This perfectly replicates me trying to wake up in the morning.

Am I the only one who loves the sound of this cold start? Sure it's bad for the power plant, but THAT SOUND!

@cameronjohnston3186

2 жыл бұрын

Doing the power unit no good whatsoever

Amazing. Can hear those cylinders. Beautiful.

She is so beautiful and I love her so much 😍♥️

Thought it was just EE engines where the cylinders join in one by one. Excellent vid!!!!

British locomotives have some the most unique sounds

Love the engine drum 😂👍!

What an absolute racket-and a lot of clag!

Have you owned a valenta engine in the last ten years if so you may be eligible for compensation due to misleading emissions data don't call now or ever ... seriously now I always come back to this video thanks for posting it

Ah great to hear a valenta bursting into life

Reminds my of the old Diesel Rail Cars that used to do the Reading-Redhill -Tonbridge run in the 80's. Cold & smelly in the winter.

@lewiemcneely9143

8 жыл бұрын

Old Cats with the pony motors were the same way.

I subscribed to you, keep up with the good work

Great video. ☺️ I just subscribed to your KZread channel. ☺️

Blimey,don’t let greenpeace see this vid

I prefer the Screaming valentas rather than the Clunking valentas.

Sounds like my bone joints first thing in the morning.

Sounds Good!

That poor Paxman knocking horribly ,like Hugh Hefner on weed.

@ruffshayv4363

4 жыл бұрын

You mean like hugh hefner in a filing cabinet!

Theirs nowt finer then the sound the daddy off all power cars starting up cold really dose tug at your hart strings

Do you ever add new videos?

Starts in only one cylinder,and the other problem is the fuel detonation,,caused by the huge force that the piston make to run,,,the fuel doesnt do the diesel cycle,,the fuel dont burn gradually,,,the engine rotate some degres,and an amount of fuel ignites very fast,and the result is detonation,,,,,,same as the otto cycle when detonation occurs. may break a piston this issue. Another problenm if the engine is old,,,may measure the compression ratio,that may be higher than 15:1 If the compression ratio isnt equal in all the cylinders is a problem,,,some cylinders fire quickly and the others no..as this case.. but for start the engine more fast, a preheater may be installed,,and warm the coolant water,.to 50 or more celcious degrees,,this help the engine to start quicly. the clag is generated because the fuel didnt ignite ,it is converted in steam fuel,very flammable and white colour.The clag may remain until all the cylinders work. When the exhaust smoke is blue colour,is a ring problems or an oil leakage,by the valves seals.Black smoke means fuel incomplete burnt.

If this was released as a HipHop "tune".........

That was a struggle but got there eventually

Bloody hell! I don't think us Americans know what a cold start is.

Sounds like the wheels going over the track joints at the start.....

Lol starting on only one cylinder. Thanks god one cylinder has taken his courage to save the battery ! What kind of engine is installed in this one ?

@formidable38

10 жыл бұрын

V12 Paxman Valenta 79 Litre. As per the original.

@lewiemcneely9143

8 жыл бұрын

Good engines!

@CX25GTIT2

6 жыл бұрын

ElectronikHeart que

@tomgauntlestrange

6 жыл бұрын

no idea, but i'm guessing it would fail its MOT emissions test

@nickgodfrey1973

5 жыл бұрын

Well it doesn't meet Euro 6 to start with...

Great vid mate! I dont get it... Why dont they install a preheater to keep the coolant at a steady 50celsius would make the engine last alot longer. This 1 cilinder stuff takes aprox 300.000km of the engine's life. The Rabbits in Germany (DB Class 218 have it and some of them still have thier original MTU 12V956 TB10 engine which is aprox 45-48years old now.) Everyone loves this Valenta why not preserve it in a humane way and prevent enginedamage You can hear the bearings complain. When they first rev it up. A 10 minute idle followed by a gentle rev would be ideal. Anyways what a great clag!

@FGW43037

8 жыл бұрын

+DieselHeart BR218 Preheater is on the list.. (install already started) There was one lumpy cylinder in this video which the injector pump (just changed) was over egging - can hear it thumping, part of the reason for startup was so I could adjust. This was our first experience at properly cold starting... I can now get it up to idle in about 10 seconds without too much coughing and banging.

@AllianceB95

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Webber Exelent. This beast has to be preserved at her best.

@petepaget2796

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Webber Was you wearing ear defenders

@petergemmeke2867

8 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's the bearings you hear knocking, but it's the sound of inproper combustion of the diesel fuel.

@AllianceB95

8 жыл бұрын

It sounds painfull :P

engines from ČKD factory are best!!!

Is it normal for it to start so slowly?

@FGW43037

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, when cold.

sounds like my old vauxhaull

I heard that this car still has a valenta in it.

Sounds like some Seriously bad piston knock, and also people say that steam locos make a lot of smoke

Belligerent old bugger on startup, isn't it?

Sounds great when running, but that banging about at the beginning sounded horrendous, surely that can't be good for an engine?

