@@bennickss Napier didn't just make Deltics, they are also world renowned turbocharger manufacturers amongst many other things. The EE 16CSVT is fitted with four of Napier's turbos which you can hear singing away in the video.
@@markhill3695 Napier were marine engine builders originally I believe but the Deltics were an amazing locomotive……I used to bash them from 1978-1981 , those two stroke twin engines made them a monster on acceleration and top end speed….. timed 55003 down Stoke Bank at 117mph in 1979 …… anyway I just wanted to say what a great bit of footage you’ve got here, enjoyed it very much 👍👍👍😎
Beneath the wires up the lickey bank, so now all traction modes can battle against the grade! Whatever the traction, its always a sight to see locos tackling the grade.
I still attack it regularly with HST's, Voyagers and 170's. I only get pleasure out of HST's now mind 😁. I've done it plenty of times in the past though like Bob, with many a different loco as an ex Saltley man myself 👍
Tim, I remember years ago regularly playing a text based train simulation on the Sinclair Spectrum of which covered the Bristol to Brum route. A HST could reach the summit at about 55mph, a loco hauled with 10 bogies about 35mph. Would you say they had it right?
Bromsgrove changed since I was there in 89/90 with you and other saltley drivers...no thrash now...or early starts..late finishes...or dirty hands...lazy days and dogging for me now... But miss the glory days. G
Thanks to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, whose decision to go straight up and over rather than round things has provided so much excitement over the years 😋
I'm no expert, but the track speed was shown as 70 mph to 80 mph. There appears to be no TSR or ESR in place. The video shows the power controller in Notch 7. She ran under clear signals, from the greens and the AWS bells, and there was no brake application. To reduce 2 x 50s (5,400 hp) to a crawl, I was wondering if one or both locos had problems. Normally, they should be able to handle the Lickey even on load 13.
This pair are quite tame in performance compared with the same examples back in the 80's. Ive seen similar speeds up Lickey bank with a single 50 and load 12 back in the day. They've probably tapped them back a bit to save main generators etc.
@@formidable38 Thanks for your kind advice. I can understand that. Preserved locos are expensive to maintain, and parts are not always easy to find, and some have to be fabricated. It makes sense. It is just sad they no longer perform like the old days. Enjoyed them out of Paddington and Waterloo, to Penzance, Paignton, Hereford, Cheltenham, and the summer sats only to Newquay. Railtours included to Birmingham New Street and South Wales. Obviously, with a name like mine, my favourite was 50 036 Victorious. I missed three for haulage, but got two 1800s in Portugal, including a cabride on 1805.
@@vicsams4431 my favourite cab ride was in a 37, loaded steel Shrewsbury to Shotton and back empty, via Warrington and Crewe underground. Engine room doors and cab doors and windows open most of the way . Deafening but brilliant . 👍👍😎😎
@@ianjones4116 I have had two Class 37 cabrides. 1) Staines to London Bridge on an Officer's Special. 2) Edinburgh to Fort William via Cumbernauld, on the Caledonian Sleeper, at the personal request of the Head of Operations, ScotRail. Sadly my job came with an all stations cabpass ! It was a dreadful job, and you would have hated it. I have done Class 08, 24, 31, 37, 45, 47, 56, 66, 67, 73, 86, 87, 90, 91, 105, 116, 142, 144, 150, 153, 156, 158, 165, 168, 170, 175, 180, 221, 305, 308, 310, 312, 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322, 357, 360, 377, 390, 421, 442, 444, 450, 458, GER N7, DBSO, GLV, HST power car, Canadian GE 25 tonner, GE 50 tonner, F40PH-2 across Labrador, Portuguese 1800, 1931, 1961, Spanish 1900 on the FEVE, French CC72000, X4500, Italian FdS 500, Ade, Austrian 2143, Hungarian M61, M62, Danish MY, German 232, 233. And driven a Hungarian V63 at speed along the mainline. The driver insisted ! Around 350 in total.
I love the class 50 and I driven one but I would be bored out of my head doing that job full time. Truck driving is boring enough and one actually has to do stuff. Lol
I did 40 years of "boredom" driving trains before retirement... including class 50's for 2-3 years. The job of train driver is one of the most sought after & well paid jobs in the country, so the job can't be that bad & infinitely better than driving HGV's...The class 50's weren't the most reliable beasts & they were also very cramped in the driver's seat if you were tall. They also had the most polluting diesel engines ever made... just see the videos of them on you tube starting up from cold... absolutely mortifying... you definitely wouldn't want to be living anywhere near where these damned locomotives were berthed... The class 37 is positively clean compared to a class 50 starting from cold...
@@bigcasey4143 much respect to you, as amazing as it would be to become a train driver, I think it would bore me once the novelty wore off. I drove trucks for over 20years and on the open road it did bore me. Horses for courses I guess. I used to see the 50s at Laira depot starting in the morning and they filled the whole valley with blue smoke on a still day. Can't see that happening these days. Yes wonderful to hear start up. Also used to hear them at night pulling East out of Plymouth and if the wind was in our direction they could be heard for ages it seemed. Good memories for me as I'm sure they are for you too. Yes truck drivers'wages are shit especially compared to train drivers', one reason why I left the industry.
Remember collecting numbers with my Ian Allen book on the Lickey incline, it's a shame Big Bertha has gone now, all that puffing as it pushed passengers and freight trains up that famous incline.
I do have to agree, it was interesting at the start when he was changing controls, but when it's at full power and there's nothing to be done, show us the view!
