Class 37 - Compact but Charismatic

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Another important locomotive range from the Modernisation Era, the Class 37s became very much the mixed-traffic backbone of British Railways throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, combining a compact bodyshell with a superbly powerful engine to create one of the most flexible machines ever to run on the UK network, as attested to by their continued use nearly 65 years after they entered the scene.
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@chompette_ Месяц назад

When we're colonising Mars and the mk1 inter-settlement units are being retired, no doubt a 37 will be there to pull it to the recycling facility.

@JJVernig Месяц назад

you've made my day!

@emjackson2289 Месяц назад

NC-0008, the United Planets Federation Diesel Shunter approves of this comment

@darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад

In a Melbourne newspaper cartoon, there was a “standard” futuristic city in a dome and had these swirling curved roads going around the dome, there was a W-class tram rumbling along one of these aerial roads the caption was “Melbourne 2078”, (I forget the date).

@marcomcdowell8861 Месяц назад

That guy in the red car was supremely confident in his brakes.

@PJWey Месяц назад

Especially as it was an Austin Montego, most likely the brakes were not working so well 😂

@paulshepherd1348 Месяц назад

😂 i thought that too.... I thought he was up for a game of chicken....

@bazzacuda_ 16 дней назад

@@PJWey @7:15 ? Definitely not a Montego.

@MirkoC407 11 дней назад

@@bazzacuda_ What else do you suggest it is?

@bazzacuda_ 9 дней назад

@@MirkoC407 The bonnet slope and rear quarterlight shape is wrong for a Montego. Its difficult from the quality of the picture but a 1988-on Toyota Carina II saloon would be my guess.

@edf6607 Месяц назад

The mere fact some of these machines are still doing good service today is a testament to their designers and builders (and drivers)

@andrewreynolds4949 Месяц назад

And, perhaps, the maintainers

@edf6607 Месяц назад

@@andrewreynolds4949good point👍

@MrJimheeren Месяц назад

It’s called maintenance. Everything in those trains still driving around is replaced over the years

@Mounhas 19 дней назад

@@MrJimheeren* locomotives

@MrJimheeren 19 дней назад

@@Mounhas yes Locomotives

@tomd9323 Месяц назад

During lockdown I was living near the Great Western Mainline, the Class 37s would pass by occasionally moving freight and empty stock. I would hear the distinctive engine and dash to my window to better hear these veterans pass by. Never failed to cheer me up.

@richardkennell6428 Месяц назад

😢if they still exist, perhaps one of the original African locos should be returned to UK?

@TheCastleMarch Месяц назад

Certainly some of the best locomotives to ever reign the rails! The sound, the ride, just everything tbh

@RediscoveringLostRailways Месяц назад

A typically rich and rewarding film, with excellent narration, technical knowledge and no-nonsense presentation. Absolutely excellent.

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Месяц назад

I agree

@bfapple Месяц назад

I can’t believe Ruairidh went this long _without_ having made a Class 37 video.

@N330AA Месяц назад

Unfortunately you may have missed their USP and the reason why they still operate today in spite of examples being around 60 years old. That is a very low axle loading, which leaves them as one of the few moderately powerful diesel locomotives that can pretty much go anywhere on the network, including up to Fort William. That's why they're used on a lot of maintenance of way jobs, like weeding.

@darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад

I’m from Australia, (so I don’t know anything) What is significant about Fort William? Is it laid with lighter rail?

@N330AA Месяц назад

@@darylcheshire1618 I don't know the exact reason why, but most likely, yes. If you watch a video of the West Highland Line you'll see the track is pretty austere. There are also some old bridges on the route.

@darylcheshire1618 Месяц назад

@@N330AA Thank you.

