Class 56s Full Power Part one

A brief look at a selection of "Grids" from back in their BR working days doing what they did best , sound quite fantastic on full chat . Seen on a vast variety of traffic that they could be regularly at the head of including the ubiquitous MGRs. Over 100 different Class members featured throughout the series
56036 Coppull , Enterprise
56060 Charnock Richard, Limestone
56131 Brocklesby , MGR
56135 Uleskelf, Steel
56006 Milford Jct , MGR
56101 Stormy Bank , MGR
56055 Milford Jct , MGR
56088 Brocklesby, MGR
56001 Woking , Stone
56064 Dainton Bank , Railtour
56069 Burton Salmon, Steel
56040 Chipping Sodbury, Bitumen
56076 Sandwick, Chemicals
56041 Milford Jct , MGR
56119 Stormy Bank , Steel
56029 Eaglescliffe , Oil tanks

[@sugarbertie1143]

A familiar sound on MGRs having lived all my life in the mining area of North Derbys. You don't appreciate them until they're gone, thank heavens there are a few still running with Colas.

[@anthony342]

never get tired of this sound , its music to my ears

[@caileanshields4545]

Top-shelf stuff. Grids at full cry are a aural tour-de-force to a almost overwhelming degree: that bassy, earth-shaking, thumping/throbbing of the engine proper (which betrays the English Electric heritage of the Ruston-Paxman lump) which slowly gives way to the screaming turbocharger as the loco draws nearer. Both combine to form perhaps one of the best-sounding diesels this country has ever produced. In my oh-so humble opinion ofc. ;)

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed ! More to come when I get round to doing another couple of compilations.

[@caileanshields4545]

@@hughesy45108 Looking forward to it!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some brilliant sounds. That mike caught the bass throb really well. As well as the turbo shriek at 10:20.

[@brushhead]

Grids go past my place in Shrewsbury some evenings about 22:00 on the logs to Chirk. Look forward to it every day! 😊

[@anthony342]

same here , i live in shrewsbury .

[@martincross4583]

I worked on the 56's pulling MGR's - pit to power station all around Doncaster. At the time they were quite new and what was known as 56 sqn was formed by drivers only working on those power units. Awesome sound and powerful beasts.

[@hughesy45108]

Great machines indeed . Thanks for comment

[@markjosephbudgieridgard]

Wow wonderful the sight and sound of a grimy 56 working hard is something to behold... Love the tankers 👍 great video....

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks glad you enjoyed . Need to get around making another few of these compilations when I get chance .

[@mikeprice9826]

what a superb video the 56s were awesome machines & my favourite class of loco the sound of a grid working hard on heavy freight is music to my ears

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed Mike , yes in the early to mid 90s I certainly enjoyed filming them on full chat.

[@martinsmith1538]

Gridirons on thrash. Never matched. Fabulous upload. Used to go to my local line at night at about 10 to 11, even in the freezing cold and wet to watch them on MGRs coming through. The still of a frosty night, then the thumping of the gridiron climbing the railway incline. Nothing like it.

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks ! Yes great machines on full chat .

[@joshwilliams0391]

The absolute peak of British engineering..

[@Thunderer0872]

Except the first 30 were built in Romania and were trash, they needed rewiring and other amendments due to the poor work making them behind the then iron curtain. 56031 to 135 were built at Doncaster & Crewe

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Class 60s weren’t too shabby either

[@AndreiTupolev]

And excellent backlighting highlighting the sand being put down in the final shot

[@darrenhillman8396]

Simply magnificent! My favourite clip is of 56041 restarting its bitumen train from a stand at Chipping Sodbury…but I can rewatch every clip of every video in this series of yours over and over..! I guess that makes me a bit of a 56 fanatic…! Thank you so much for capturing all this wonderful footage which is an important slice of our railway history.

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed mate . Loved filming them back in the day.

[@stephensmith4480]

That first shot brought back some memories. Cawoods containers carrying Coal. We used to get them coming into Liverpool docks by Rail, usually with a class 56 or a 37. They then used to go on a Boat to Belfast Docks. Happy days.

