Is This the Loudest Class 317 ever? (317343 + 317342)

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On my 24th Birthday, I took a nice journey on my favourite train of all time! The Class 317. Getting the last rides before they are finally retired. It's either May or September they go, if anyone knows, please let me know,
Anyway, I rode from Hertford East to Tottenham Hale, onboard a 317/3 set, ex Great Northern units 317343 and 317342. I swear, this is the LOUDEST of all 317s I have ever heard. The 50hz buzz was incredible and the traction motors literally vibrated the entire train when taking power. So here is the highlight, the fast section at 85mph on the Lea Valley Lines between Ponders End and Tottenham Hale. Enjoy and raise the volume if you love BREL Brushed Traction.
Stay safe and enjoy! :).

[@michaelbuntine362]

Just to think we us those born in the mid 80s.need to thank people like you that capture the sounds of our youth . because trains like these and we didn't know it...!!. will never be made like it.. whether you loved or hated them

[@HooverA3060]

Agreed! These new "Aventra", "Hitachi" and whatnot trains, with the godawful whiny AC inverter motors sound nothing classy or characteristic anymore. What I'd give to have a modern train, still make that loud "URRRRRR" as it pulls out of a station. Thankfully we still have some classic BREL units around, (319, 455 etc), albeit in very small quantities.

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

Love this!!! If only I knew of your channel just as the 317s were going!

[@UKTransport232]

I saw 317343 yesterday, watched this video before and I heard it and you're right, it's incredibly loud! Just a shame I didn't get on it to be honest... it was on the Meridian Water Shuttle yesterday with 317511

[@fearless144]

I was on this exact train in 2014 as a kid but in the national express livery and my goodness 😍😍😍 i felt the power of it instantly it sounded angry 😳🦁🔥💯, top best sounding trains in the UK 🇬🇧: 1.) Class 319 2.) Class 317 3.) Class 455 4.) Class 456

[@Kulvinder1974]

Nice one, love that.

[@GNTel313]

Audible nourishment my friend. That is top class thrash indeed 😃😃😃😃

[@cknop]

Very, very nice Sound 😍🥰

[@jhclausen]

You sat in the best seat there. The south end motors were the loudest. 317342 also had loud motors.

[@notboris8217]

I love getting on the /3s haha, extra loud

[@still_guns]

Gonna miss these things

[@HooverA3060]

Me too, never thought time would go so quickly that they'd be in their last months/year of operating...I remembered reading in 2012 that they had ages left and now it's come round so fast

[@easygo1477]

Man that unit is a fucking screamer

[@pricey130]

I had a pair of 317s from Broxbourne to Cambridge for an hour last week

[@racerja3173]

Wow that’s loud isn’t it? Great to see that Hooverlux-Hogwash now has a Hoover Performa AC110 the same machine as you tested at British Heart Foundation

[@MRclassrailfanMG]

But sound like MLR

[@mariematondo7295]

Yep they are very loud I went to Enfield lock and boy the class 317s were loud

[@jasonswaglord1498]

The hungarian train called Bvhmot/BVmot has the exact same type engine in it. Give it a listen ^^

[@doraching529]

The motor of this sound is the same as the Hong Kong MTR MLR Train,but that train retired at 6th May 2022

[@londonbusfanrex]

Damn

[@TheWestAnglian]

ah yes Hertford East. those planters at the start of the video were actually maintained by myself whilst I was working there

[@vehicleswithjacob]

Nice

[@Smurdle450]

Whisper quiet 🤫

[@LokiAvivson]

sadly both units in the video have been withdrawn and scrapped. 317342 was withdrawn and scrapped in may 2022 while 317343 was withdrawn in july 2022 and scrapped in march 2023. 317343 operated the "farewell tour" between liverpool street and hertford east with 317508 on saturday 16th july 2022

[@Gogeta307]

Dre beats/or regular headphones in, full volume if you got the balls (the ponders end-Tottenham section), enjoy 😊

[@samstratford8878]

317511 and 317666 were the loudest. 317705 used to roar too

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

I could have sworn it was said that 317/6s were the best of the 317s!

