Starting a Thumper

[@OlafProt]

This railway is the only Heritage line in Northern Ireland. I'd love to see some units from the Ulster Transport Museum brought back to life and brought here! These units were running to Larne up until very recently.

[@Ciaranburrows]

It looks like a BR class 150 with a blue pullman livery sounds like the best thing I've ever heard and overall I would score it 💯/💯

[@rowanNClangley]

However, Blue Pullman seating and comfort they were not, the same moulded low back seating as the southern region class 455 and the 313,314,315,507 and 508 had when new.

[@louiejonesponation]

Well, the train was based on a Class 150 with a few upgrades (most notably the motor car with the door arrangement and the engine).

[@RailVideosNI]

Very nice video

[@dgattenb]

nice purrrr

[@BritishRailProductions]

It's GWR's new Class 150's.

[@fakelol699]

ITS NOT A 150 ITS A 450

[@BritishRailProductions]

@@fakelol699 ?

[@fakelol699]

​@@BritishRailProductions it a nir class 450

[@diarmuidquinn1566]

It’s back the 450 is back

[@ChrisWheatley-s2k]

Why does the engine rev up and down like that?

[@fakelol699]

It'd hard to know maybe the engine didn't have throttle

[@bennickss]

Looks like a 150 in Pullman livery!

[@ciala51]

Western Pullman you mean because they were different

[@fakelol699]

It's not a 150

[@Foxys-Collective-Videography]

Hello Thumpy, it's Foxy speaking and Strongly excellent video Thumpy :-). I like it :-). Impressive catch filming a really rare looking DEMU (Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit) Thumpy :-). I say that type of train looks extremely rare :-O. But great stuff though :-). Alright then, have a nice evening Thumpy, plus I wish you all the best and stay awesome :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D. From your friend Foxy :-).

[@neilbolger2679]

Are you the same Fox my good friend Luke knows . The House from Bognor . And his friend the hst bird from kings cross area

[@Foxys-Collective-Videography]

Afraid not no.

[@neilbolger2679]

@@Foxys-Collective-Videography OK thanks . I know someone with a similar foxy name lol

[@Foxys-Collective-Videography]

:-).

[@BIGJAFFA80]

It’s crazy to think they are based on a standard rail coach

[@eamonnca1]

Why did they idle like this, with the revs going up and down?

[@fluxington]

A good question. Surely someone would suggest any other engine doing this would be 'hunting'. You can even see the throttle/idle mechanism moving, that causes this rhythmic cycle!

[@Martindyna]

The governor on these units is almost always over sensitive which causes over correction most of the time (hunting) which is even worse when cold (something to do with the cold lubrication oil which is associated with the governor operation if i remember correctly). The over sensitivity of the governor is also responsible for the sometimes large puff of black smoke when departing on some units (Turbo lag); it would be much less evident with a properly adjusted governor sensitivity (proportional band), perhaps it's not adjustable on these units, I don't know. The Class 37 EE engines also have over sensitive governors, making the Class seem rather cross & aggressive while notching up.

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

These Thumpers of Ireland's Are Sprinters Ireland Has a Thumpsprinter Thumpsprinter = A Thumper That is a Body Shell of a British & Celtic Railways Sprinter Gangway Sprinter (Classed: "150") Sprinter (Classed: "154") Sprinter (Classed: "151") Local Sprinter (Classed: "155"), MotorCoaches Classed: "153" Local Sprinter (Classed: "156"), MotorCoaches Classed: "152" Sprinter (Classed: "157") Gangway Sprinter Express (Classed: "158"), West Country Turbine Classed: "159" = Sprinturbine Express Sprinter Express (Classed: "160") Consistent of Carriages A Motorcoach Only Motorcoach Duet 3 Motorcoaches 4 Motorcoaches Driving Trailers Only 4 Driving Trailers 6 Driving Trailers 8 Driving Trailers Ten Driving Trailers Twelve Driving Trailers Twensen Driving Trailers 8 Pairs of Driving Trailers Power Cars Only 4 Power Cars 6 Power Cars 8 Power Cars Ten Power Cars Twelve Power Cars Twensen Power Cars (Twensen = 14 = Twen (2) + Sen (7) = Twensen = Twense) 14 is Called Twensen in Base Twelve, 13 Is Called: Ele'elve 8 Pairs of Power Cars If a Power Car Had Cabs Both Ends Then It is a Locomotor Coach (It is a Carriage That Works Like a Locomotive) Composite MotorCoach Brake MotorCoach Combine MotorCoach (Composite With Luggage Area) Buffet MotorCoach First Class MotorCoach Power MotorCoach (LocomotorCoach) Carriage Medley (Power + Composite + Driving Trailer) A Pair of Carriage Medleys (Total of 6 Carriages) 4 Carriage Medleys 6 Carriage Medleys 3 Carriages 3 + 3 Carriages 3 x 3 Carriages (Total of 9 Carriages) 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 Carriages 5 x 3 Carriages 6 x 3 Carriages 4 Carriages 4 + 4 Carriages 4 + 4 + 4 Carriages 4 x 4 Carriages 5 Carriages 5 + 5 Carriages 5 + 5 + 5 Carriages 6 Carriages 6 + 6 Carriages 6 + 6 + 6 Carriages