[@richardcaig9836]

Love it. Beautiful machines. I managed to get five name plates off these guys over the years at various auctions. Class 56 and 60s are best locomotives BR ever had.

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed , I love 56s because of the superb sound they make. 60s are a good British design but do nothing for me as they are so silenced.

[@dclark988]

Regular visitors to my home town of Scunthorpe. Top of a hill . Can’t fail to hear the diesels which struggled up our embankment

[@harviegemmell8697]

Superb Video capturing the sights and sounds of these Amazing Locomotives 😎

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks

[@carolinecleaveley]

Just how i remember them climbing the bank from Worksop manton colliery to Retford from my home on Osberton Estate nearby.

[@johnemsden735]

that brings back happy memories loved the sounds of them you could tell one was coming before you saw it, as you say doing what they were built to do 🙂

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed

[@kipsome45]

Wonderful stuff and some great sounds. I could watch and listen to these beasts all day.

[@hughesy45108]

Cheers Trevor

[@nigelterry9299]

I love the bass throb in the distance......

[@djtrainspotter]

Best sound of them all! Her fave too :)

[@richardpike1387]

That's an excellent compilation of grid action.

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks

[@hughesy45108]

Great machines on full chat . Will do another couple of compilations when I get chance .

[@jamiesmithgoingloco]

Really enjoyed that 👍🏻

[@hughesy45108]

Much appreciated, thanks

[@johngoodale4961]

Absolutely brilliant Carl. sadly 56's sound nothing like this anymore!

[@hughesy45108]

Cheers mate , no those Colas ones don't come close! 56081 and 091 are as close as I remember them.

[@Sponge4664]

091 does could hear her for ages powering out of nuneaton a few months back only had a 200/300t load if that the whole town must gave heard it powering up the grade towards Leicester

[@johngoodale4961]

@@Sponge4664 091 is the only 56 still on the main line that sounds how I remember with the classic thud/scream combined

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Top vid👍👍👍 really enjoyed 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks.

[@derrickwong5337]

That's a history of class 56 in the 1990s.

[@JS-fk9oj]

Absolutely hellfire video!

[@hughesy45108]

Glad you enjoyed . Thanks

[@nickrockall2845]

Love it plenty of thrash

[@hughesy45108]

Thanks👍

[@dclark988]

❤❤❤❤

[@darryljones8418]

where filmed 🤔

[@hughesy45108]

Each shot is listed mate 👍

[@miniroll32]

Did these ever run passenger services?

[@hughesy45108]

No booked passenger worked but did regularly work during planned engineering work diversions or replacing failures .

[@miniroll32]

@@hughesy45108 Thanks 😊

[@Thunderer0872]

Rail tours only or snow in Kent when the snow was to high and often to clean off the juice rails. I had an additional to Paignton and a tour in Kent with 2 very fun.

[@DeanPark]

Hi. I’m doing a video on OO gauge model HAA wagons. I’d love to use your clips in my video. Giving you full credit for them and links to your channel in my video description. Is this something you would give permission for me to do? I look forward to hearing from you. Cheers. Dave.

[@hughesy45108]

Feel free to pal 👍

[@DeanPark]

@@hughesy45108 brilliant. I hope I don’t come across any copyright issues when uploading it as part of my video. I’ll let you know. Thanks so very much, appreciate it. Dave

[@DeanPark]

@@hughesy45108 I’ve also watched so many more of your videos and would like to use other clips of coal and tanker traffic. If you have. It objections. Wonderful collection you have.

[@russb2286]

Ruston paxman beasts

[@hughesy45108]

Certainly are pal

[@danielsellers8707]

@@hughesy45108 Same family as the HST???

[@hughesy45108]

Yes they are

[@danielsellers8707]

@@hughesy45108 Thought the turbo sounds similar though the 56 isn't a Valenta.

[@ronwong6102]

Class 56s in the mid 1990s