[@Keyaans_Photography]

The /3 motor sounds are really loud. Although I've been on some /7s and they seem to be way less loud.

[@bb-3653]

/6s were stupid loud too lol

[@Keyaans_Photography]

@@bb-3653 agreed

[@amtrakmidwest4830]

Wait till you hear the queensland rail emu, they also loud as hell

[@HooverA3060]

Ooh that sounds interesting, can you link to me to any good videos of it as I'll check it out.

[@EthanGaming_YT]

C151 093/094

[@levichalcraft8702]

I thought the /6s were loud goodness

[@mohammedboufas5974]

Class 317 shouts

[@HooverA3060]

screams actually

[@UNAITXU401]

Sound similar like 300 of Renfe

[@mohammedboufas5974]

Yes this train is loud i need to cover my ears

[@HooverA3060]

As of this moment 17:27 on 16/02/2022...this video has 3176 views (317/6)....ironic lol

[@englandcountryballhpssuppo8935]

Is Class 317s are all scraped?

[@HooverA3060]

I am not entirely sure tbh

[@MonsterJamFan69]

i've been on a 317/3 and it was not this loud geez the motor was loud

[@callumthemieleandlgguydalg6315]

That's so loud from a 317 must have very loud motors

[@HooverA3060]

Pretty much all the old BREL units have brushed traction which are considerably louder

[@bb-3653]

@@HooverA3060 I don't think these are brush. The 321s were brush. The 317s and 319s were GEC

[@FlatEarthKiller]

The only train with this motor left is in Hong Kong MTR MLR

[@aviationchannel6204]

This train sounds very similar to one of the strong motor MLRs. My favourite train

[@tkkbxf]

Even the MLRs are gone now, but the class 319/769 also has the same motor though

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@tkkbxf Yep.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@tkkbxf Just found out, class 769 are the newest UK class trains equipped with the motors

[@williamhuang8309]

@@FlatEarthKiller well they're technically refurbs of 319s

[@waleedarif6740]

So do they not even want to preserve even one whole trainset after they completely get to the end of their careers?

[@HooverA3060]

I'm not sure but, I thought I read somewhere the 317345 has been preserved or is going to be preserved? It was on a Facebook 317 page

[@waleedarif6740]

@@HooverA3060 Sounds good to me but I'm finding it hard to believe.

[@mohammedboufas5974]

It causes earrape!😖😖

[@HooverA3060]

Defo not lol 😂

[@transportlegend.shorts]

My poor ears 😔

[@thebigtrainguy]

Why

[@HooverA3060]

Because

[@ashleyjiscool]

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[@HooverA3060]

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[@CL4SSiCS]

Can’t even hear it it’s that silent

[@undertheradar001]

They are clapped out; and you are sitting right under the pantograph, over the electric drive bogies. It is a painted up pile of junk!!

[@HooverA3060]

Nah I like them and tbh prefer them to the godawful FLIRT trains that are on this line. I've seen absolute chaos caused by their single-door carriage 12-car layout, especially on Stansted Express. And tbh I don't ever see trains of today lasting as long as these. Especially with nowadays how designs are cut because of saving money, ironing board thin seats that you can barely withstand a seat for more than 10 minutes in. Thameslink/SWR 700-series are a pure example of this

[@undertheradar001]

@@HooverA3060 We had the 314 in Scotland. They ran from the late 70's until fairly recently. They were solid and reliable, but they got ran into the ground as well. The power car was always the noisest part of the train and they were also 5 across. They replaced many of the old clapped out 303 EMU trains which had been running since the 50's and were the first electric trains in Scotland. Just about all of the rest of the 303 fleet got scrapped in 1999 but a couple of sets remained.