[@fakelol699]

THAY ARE NOT SPRINTERS

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

@@fakelol699 They’re Not, What Makes Them Sprinters Is The Bodyshell

[@fakelol699]

The body shalls are mk3

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

@ MK Stock, 3 = Third Generations. They Bore Resemblance To The Class 150 Sprinter Railways Of The British UK Of Ireland Had A Set Of Powerless Sprinter Coaches With Sprinter Cab Coach With A Thumping Power Unit, Which Is Why It Is Nicknamed Like That Of BR Classes 201 - 207 Anglo-Celtic Railway’s MK Coaching Stocks Throughout The Generations Production 1. Original MK Stock (E&CR) 2. Original MK Stock (BR) 3. Original BREL MK Stock 4. Metropolitan Cammell MK Stock 5. Original HST MK Stock (Planned) Celtic MK Stock (Spanish Construction & Railway Auxiliary) Prototypes 1. Original MK Stock (Cravens) 2. Original MK Stock (Swindon) 3. Original MK Stock (Crewe) English & Celtic Railways (E&CR) 1. Original MK Stock 5. Original HST MK Stock British Railway MK Stock 2. Vacuum Braked Or A. Air Braked B. Wrap-Round Doors C. Conditioned Of Air D. Air Con: Tinted Windows E. Resized Lavatories With Luggage Racks F. Fully Air Conditioned: Reseating G. Generated: Reseating Cravens = 1. Original MK Stock E&CR MK Stock Prototypes Swindon = 2. Original MK Stock BR’s MK Stock Prototypes Crewe 3. Original MK Stock 4. Revised MK Stock (Only the DGVTs Are Built) DGVT Stands For: Driving Generator Van Trailer (Classed As: “91”) The DGVTs For The Revised MK Stocks Are Catenary & Switchable With Cabins The Original MK Stock Are The Prototypes Of The BREL MK Stock British Railway Engineering Limited 3. MK Stock (Cowl Units Classed: “43”) A. Man-Driven Or B. Engine Hauled British Railway’s International MK Stock Man-Driven Set: Has To Have A DVT & A DT In A Length Of The MK Stock Coaches Engine-Hauled Set: Has To Have Driving Trailers At Both Ends (Front Ends Like That Of The Class 442) Metropolitan Cammell 1. Original Pullman Stock 4. Original MK Stock (Man-Driven) Spanish Construction & Railway Auxiliary 4. Original Celtic MK Stock (As Used In Irish Rail) 5. Revised Celtic MK Stock (Engine Hauled/Man-Driven) Journey A. Revised Celtic MK Stock (Engine Hauled/Man-Driven) Local British Railway’s Powerless Sprinter Coaches (Holgate Works Or Derby Works) Driving Passenger Trailer (Powerless): A Pair (Dead End Or Gangway Cab) Or Driving Trailer (Thumper Power Unit): A Pair (Dead End Or Gangway Cab) Cabless Trailers (Powerless) Passenger Sideboard Disability Etc. Holgate Works Model Classed As “450” By The Britain’s Irish UK Railway (NIR) Derby Works Model Classed As “210” By British Rail Ireland Had Britain’s United Kingdom At Its North, Even Though Queen Victoria Built Her University In Dublin

[@Jeagles]

So this is a 150 + 205 + Ireland. Interesting.

[@al66class59]

Essentially the same concept as the 210s, but using an EE engine

[@crownjulesgaming542]

Which came first the BR class 150 or the NIR 450

[@leavethisisadeadaccountree2646]

The class 150

[@SiVlog1989]

Is it true that the diesel engine for the class 450 was the same used in the Castle Class DEMU?

[@leavethisisadeadaccountree2646]

Yeh

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Castle Class? All i got was the GWR Castles...

[@rowanNClangley]

Same basic English Electric 4 cylinder unit, difference being that the 80 class units had the engines from new, while the 450 class had the engines second hand from the withdrawn 70 class units they replaced.

[@SiVlog1989]

@@rowanNClangley cool, when I first heard the sound of those English Electric diesel engines I thought they sounded like BR class 205 DEMU units, it's possible they may have had the same engines powering them, but I'm not 100% sure

[@rowanNClangley]

@@SiVlog1989 I think they are all thesame series 4RKT from memory, with the detail changes as a series progresses - the 205 units being early 1960 design, the engines for the 70 class which were re-used in the 455 class were mid sixties and the 80 class engines were new mid seveties, possibly towards the end of the production life of English Electric engines of that series - the contemproary class 56 engines were under the Rustom=n name, though they were in the same lineage which began with the LMS twwins of 1948, powered the class 40 as the 16SVT of 2000 HP, uprated again to 2700 HP for DP2 and the subsequent class 50, and uprated again to 3200 HP for the class 56.

[@NSE465]

Its a class 210 basically.

[@MrGrumpygit488]

But 210s were never fitted with an EE engine

[@NSE465]

@@MrGrumpygit488 same principal though

[@danielsellers8707]

Looks like a 150, sounds like a 37...