@forrestrobin2712 Месяц назад

I remember passing Sibelin hump yard (South of Lyon in the Rhône Valley) in my TER on the way home one spring in the late ´90’s. As usual I looked out to see what I could spot in the yard… the usual electrics: BB7200, CC6500, BB8100, even a CC7100, and the diesels : BB67400, BB63000, BB66000, a couple of class 37’s, a…. What? 😮, 37’s? Here ? I did a double take on that one I can tell you - I thought I was dreaming ! They were of course on the way down to Valence to work on the building of the LGV Méditerranée. Over the following few weeks l’d regularly see pairs of them, sometimes sitting in the yard, and sometimes already included "dead" in a freight working. Later we got 56’s too, but the good old tractors were a real surprise. I wish I’d taken some photos, but it was before the era of the mobile phone unfortunately.

@Nate0493 Месяц назад

Also notable for the 37/6s was the modification to use the bogies off scrapped class 50s to allow for prolonged high speed running

@samhartnett8700 Месяц назад

The engines we all love 🥰

@PJWey Месяц назад

A really useful engine… 😊

@southcalder Месяц назад

If I had to pick a favourite loco, the 37 would definitely be a front runner. I love the sound and the styling. I remember standing at Southampton Airport (Parkway) as a kiddo waiting on our train home to Motherwell after a fortnight spent on the south coast with family. Normally a 47 hauled train, on this occasion it rolled in, smoky and late, with a 37 at the head that stayed with us until Birmingham. Sticking my head out the droplight window on the leading coach, taking in the smell and sounds as we powered north.

@waikanaebeach Месяц назад

The Growler 37 distinctive sound. I remember them pulling steel plate rolls From South Wales steel mills through Chepstow to the midlands at night!

@macjim Месяц назад

37’s, 47’s & 08’s are my favourite diesel locomotives even though I’m a kettle man. We have three 37’s at Bo’ness,one incomplete, and 403 had worked on the mainline earning its keep on various duties up until recent times 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@CWEditOfficial Месяц назад

Hey man! I'm a frequent visitor of the B&KR myself and I wondered if you knew why 403 has been lying dormant for so long? 🤔

@macjim Месяц назад

@@CWEditOfficial I think it needs new tyres so is seeing limited use… but I’m not sure as I’m not a diesel guy.

@CWEditOfficial Месяц назад

@@macjim Ah, I was worried it was more serious than that! Thanks for your reply 😁

@machosker Месяц назад

The folk at B&K railway keeping the 37's alive. I do have a model of 025 it was nice to see her on the mainline for a bit.

@Ton37401 Месяц назад

@@CWEditOfficial403 is in working order. 025 is needing tyres

@stubrooks2667 Месяц назад

A true design classic. Underrated and unrecognised outside of the railway fraternity. It should be up there with the mini or E type Jaguar!

@saintuk70 Месяц назад

Metal thrashing goodness :)

@stephensmith4480 Месяц назад

I worked with many a pair of 37s on heavy Ballast Trains and although sometimes they may have struggled, they always got the job done. They were certainly good value for money.

@SmudgeThomas Месяц назад

I remember them in their last days on the Norwich-Yarmouth turns. They were old, but they did the job. They're probably one of the best BR diesel designs, they work well and are adaptable.

@JacobsTrainVideos Месяц назад

Such an amazing locomotive and a favourite amongst nearly every train fan!!

@fredburley9512 Месяц назад

And who said that BR's modernisation plan was a failure when you see this amazing story? What an engine and what a great burbling sound it made when starting up. Super video.

@davidty2006 Месяц назад

it's one of very few good things from it...

@fredburley9512 Месяц назад

@@davidty2006 There were a good few workhorses they produced and innovations.

@brianfretwell3886 Месяц назад

I certainly remember a four day railtour to the West Highlands of Scotland where we had DRS class 37s for lines like Oban and Kyle of Lochalsh where the line weight lomits meant they were the only loco type allowed. At Edingburg the class 47 that was meant to take us to Kings Cross was failled and we had double headed 37s all the way back to London. The first time that had happened for many years and perhaps the last time it did.

@markstott6689 Месяц назад

I grew up worshipping the mighty Deltic as a child in the 1970s. These days the tractor is just as loved. 😊❤❤❤😊

@ashbridgeindustries380 Месяц назад

King of the railway, in my book.

