiculous silencers they fit to them.

[@frenchsteam7356]

still sounds like a bag of hammers! [sorry]

[@SuperRubberFrog]

Are you incapable of watching a video with trains without mentioning how overrated and crap every loco but a 66/67 is?

[@simonp1970]

Driven one on a sim?? Haha.. what a laugh.. You must have done that after you finished your homework then.. Driven one on a sim, what a knob.. Cant see there being much interest in 66s in 50 years time, or 5 for that matter.. the clue was in the title. If you dont like it, why watch it in the first place?

[@user-fi1ud4sn8l]

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