Class 20 No.D8020 experience

[@stephenpowell5912]

Love that for a birthday present operating a Vintage Class 20 at Bo'ness ❤

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Stephen why not ask if you can do a Class 20 driver experience at Bo'ness why not give them a call and good luck

[@DarrensVlog]

How not to treat a loco, even worse during the run round.

[@vincitveritas3872]

How do you mean?

[@thetrainsrock]

@@vincitveritas3872 driver appears to be going from full to off. thats how you kill traction motors (flashover). youre supposed to go back to the on position (if you want to shut off), wait for the amps to die off, then shut off

[@malcolmlowe2323]

One thing that made me grimace was at the beginning, when you stood at the station, the train stood for several minutes with you standing in the cab or looking out of the window, and not at any time was either the train brake or direct / straight air brake applied. Not a professional approach, I am sorry to say.

[@rich392117]

So much for running the amps down before shutting the controller. A bit more respect required for the machinery IMHO.

[@grahambaker1122]

Yes,pretty shocking,to be honest!

[@ianjones4116]

​@@grahambaker1122 he did seem a bit heavy handed on the controls too. Never saw my dad slamming power handle , or brake handles back. 🤔👍

[@richardperry5538]

Having never driven a loco before so maybe I'm wrong in saying this but I have to say the last chap was abit full throttle whilst doing the run round, I guess being a mainline driver myself on class 800s and 150s and Turbos we're taught to be more careful.

[@richardperry5538]

I do yes, just saying on the Mainline we have rules which we have to stick by incase we get downloaded and dragged into the office.

[@Qwertypigeon853]

Incredible footage!

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Luke thank you for your comment and for enjoying my video

[@tinizong4153]

Nice video, thanks for sharing. 😃👍

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thanks for watching

[@mikeatpudhamjunction2323]

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thank you for watching so take care

[@samcoppack9012]

I have no words 😮

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

I see ok but thanks anyway

[@jamiestrainhub]

Love how all the 1960s diesels have similar controls for example: Throttles on: 20s 31s 37s 40s 55s

[@johnblair8146]

You're getting this American railfan hooked on British trains!!!!

[@emt43043]

Locomotives you mean

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thank you so much John Blair for watching and welcome

[@johnblair8146]

@@emt43043 The entire consist from the loco to the brake van!

[@jooster0081]

Great clip👍🏻 Do you have any more from that event? Brings back nice memories being on the Saturday with my father👍🏻

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thank you for your comments glad it brings back some nice memories I have boxes of old video tapes that I filmed at Bo'ness years ago which I'm still trying to sort out so there might be something more about this event so take care.

[@tombore9516]

that's not how you drive a loco that's how you break something! but it's what you get when people are pretending to be train drivers

[@grahambaker1122]

I fully agree!with Frank spencer driving as well!Shocking use of the power controller!

[@grahamallen1970]

Driver was a bit slappy with controls.....trainee was all over the place ...defo how not to drive instructional vid...far to much show boating😊

[@andrzejszyszo4284]

The working position of the driver of this locomotive is terrible. The levers at knee height make it impossible to lean back, his arms hang down and he is expected to sit in this position for hours. Probably as a punishment.