@joelightrailway2362 Месяц назад

Absolutely the best ever type of class of diesel locomotives that I really like as I went to see one at the Kent & East Sussex Railway last weekend.

@alanolley7286 13 дней назад

Yes Cardiff Canton was on loan for a gala weekend I saw it in Tenterden Station.Be nice if KESR ended up with one.

@machosker Месяц назад

Got to love a class 37. They still run top and tail on the test trains on the Boarders line. Normally coming past about 00:30 and back about 3am.

@connorjohnson7834 Месяц назад

I'd been waiting for this one, probably my favourite British diesel, Thank you

@wilberator9608 Месяц назад

It's the police train from the intercity 125 advert

@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE Месяц назад

BR certainly got value for money with the 37's.

@TringsTrainsProductions Месяц назад

Great video as always, but something to mention is that the cumbrian coast and furness line workings weren't sellafield workers trains. They were drafted in by Northern to cover dmu moves due to the pacer scrappings.

@shaunontheinternet1452 Месяц назад

Also of note is the DRS service when the main road bridge at Workington was washed away in the early 2000's

@barrydysert2974 Месяц назад

What a wonderful sound !:-)

@michaeloreilly657 Месяц назад

Nice to see your own work included in the video.

@DOCTORDROTT Месяц назад

I worked on them for nearly 50 years, great loco

@subnormality5854 Месяц назад

Oh this is a good omen, starting off a Saturday morning with a Rory video about old British trains

@Tom-Lahaye Месяц назад

The opening shot was made some time ago, Mirlees Pioneer was still residing on the East Lancs Rwy, and Gunnie's 37109 at the front. These were the most successful of diesel classes, and 4 or 5 years ago still a very regular sight on the mainline. I did the Cumbrian Coast behind the 37s in 2019.

@philbraithwaite1316 Месяц назад

I have fond childhood memories of buying a platform ticket and seeing these thundering through Colchester (North) what must have been late 1960s. Thanks for another great watch.

@nealbosher9293 Месяц назад

I love 37s, iconic design and yes as a kid i would get them mixed up with peaks until i learned better!

@kineticdeath Месяц назад

another thoroughly informative and entertaining watch. Thank you for delivering the content we all love so much

@harrytanser4558 Месяц назад

A slight correction, D6700 is actually in operation at the Great Central Railway on loan from the NRM in conjunction with 37714

@JetDom767 Месяц назад

Amazing locos!

@adder3597 Месяц назад

I sorely miss having these run the Cumbrian line. Coaching stock with them was so comfy compared to the damned Sprinters...

@Mounhas 19 дней назад

Thank you again Ruairidh for yet another well researched and enthralling video.

@MRCSANY Месяц назад

I haven't been this early to a Ruairidh MacVeigh video since The Class 37s were called English Electric Type 3s.

@johnkeepin7527 Месяц назад

You did mention that they were occasionally used in threes. In the early 1980s, this was a regular working from Margam to Llanwern steelworks, where there were one or two blast furnaces in those days. There were iron ore trains from the docks that could handle the ships in use, and the route has some challenging gradients for the loads involved. Thus three 37s were used for each iron ore train.At that time, the normal procedure was to avoid them being stopped anywhere west of Newport. These days there are several extra stations and passenger services that probably wouldn’t fit in now.

@bazzacuda_ 16 дней назад

It was the iron ore trains that needed 3 in Scotland too. They came from Hunterston deep water port to Mossend where the third 37 was added to help get the train up the incline to Ravencraig steel works near Motherwell. Replaced by a single class 60 that could handle the same train as the 3x 37s in both Scotland and Wales.

@kevinellis8869 Месяц назад

Both the 37s and 20s and their current use is a testament to the durability of the EE designs.

