I was the first person to start triumph in preservation. Hearing this was music to my ears.never thought I'd hear ol roders start again.well done people it's An experience when that engine explodes back to life your deaf and your eyes are bloody stinging eh? Love it x

My respect ! I can only imagine how much work it was to get the train running 👍👍👍

@hk0752

Ай бұрын

thank you for your comment. kind words much apricated. hope that one day you will enjoy a ride behind our locomotive.

I hope nobody from Extinction Rebellion is watching this! That's a whole country's worth of emissions right there!

@PreservationEnthusiast

Жыл бұрын

I'm not from extinction rebellion, but this celebration of "clag" and burning fossil fuels will become a thing of the past. We need to cut these polluting locos for scrap and focus on the reasons behind global warming and climate change.

@gregoryclark8217

Жыл бұрын

I understand that you're joking, but it must be pointed out that there is a big difference between a few heritage steam and diesel locomotives, and an entire country worth of cars. Personally, I would happily not have a car at all, if it meant that we could keep beauties like 50021 here running.

@PreservationEnthusiast

Жыл бұрын

@@gregoryclark8217 I don't have a car so I'm already setting an example. But we should set another example by scrap cutting of polluting locomotives. It's not about the quantity, it's about people celebrating clag and burning of fossil fuels which is setting totally the wrong example for anyone watching.

@Brandalar

Жыл бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast Bot

@PreservationEnthusiast

Жыл бұрын

@@Brandalar Clearly you have no understanding of global warming, and need to scrap polluting locomotives.

Lovely to see these old girls doing their bit for the environment! Well done to all concerned!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your kind comment

I love these Class 50's and I am glad to see another one saved and restored.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

@matthew0605

Жыл бұрын

I agree !!!. I've always thought that the 50s are a great loco . Always reliable ,strong and beautiful sounding . I always loved the 4 exhausts too. Quite a lovely thing . I guess I just love dirty smoky diesels . Suppose that's why I've got a vauxhall astra !!! , that's the same too. Well done all involved in it's resurrection. Another one of the class for the younger generation to enjoy and savour -bud the painter-

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

@@matthew0605 thank you for watching the video & your comment.

Amazing and moving. If I'd have had any part of bringing this beauty back to life, I'd have been crying like a baby when she fired. I cried like a baby when a Deltic started near me, so maybe that's just me. Best livery ever carried by a 50 in my humble opinion. Well, best livery carried by any loco if I'm honest., but the 50s just carried it with a little more panache. Congratulations to the team who made this happen. The Clag and the Glory. Amen.

Welcome back Rodney! Big thanks to all who have worked so hard on her. Rodney hauled me on my first class 50 trip in 1985 from Birmingham New Street to Penzance. I remember the trip like yesterday and hanging out of the leading coach window almost throughout Cornwall listening to her music! A link for information on her and possibly donate would be great. Thanks again everyone!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and your suggestion link now added.

Welcome back to life, you smokey monster. What a beautiful sight, your sisters have missed you.👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment.

@raytalbot5890

Жыл бұрын

@@hk0752 it’s ok I just love 50s 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

She certainly came back with a show, all right. That's good ol' classic diesel power for you right there...

I could listen to that for hours on end. Great job guys.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment & taking the time to watch the video.

Have a soft spot for these locos as i rode behind one down to Plymouth at the start of my 23-and-a-half -year career in the Royal Navy, great to see another one running again

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment.

i remember these at Paddington stn in the 80s and at Waterloo stn in the early 90s ido not think BR looked after them all that well.well done to those who revived 50 021, she runs really great.

@kahiermodelrailway4177

2 жыл бұрын

they were good old days. by then the locos were twenty to thirty years old. money was tight in them days for the railway and they did their best at the time. still it is great that a loco over fifty years old can come back to life. THANK YOU for your kind comment to all the lads that have worked hard over the years to get to this stage.

@Trainman10715

Жыл бұрын

they looked after them perfectly fine maintainence wise, their poor reliability in the late 80s and early 90s was due to the fact that they were being used on service which they werent designed for. the thames valley line ones were alright provided they were working semi-fast trains, the west of england mainline ones however were all doing stopping services - something which the 50s were never suited for. a few years on the west of england mainline totally knackered them as a result

I ❤ that fantastic Diesel Sound. Vivian Hyde

Fantastic let them smoke and stink and thrash as long as they need nothing like that sound and smell the activists won't like it but they never complained back in the Day long live these locos and thanks to the people who maintain them inc women who are some excellent engineers

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment. hope you enjoyed the video.

