Maybach Music!!-D1015 ‘Western Champion’ slogs up the Lickey - BLS ‘The Nosh & Slosh’ - 21/07/24- 4K

[@grahamandrew907]

She is absolutely stunning.super video.

[@LiamsLocos]

I agree Graham! Thanks for tuning in

[@petersmith4455]

hi, great video. if that was my loco i would be a bit reluctant to take it up that hill, these locos are getting on now and costs must be massive to keep them going

[@Western-Ranger.]

Fantastic filming!

[@LiamsLocos]

@@Western-Ranger. thank you for watching!

[@levelcrossing150]

Great video, the Maybach sounds good.

[@LiamsLocos]

Thank you!

[@sandfordmerlin]

BLS Bloody Lovely Sound

[@jammiebeasts]

Two excellent clips there, well filmed :)

[@LiamsLocos]

Thank you!

[@andrewjohnfox]

Many thanks Liam. Minimal zooming makes for an impressive video at an iconic location. A good effort by the Western with a heavy load. From memory the Peaks on regular scheduled services back in the day managed about the same speed but usually with only 8 or 9 coaches.

[@LiamsLocos]

Thanks mate! Don’t always need to go for the long zoom, you get a feel of just exactly how hard the locomotive is having to work on the approach to me. 45118 has ago saturday

[@mickeyrourke2066]

Nice video.Greetings from Italy.

[@AndreiTupolev]

57 was just powering up as it passed, but that's equivalent to at least 14 coaches without any assistance

[@LiamsLocos]

She’d managed halfway up under her own power!! Impressive to say how old she is!

[@vwgolf9826]

Great to hear the 57 giving it the beans too.

[@James_Trains]

Great Video mate. It was good to see the Western Back on the mainline and it was great to Catch up again at vigo. Regards, James.

[@LiamsLocos]

Nice one James good to catch up againn!!

[@damienboyington4057]

Well that sure cleaned the DPF. Shes running clean as a whistle now.

[@GreatBritishRailways1]

Liam, Good to see you again and it looked a bit of a struggle up the bank but nicely captured. Regards, John

[@LiamsLocos]

Thank you john, was great catching up with you mate at stourbridge. She almost made it to the top bless her. Old loco western champ is Liam

[@mikethecabbie8476]

Probably wouldn't have been a struggle if that blasted 57 hadn't been dragging it back... Fine Maybach music; takes me back 50yrs, that does.

[@mikethecabbie8476]

@Lewis25. Sounds like you're too young to understand about the Western Region, their love of their diesel-hydraulics, and aversion to have diesel-electrics foisted on them.... We loved our Warships, Westerns, Hymeks; even the class 14 Teddy Bears; We were Western Region, we did things our way and we were not going to accept being told to standardise. The class 47s were barely tolerated, the few class 31s that coughed their way towards Paddington were loathed. What we thought of the class 50s usurping the Westerns in 1970s isn't fit to repeat... I'm sure the 57 did an excellent job with the electrics, but Westerns NEVER needed a push...!

[@merlinlandzend698]

Im too young to remember them. but looking at the specs.....they were built for taking heavy loads up gradients with its high continuous tractive effort, much higher in comparison to its replacements. Sounds amazing. Shame they didn't preserve the Falcon....another powerfull locomotive.

[@Phillycheesejones]

What a noise! Just wow 😮

[@antman09ful1]

Sound like the 57 was helping on on the bank Liam, super video from you.

[@LiamsLocos]

57 was dead on the rear until it cleared vigo. The whizzo took the whole train on her own half the way up. Superb sound :)

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

57 assisted from Vigo bridge. The 52 made a valiant climb from a standing start at Bromsgrove. Superb loco to drive(which I will be soon). JG.

[@RobertMunsterLBR]

@@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf You might be able to answer something i was wondering, railtour companies have been saying the Western is being limited to 75 given the problems they have had with the engines. Having travelled behind D1015 several times over the years, I travelled on the recent trip to the East Somerset railway which was a relatively light loading and it didn't feel as if it was being driven at full power. We did reach about 85 a few times but only downhill. On previous trips it has easily got into the high 90s on the level, with a heavier train. If the top notch or two are indeed not being used that would explain its ponderous ascent of the Lickey here (I appreciate there was a dead weight on the back but that is not unusual).

