MAYBACHS IN THE WEST

Maybachs in the West is a programme devoted to the Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulics principally on the main line in the West Country from Bristol to Penzance, following the only main line registered 'Western,' D1015 Western Champion during the years 2005 - 2017.

[@markjones-vx3kp]

It’s heartbreaking that all these amazing piston engines and there lovely sound of forced induction Will fade away into history But I hope some will remain so we can here there lovely noise😢

[@stephenpowell5912]

Beautiful sound of The class 52 Western ,Glad to hear some are preserved for another Generation to see ,❤️

[@norburycrossing3426]

What a superb compilation of the diesel hydraulic traction of the West,notably D1015 Western Champion,what a pity KZbin have to spoil it,by bombarding the viewer,with endless adverts for tat,right in the middle of a runpast.

[@Chetok]

1034 Western Dragoon - the only loco I ever drove, The run down from Bedwyn to Woodborough and around the curve at Edington, through Cogload Jcn a beautiful sight and sound this class. They used to do the old Golden Hind in 100 mins to Taunton on a good day with OOC or Reading crew, sadly it was rostered to Exeter and they were a shade more cautious on the approach to Reading. Full of character unlike the faceless and souless HST and now the insanely bumpy Hitachi, Now I go to Honiton and the comfort there makes up for the slower journey.

[@philnewstead5388]

I think the Westerns, Deltics and Warships if not the best were certainly the most charismatic of the first generation diesels. All aesthetically pleasing and they all sounded great.

[@BevMattocks]

Was it class 41's that kind of whistled as they went along?

[@feargaloleary8883]

beautiful compilation.... 12 cars plus and running so clean at high power settings. i love the 37's and deltics but these boys make it look effortless.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

I do enjoy the 52s very much. Nothing sounds like a growling gurgling Maybach. Such a distinctive sound. Great footage of the hydraulics. We here in California are working on getting the only diesel hydraulic loco in the Americas going again. It's Southern Pacific 9010, and of course, she is powered by a Maybach. Can't wait until we can enjoy those sweet sounds over here!

[@jimdevon9550]

Lucky to have driven such a wonderful engine.

[@jamescourt4703]

Those westerns are like an old friend to me, i was a spotter in the middle 60s as a young lad. I was truely gutted when they started scrapping them. But watching this brings back so many happy memories.

[@AgencyScum]

Still shocks me to see these buggers going so slow with just 4 coaches. I've lovely memories of these monsters nailing the gradient out of Severn Tunnel at 90mph with 10+ coaches. I cabbed nearly all of them at STJ's engine shed ( including the Queen, a.k.a. " Western Rustbox " ). Of course, this was in the day when sitting on Caldicot's Station Road bridge and wandering around an engine depot ( as 10 year olds ) wasn't considered an appalling violation of Health and Safety.....ah blissful times!!

[@highdownmartin]

Used to go round Hither Green in school uniform at lunchtime. I was 29(. Only joking!) used to ask the foreman “ ok to look around?” Come and see when you’re finished lads” he’d say. No hi vis , cromptons in bits everywhere diesel on the floor. No one gave a shit! Brilliant. Used to do old oak regular. Never got even looked at.

[@Taffy064]

I'm not a great train fan, but the 52 Westerns hold a lot of nostalgia for me. Plus the fact that they are as streamlined as a brick, gives the impression that they brush away any air resistance with the contempt that it deserves. Love this loco and this upload, thank you.

[@stevecolwill9761]

Great stuff. Brought back childhood memories of getting up early to spot the “milk” train from Bristol to Salisbury. Usually a Western, but sometimes a Warship. I recall all the other class names now from that era - Brush, Deltic, Crompton, Hymek, Bug...

[@johnfiler1598]

I have 9 of these running on my 00 gauge layout. Can;t see enough of them! A great locomotive.

[@pedroradford9446]

I was on the E.Lancs Invader, what a trip ! Who ever would have believed that a Western and Whistler would traverse the St.Ives branch !,😊

[@marklinehan6000]

What a fantastic video, the sight and sounds of a Western Hydraulic is unsurpassed. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@steventhornton4716]

Why do the maybach engines smoke so much are they 2 strokes?

[@stephenpowell5912]

Classic Western Footage here,love that distinctive Sound ❤

[@pedroradford9446]

Westerns forever! Simply the best ,!😊

[@giorgiuzrossi8408]

Thank you Britain for giving us such beautiful trains!!!

[@robertjones-eb4xo]

Errrr. they were made in Germany ! Maybachs .

[@nitrofar34]

@@robertjones-eb4xo Built in Swindon and crewe, with maybach engines.

[@jkirk3043]

@@robertjones-eb4xo Yes, the Maybach engines may have been built in Germany but all the locos and carriages shown here were made in Britain.

[@AB-eh9uh]

I'm thinking the engines installed in these locomotives were actually built by Bristol Sidderley in England, under license from Maybach.

[@12crepello]

@@AB-eh9uh Correct. Bristol Siddeley.

[@JohnPW22]

Wonderful collection of clips! Will revisit often!