@MattBrownbill Месяц назад

I've seen 37108 at Crewe Railway Centre, a number of years ago. Always liked these EE locos. I might be biased as my dad worked for English Electric. 😊

@carnebidwell9508 19 дней назад

The best Diesel locomotives ever built in this country 👍. Iconic shape and the sound is amazing 😊

@LJRailfan-Gamer_07. Месяц назад

Thank you for accepting my request! Hope you will do more locomotive histories soon.

@felixthompson7640 28 дней назад

I've often said that the Class 37 is to the UK the same way the Geep is to the US. It's definitely a UK Geep.

@DarkSitesChannel Месяц назад

Saw a pair of these last week in Rail Operations Group colours at Lydney. They just keep going, going and going.

@dat581 Месяц назад

NSWGR 46 Class gets a shot. Excellent!

@jekanyika Месяц назад

My favourite sounding train

@CynicalPlatapus Месяц назад

There's a couple of them on standby at all times for GA in case a train needs recovering, one is usually parked at Orient Way sidings

@iron1349 Месяц назад

Theser are what I think of when I think "British diesel". They are true workhorses

@Timrud1 Месяц назад

The perfect example to show they don't build them now how they used to.

@stuartburgess2409 Месяц назад

We were still using the 37's on Gt Yarmouth's & Lowestoft's up until they were replaced by Stadler units just before covid hit & still using flags & lamps to trts at each stop with a rake of mk2's & a DBSO in between, still miss the old Postwick alarm clocks as they were known by locals when we accelerated out of Norwich Thorpe on a run.

@arthurmatthews9321 Месяц назад

If you want to know which locomotives were the best from the modernisation plan , you only have to look at the locomotives that are still running on the main line. The 37s and 47s have more than proven their ability. And they have many more years of service left.

@TheStwat Месяц назад

I bloody love these.

@jongmans38 Месяц назад

Great video!

@zzhughesd Месяц назад

Ever memorable unit !!!!!

@a11csc Месяц назад

lovely

@chrisplace9773 10 дней назад

What a beast they were. I used to watch an NCB deltic pull a humongous load of coal wagons out off Rufford in Nottinghamshire.

@dougalmcdougal8682 Месяц назад

Very well made video. Thanks

@jameswingrove7421 Месяц назад

The 37 is my favourite loco. I just wish the company I drive for had them so I could sign them…Mainly because they sound like amplified thunder.

@hammeredbassman88 Месяц назад

Iconic sound!

@JonBowe Месяц назад

Being compact and having exceptional Route Access (RA) is what keeps these locos still running. You can hear and know when one is thundering past the office. It is a shame Vulcan Foundry has completely been demolished and next to no landmark for it apart from the old workers Vulcan Village (even the pub is boarded up)

@ShanakeeFeverDreams Месяц назад

Where's that?

@JonBowe Месяц назад

@@ShanakeeFeverDreams if you are on about Office it is near Bank Quay station in Warrington, if you are on about Vulcan Foundry it is near Newton-le-Willows, north of Warrington

@ShanakeeFeverDreams Месяц назад

@@JonBowe I've been in the pub next to Earls Town station a fair few years ago. Is that the Vulcan? If so sad it's boarded up

@JonBowe Месяц назад

@@ShanakeeFeverDreams No that was the Railway Inn, I think. That has been demolished. Vulcan Village is alongside the tracks from Earlestown to Warrington, next to the Winwick Junction. All the houses had been modernised a couple of decades ago and all painted an off white colour. www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4393538,-2.6245161,17.75z?entry=ttu

@mcjdubpower Месяц назад

Great vid 😀

@colinfeilen988 14 дней назад

Keep on truckin tractors !! 😊

Месяц назад

The ""tractors" my favourite diesel electric locos, along with 55s & 43s.

@JacobsTrainVideos Месяц назад

Could you do a video about the history of the class 168/170/171/172? I reckon it would be interesting as they have had so many different operators and so many different types of services

@MinegateTransport Месяц назад

Good suggestion, I love the class 171s

@rbeamish6492 Месяц назад

Could throw in the class 168 too as they are essentially the same, and I think came before the 170s.