@Sephy69

8 жыл бұрын

+andyrowlands50029 its dreadful

@LandAnchor

5 жыл бұрын

You’re right it isn’t good for the longevity of the engine. The knocking you hear is the piston(s) knocking as further heat is generated before all the fuel ignites.

@macfletcherhotmail

4 жыл бұрын

That's a typical large diesel engine the warmer they get the softer they sound

there are small volcanoes with less smoke than that lol.....great loco tho

No glowplugs?

@CreRay

8 ай бұрын

Nope

i don't know why the smoke coming out form nearly at the head of the locomotive

@Danse_Macabre_125

Жыл бұрын

Because that's....... where the exhaust is

Trombonee

next time try bump starting it

think she was having a grumpy start

@ontrackrailfilms1652

10 жыл бұрын

Bit like the wife on most mornings then.

@lewiemcneely9143

8 жыл бұрын

Don't ler her read this or you'll have a grumpy life for a while.

Paxton ?

@Danse_Macabre_125

Жыл бұрын

*Paxman.

@LandAnchor

2 ай бұрын

*Paxman yeah

hello next time leave class 41 in normal idle to let her warm up and then leave the rpm in normal idle when she started up

The Tundberg express

That was slow!!!!

They should of put in a VP185 Engine in it instead... Good Video...

@wurlyone4685

3 жыл бұрын

You must be kidding! That power car was built to have a Valenta and there is absolutely nothing that sounds as good as one!

@Danse_Macabre_125

Жыл бұрын

NO NO NO NO NO

As an engineer, this makes me cry. All that aluminium and steel with tolerance gaps that were specced for stable running, and you thrash the shit out of it cold. Watch the big American diesels do it so much better with their block pre heat tech.

@gokceralp

Жыл бұрын

This is seen only in some British locos. For example; Class 55s and 31s begin o run very easy and quickly when cold.

Greta would love this not😂bet she’s been in a train pulled buy one though , 🤣🤣🤣

What a bag of chisels.

Poor thing. Should be block heated or actually fixed and serviced before attempting to start it :(

@FGW43037

10 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with it, so your comments about it being 'fixed and serviced' are un-just. Most mainline diesels behave in exactly the same manner when cold started on a depot.

@cidertom5140

10 жыл бұрын

this loco has been restored and has a brand new original 0 hours engine fresh from paxman

@Hannah_taylor1237

10 жыл бұрын

cidertom the engine was taken out of a fgw hst when thay had mtu engines fitted (The powercar will also receive installation of production Paxman Valenta RP200L engine Number S508 (installed new into 43153 in 2001 under Virgin CrossCountry, before re-installation to 43143 of First Great Western after a spell in storage), donated to the NRM from the MTU re-power programme. This will mark a sooner return to traffic of a Paxman Valenta powercar than previously expected. The work is currently being undertaken at East Midlands Trains HST depot Neville Hill T&RSMD. taken from wikipedia)

@cidertom5140

8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the additional information you have provided here very useful one hell of a grumpy startup and of course awesome clag

I can see two engines and one UFO trying to ignite antimaterial-hyper-plasma motor :)

love the sound but 41s are disgusting

It can’t be doing the engine any good whatsoever.

Not so smart boy.

Wow trains are big time polluters 😂 I know this video about 6 years ago 😂

Why must modern locomotives look cheap and ugly as hell??

@utharkruna1116

3 жыл бұрын

The cockpit looks like a porta loo.

@imbatman2868

3 жыл бұрын

It was built in the 70s prototype to the hst I saw it many times at Derby

@Danse_Macabre_125

Жыл бұрын

'Modern' *built in 1972*

@CreRay

8 ай бұрын

Haha modern you say

0:37 video was ruined by some little chav bopping his head in the shot.

@supa_hot_ice5449

6 жыл бұрын

LOL feel the same way

What a nail. Scrap it for gods sake..

@nickgodfrey1973

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you scrap a perfectly running and operational, preserved prototype?

@Danse_Macabre_125

Жыл бұрын

It's a cold start of what is essentially a marine diesel engine that gets started probably less than once per year. This is normal.

@leehayes70

Жыл бұрын

@@Danse_Macabre_125 anything that is used just once a year and produces that much crap needs to be ripped to bits and scrapped.

@evilnigga68

Жыл бұрын

​@@leehayes70 many people believe that one of the main purposes in life is to preserve human history. if you want this ""junk"" scrapped, you quite literally want to destroy one of the two prototype locomotives that revolutionised british high speed rail travel. also you should maybe get a fact check, as if you get every claggy train that has ever ran, not just in britain but all over the world, the total environmental damage would not even compare to what cars and especially lorries / semi trucks have caused. leave ships, aircraft and trains alone, focus on lorries and cars. good day :)

@leehayes70

Жыл бұрын

@@evilnigga68 That’s about as profound as a green lettuce.. Any vehicle that produces that much crap just to get it started needs to cut up into bits and re used for something else..