[@thewesternwonderer9065]

Absolutely stunning! 👍

[@WestCountrySteamVideos]

Great Video, Watched every single minute of this...regards Tom

[@scopex2749]

LOVED THESE OLD GIRLS! Fun to start on a cold winters day though!

[@warwickroad4111]

Great footage and sounds! Magnificent.

[@hjellam2251]

some of the best western footage i have seen5++++

[@OlafProt]

I remember when that Hymek was being restored back in the 70s. Minehead will always be a special place for me from my childhood.

[@richardgregory8964]

Great video! Premium sunday afternoon watching!

[@philhunter9158]

I find it so calming and relaxing watching these magnificent engines. I wonder if all of the trains had been kept in such pristine condition with all of the rolling stock would they all be still on the mainlines and in service rather than all of these soulless and ugly electric trains of today! It was always great to see all of the carriages and then all of the cars on the trains at the back.

[@ChangesOneTim]

Excellent compilation.

[@robertmarsh3588]

Wonderful. Thank you 😊

[@sadelsor]

When I finished my apprenticeship at OOC in 1966 there was always a Voith transmission parked in the yard waiting for the rep to come and fix it, they were always tied up with the shunters down at Reading.

[@rolandcolyer5199]

What an amazing variety of rolling stock in one Video! Well done! Guy NY M R.

[@wheezypalacemodels7726]

Excellent video and great to see actual footage of the real thing in action. Always had a soft spot for these as they were built in my local town Swindon. Great to see them preserved.

[@12crepello]

Half built at Swindon, half at Crewe.

[@stefankassbohrer2765]

Great BR locos ! The Maybach Diesels sounds good

[@Tauraco00]

Amazing, thanks for sharing🎉

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

When I first saw Class 52 (Western Sentinel) at Paddington in the early 70's at t0 years old it was love at first sight. They were unique looking and beefy, and the names were so good! Plus the cool unique Bogies on them!

[@nigelmitchell351]

Know exactly what you mean mate, mine was at New Street one Saturday afternoon in 1970. D1052 Western Viceroy. At the eastern end as she slowly nosed out of the gloom and brightened our afternoon.! I think the westerns were probably the most handsome British Diesels.

[@sianmickiewicz4877]

William H. Baird Sentinel always evaded me and was the last for me to cop - at Newport several years later - a relief ! Whew, great times !! - Ian 👍👍

[@marcconyard5024]

Sounds fantastic.

[@jamestownsend5573]

Brilliant stuff. Many thanks.

[@classictraction]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@likklej8]

Returning to Paddington from Weston Super Mare after a holiday at Burnham on Sea our Maybach needed assistance from a GWR Hall loco to reach Paddington deep joy from my childhood train-spotting days When a thumper broke down!

[@mrhearse777]

Clear . Classy . Commendable!

[@OlafProt]

31:10 really is spectacular. I lived and worked In Dartmouth in the 90s, mostly prior to a lot of diesel traction coming that far. I worked at the Dart Marina Hotel, opposite the crossing in the distance. But of course it never got old seeing the steam trains going past and their whistles echoing up the River Dart

[@BevMattocks]

I remember the class 52's as a child. Always thought they looked sad!!

[@trevorkharrison5995]

Great video!

[@HerfingPug]

Marvellous vid. Thank you.

[@classictraction]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@adammoss5284]

I’d seen these in BR literature as a kid and often wondered what happened to the westerns hymeks and warships. Being in the LMR we never got to see many of these magnificent engines, and for years I thought they’d all passed under the cutters torch. Highly delighted to see and hear these lovely specimens still extant. It’s a real and gratifying pleasure for which I owe the channel owner my heartfelt thanks 🙏

[@conceyullena]

Very nice video! 🚂👍

[@chrisst8922]

Class 52's are my favourites.

[@RightWing1]

I'm amazed how quiet they are at speed!!! When you compare against loco's around that time or just after such as Class 37's, 40's the 52's seem quiet once they get going

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

They are not really giving it the beans on here or the camera is not picking it up so good on the ones that do, search for " D1015 departs bodmin" and see what you think. It's amazing

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

Whoa! Cool I like this Diesel Locomotive!

[@paulcaswell2813]

It doesn't seem at all out of place to be listening to German drinking songs and downing a pint of Paulaner whilst watching this. The Hydraulics were utterly unique!

[@user-ut5mp5xz1n]

Brilliant video I own a western gladiator and personally I think there a beautiful train, but again brilliant video

[@classictraction]

Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :-)

[@sianmickiewicz4877]

Cracking video, with maybe the best set of viewers' comments I've read...I echo & can't disagree with any of them 👍👍- Ian

[@classictraction]

Thanks! As you may have guessed, I love my Westerns, so this video was a joy to make!

[@pippastone6018]

I under stand now how theses work,really 😎

[@stevenvater2681]

Best looking of all locos ....the western

[@daznapoleon6799]

Glad i saw the Westerns when they where working.

[@railvideography8362]

How do you know when the maybachs are running and what time they are ? Could you give me any times or anything like that ?

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

The sound of the locomotive like A truck or bus!

[@davidoswald9253]

I do think the Westerns were one of the best body shaped diesel Locos and lament their loss!