@JacobsTrainVideos Месяц назад

@@rbeamish6492 Didnt think about that but yes!

@kevanhubbard9673 Месяц назад

I alway had difficulty telling Class 37's and 40's apart.Same dog nose but the 40's has the buffers on the boggies!

@DaveSCameron Месяц назад

Feels like yesterday- Foreigner 🥁

@hearingthesmells2500 Месяц назад

Love the thrash

@thepacerman Месяц назад

nothing beats the sound of a 37

@dangerousandy Месяц назад

Except the roaring drone of two Napier D18-25s at full chat

@thepacerman Месяц назад

@@dangerousandy or a lancaster bomber at full power

@N330AA Месяц назад

RB211 on takeoff.

@sjll89-official Месяц назад

This is it, the video we've all been waiting for... have we reached peak Ruairidh MacVeigh Motion History?

@diabolicalartificer Месяц назад

My heart skips a beat when I hear & see one. The 37's are the mutts nuts.

@EE12CSVT Месяц назад

97301 has been stored since a long time. It donated its engine a whole ago to 97303 and is now being stripped for scrap.

@mordokch Месяц назад

Ahhh my second favorite class of Loco. My first favorite is, I'm sure, obvious to everyone who loves diesel locos.

@georgepom328 Месяц назад

Deltic

@neiloflongbeck5705 Месяц назад

Class 40.

@ianjones4116 Месяц назад

Western

@mordokch Месяц назад

@@georgepom328 👍🥳

@akrabat Месяц назад

Class 50, obviously!

@paulshepherd1348 Месяц назад

Definitely a unique sound to the English Electric produced locos. ...the good old days

@alan-sk7ky Месяц назад

A diesel Black 5 or Gresley v2 even 🙂

@abloogywoogywoo Месяц назад

I would sooner see them rebuilt into the Class 38s to keep them going into the 2030s, than for the railways to lose such a reliable workhorse.

@Transport11233 Месяц назад

Thrash that we never miss

@oldfatbastad6053 Месяц назад

for spam cans its 37s, for kettles its gwr's duck(all variants) 🥰

@smudgycat6750 Месяц назад

Tractor!

@QALibrary Месяц назад

you can never beat a 37 - not sure what they going to do when they need replacing

@absentmindedjunk Месяц назад

Did anyone else think that at 7:16 the car was about to get hit?

@Transport11233 Месяц назад

Would you mind making a video about history Network Southeast? Like ur vids btw -from a NSE/BR era train enthusiast

@nataliehilton Месяц назад

The sound they make will wake the dead at the cemetery!!

@thomassell4962 Месяц назад

Locomotives that were built to last

@awesome-xk8vj Месяц назад

Can you videos on the BR Class 15, 16, 17, 20, & 28 please.

@admydragon Месяц назад

Class 59's were Canadian made, London, ON!

@jammiedodger7040 Месяц назад

The Class 37 is the best.

@Mauscmkwk Месяц назад

Finally

@duncancurtis5108 Месяц назад

The Die Hard Tractors. What will we do once they're gone? 😢

@terrier_productions Месяц назад

It’ll be a very sad day when they are gone from the mainline. Replaced by crap electric locomotives that will break as soon is they hit a bird

@CornishGardenTeam Месяц назад

I still don't know why you only have 120k subscribers

@johnmcl7 Месяц назад

What is the source for the British Transport Films footage? There seems to be quite a few shots of 37s in Inverness so I'd like to see more of that

@scale_model_apprentice Месяц назад

Please do a video on the BR Class 20😊

@stuew6 Месяц назад

Next locomotives type 1 Class 20, or type ,24,25,26,27 or type 3 ,33 . Plus bule star system.

@MikeWooshy Месяц назад

The King. Not the most powerful, nor the biggest. But the most versatile, low axle loading meaning it could go anywhere.

@True_NOON Месяц назад

English electric - EMD of the uk

@PositionLight Месяц назад

Sounds like a Baldwin.