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

@@RobertMunsterLBR No, still 90mph for the 52. The one thing that we drivers have been told is to stop the F1 style departures, and to ease the power in gradually. End of the day the loco is 63 years old with spares not as easy to come by now plus the costs involved each time major engine work is required. Everyone should be thankful the owners allow the loco to run mainline and should enjoy it each time the Wizzo is out and about. It is a fantastic machine to drive for sure and a welcome change from the diesel electrics of everyday life. JG.

[@JayStimbo-nf6qp]

I’ve just stimmed watching this!

[@chrishopper340]

I assume horn at about 5:40 was to to tell 57 to start pushing?

[@LiamsLocos]

No mate. 57 only started pushing once it cleared the crossing, you hear the engine power up. Liam

[@JosephMartin-Smith-fq8gm]

I think it was for me and my mate who were slightly further down the bank

[@LiamsLocos]

@@JosephMartin-Smith-fq8gm shame I didn’t catch you mate for a catch up. I’ll see ya on the valley soon no doubt

[@chrishopper340]

@@LiamsLocos Cheers for that

[@andrewhotston983]

On the one occasion I've had had D1015 on the mainline I wasn't impressed by its hillclimbing. Looks like it hasn't improved!

[@Mr223P]

What station is that at the beginning, I can’t quite make it out?

[@SimonTog]

Nice video Liam :)

[@LiamsLocos]

Thank you

[@davidcrook5511]

I Like It! (With apologies to Gerry and the Pacemakers, who were big when these engines were still being built...) Westerns and Deltics did much to help "modern" traction get accepted by rail enthusiasts.

[@CollinBlack-j1y]

Was this a load test?

[@LiamsLocos]

Railtour

[@fatwalletboy2]

Illustrates how impressive an HST was over the bank at about 70mph albeit with a run up.

[@garyhinson4602]

hellfire ! 2 MTU538's to be technically correct at fullish chat, but don't tell anyone

[@LiamsLocos]

Thanks Gary! Shes a strong old girl I tell you! Nearly done it all on her own Regards, Liam

[@BJHolloway1]

As I keep mentioning in such channels the DB class 218 diesel locos built from 1969 onwards to 1979 use similar engines from MTU and many are still running on IRE duites till this day. I wonder why??

[@doddyvanstraaten2774]

RUBBISH! The Westerns were built in the time of Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH. MTU did not become the trading name until 1969. You might as well call them Rolls-Royce given their current ownership.

[@dodgydruid]

Funny that the little sister the Hymeks successfully worked the Lickey in pairs without bankers but had to lose first gear to be able to descend, in short the 52 is just a pair of Hymeks in one housing so should have had no trouble if for the dead weight of the grid running at the end :S

[@andrewlong6438]

Too many shots of the camera being pointed at a station roof or tree line and then a sudden movement of the camera as train approaches. Can’t the shot be prepped in advance or am I missing something here ?

[@alangordon3283]

Go see about getting your eyes tested.

[@LiamsLocos]

Thanks for this alan. Me personally I can’t see an issue with how this video has been put together. I’m sure 12,000 of the viewers that have watched it will agree.

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Very melodic, but with respect, not a patch on twin Napiers in a Deltic!

[@BrianMorrison]

But feel the tractive effort!

[@christopherbentley5216]

Where's Big Bertha?

[@SharposWorld]

Nice bit of clag at the Junction!! Hard work up the Lickey though.

[@LiamsLocos]

She worked damn hard going up the lickey! Took the coaches and the 57 on her own until vigo. Powerful things

[@loddon82]

I think network rail needs to do a bit of track gardening! Pretty poor image in the opening shot

[@LiamsLocos]

My local station mate. In the summer the vegitation is bad in the summer. Its stourbridge junction.

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

That took its time.

[@LiamsLocos]

She certainly struggled mate

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

@@LiamsLocoseven though I’m not a fan of diesels it’s a credit to all Involved

[@DeafIaint]

5000hp between you. What kept you ?😂

[@22whizzo56]

The class 57 did not give D1015 any assistance until it was at the crossing where it was being filmed.

[@LiamsLocos]

@@22whizzo56yes

[@gerrynewton55020]

Sounds agricultural to me! The 57 at the rear sounded better.

[@asprinklingofclouds]

Boots are offering free hearing tests.

[@joshjones3408]

All i heard was a buch of little rats fusin with each other

[@LiamsLocos]

Can’t help that unfortunately…. Stourbridge is close to a housing estate…