[@steventhornton4716]

Why do the maybach engines smoke so much are they 2 stroke orisit the size of the turbo on the v12 maybach and the v16 of the class 35 haymek diesels?

[@HaddaClu]

Didnt a few maybachs get used in the US? I think one is currently being restored to operation.

[@thewesternwonderer9065]

Listen to it!! Music 👍

[@muhammadchalidafin5644]

The Class 52 Locomotive Shape is like bullet train but with diesel power! Or Rare Called Name Is streamliners!

[@OlafProt]

Spectacular beasts. It surprises me somewhat that there’s no backup loco for the Western. Is there any reason? The Warships always looked so stately with their “white wall tyres”. I have a Hornby Warship from the early 80s

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Interesting.

[@penninetrains1398]

My lords!

[@daystatesniper01]

Nice video and well shot, but they are all clean and working well , not as i remember them in the 70s in wretched condition and on one engine

[@zugeinhd5181]

Nice, I love this class! Does it still drive today? Greetings!

[@ajf3202]

Bit late but yes we still have running 52s

[@robtyman4281]

Yes, but only as special 'charter' trains (ones not on the scheduled daily timetable), and also on 'Heritage Railways' (lines not in the existing network). So these diesels no longer provide regular services on the rail network but are used as 'one off special occasion charters', and on lines that are not under the control of Network Rail (the organisation responsible for travel maintenance of the network).

[@callumthornelow2936]

Excellent video, call me a philistine but at 5:29 the 52 and 66 look very similar or is that just me

[@owenevans83]

66 shares a bodyshell with 59, apparently FY wanted them to look like whizzos as they'd been used on their trains in the 70s.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Just you

[@MatthewRailways50033]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐video 👍👍👍😎😎

[@theextremeanimator4721]

God damnit...these engines don't have as much internet presence as the other BR diesels!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Maybe because 1 is in static display, only 2 are operational, and the other 4 are under various stages of repairs...

[@cliffleigh7450]

It's a comment on their reliability that they carry a "travelling mechanic"!

[@rayfrancis4829]

Are there any more Westerns in scrap yards that can be preservered.

[@classictraction]

Not since 1980 Ray I am afraid! The Class 52s were very quickly scrapped at Swindon after their demise sadly! :-( Thanks for watching!

[@lukeslocomotives]

Hello. I have done as you said, and taken down all of my videos using your sound, my Class 35, 41, 42, 43 and 52 videos. That is all that used them to my knowledge, though there may be others, which I will take down as soon as I find them, but I am pretty sure no other videos use your sound. If you happen to stumble into any more videos of mine with your sound, could you please drop me a comment saying so and I'll get the video down as soon as possible. Also, any chance you could retract the takedown on the 52 video? That specific version of that video will not be going public again, but I'd like to have the strike removed. Thanks for reading, and I assure you, I'll be sure to not use your videos again for sound. Apologies that I did that in the first place, and a big thanks for teaching me a valuable lesson 😀 All the best, Luke

[@classictraction]

Hi Luke thanks for that. I have tried to re-track the copyright claim now it has been removed, but seem able to do so as the original video was removed. If you are aware of a way it can be done I would be pleased to hear it. Regards

[@nigelmitchell351]

Have you seen the DB version of the Westerns, my God they should have bought the license from the BTC.

[@pippastone6018]

Are these engines devil electric .??

[@paulrob86]

No, diesel hydraulic

[@gen12345able]

why is the Western so often backed up by a diesel electric? Is it too asthmatic to do the job on its own?

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Don't be silly

[@sadelsor]

Not all Warships were Maybach, some were MAN.

[@12crepello]

But unfortunately there are non of those left!

[@sadelsor]

Voith transmissions were not reliable in those days, Sulzer diesel electric were much more reliable and less maintenance,

[@HAIRYBIKER777]

No flailing? They don't make bashers like they used to :)

[@pippastone6018]

I mean diesel electric

[@12crepello]

Voith hydraulic transmissions.

[@nigeljohnson8022]

5.05 nothing finer in preservation than a western at speed? what about a Deltic at speed? More powerful, sounds far better, and just, well better !

[@paulcaswell2813]

Shhhh. This is Western Region, a foreign county where things are done differently... ;-)

[@stevenvater2681]

German power, !! Brush type 4 austrian? (Sulzer)

[@jamesoates1334]

I think Sulzer is Swiss

[@stephensmith799]

Good looking locomotives but still not as powerful, nor as good looking as a 'Princess Coronation'!

[@classictraction]

Actually they are much more powerful! A Stanier Duchess was equated to 2000-2500 bhp where as a Western = 2700bhp.

[@stephensmith799]

@@classictraction It depends how fast you can shovel coal. Think Duchess of Abercorn which exceded 3,000hp... then imagine it fitted with a mechanical stoker and Giesel Ejector 🤔🤔🤔

[@arthurrytis6010]

@@stephensmith799 Andre Chapelon got over 4000 hp from some of his Locos

[@Nicolas-zw5ex]

max pollution lol

[@xxxxxxxxxxhardy]

I always liked the look of the western region hydraulics,but sadly they were a useless bit of kit