The monster lives!!! Congrats indeed

Sounds amazing! Great work and well done to all involved.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video.

Great stuff. Looks and sounds brilliant 👏 You should have invited Greta to the starting 😉🙂

@jimdee9801

Жыл бұрын

Haha 😄 i was thnking how smokey too

@richardsymonds5159

Жыл бұрын

Not as much smoke as in the Ukraine!! Perhaps we should get our Greta to investigate there instead?

@theycallmejerry3916

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂❤

@brianwillson9567

Жыл бұрын

And to lie across the tracks. Hoover verses pain in ass would have been an interesting contest.

Much preferred driving the 47's, but the 50's were ok 'when' they were working fine. They could be a git to start cold. Used to call them flashover 50's! It was all down to poor maintenance though,as little was spent on them towards the end. Had a hard life before we had them on the WR, as they were thrashed on the LMR north of Crewe for 7-8 years. Nice to see the old tubs springing back to life though.

I love this engine sound with goosebumps! Great video.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your comment

Brought a tear to my eye. welcome back "The Plonker". Well done all involved!!! Long may he ride the rails again!!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your kind comment

I have to say that's the first kittin Iv ever seen with stage 63 infzema but none the less it is prering.,. great video 👍👍👍

@hk0752

10 ай бұрын

thank you for you kind comment and for taking the time to watch the video.

Sweet, brings back memories of these been thrashed double headed along the seawall at Teignmouth.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

perfect scenery for the perfect locomotive. thank you for your comment.

Nice job guys!! Looks and sounds great.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video.

Fantastic! another beauty restored for the galleries of the future, super stuff, well done all involved

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking the time to watch the video.

Great work all round, glad to see another Hoover up and running

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and watching the video.

I just love it.

Great work lads. Amazing!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking the time to watch the video and your comment.

Congratulations on bringing back to life the best looking BR diesel class ever built.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video & your comment.🙂

Used to love listening to double-headed Class 50s over Shap pn The Midland Scot, 1972/73. Front carriage, front door - best 'seat' in the house!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment.

Great job how lovely it is to see another 50 back last time i saw this loco was at didcot on a oxford paddington service

Absolutely love the sound of these engines.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

number 1 in my pop chart. Thanks for watching and your comment.

Love the whistle of the turbos.

Do love the 50s, don't get enough love 🙂 I think it's obvious why so may diesels were left on idle at Paddington when I wad a kid 😁

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

good old day. thank you for watching.

Fantastic sounds

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video.

Nice to see Rodney back to running again. I used to be a volunteer at Bo'ness when it arrived there and spent many a weekend working on it. It was always a pain having a loco that size with a manual oil priming pump! Good luck. Neil.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video and your comment. they are not the easiest to get going at the start of the day.

Looks brilliant.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video

LOVELY DIESEL SMOKE....THE GREENIES WOULD HAVE A FIT LOL

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching and your comment

Im watching this with a tear in my eye, because my late father was called Rodney and on the day I saw this video ( today 18/11/22), he would have become a great grandfather (step) today when his step neice delivered a baby boy. Well done to all the volunteers who helped restore this unit, it is my favorite because of its name

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I hope it brings back some happy memories of your father & enjoy making new ones with the newest member of your family.

Brilliant to see Rodney running again and in large logo blue which, IMHO, put the 50's into a different league in terms of looks. Good healthy amount of clag being emitted there too!! Keep up the good work guys!!!

Just think of all that lovely fresh air.

Well done. About time she dubbed back to life!

The pollution is wonderful - so is Rodney!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video.

Beautiful.

Christ on a bike ! Can you imagine firing that up under the Canopy at Paddington ! How to clear a station in under two minutes 😂

@PeterJewell2

Жыл бұрын

I was at an Old Oak open day when they started one. That was outside, but the vast clouds of fumes drifted into the Factory (was that what the maintenance shed was called?) and loads of people came out coughing and spluttering. Love the sound of these, it's like music!

Awesome!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and for taking the time to watch the video.

Impressive stuff. Brilliant to get that huge EE engine running again. Mind you, quite how anyone really believed that diesels were a better option than steam emissions wise escapes me. Cleaner in terms of soot yes, but the thought and smell if those carcinogenic particulates isn't great. (This is from someone that loves heritage diesels and is invariably found watching or travelling behind them). I appreciate this is a cold start...

@hk0752

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. hope that you enjoyed the video and may one day soon we might get her out for a run.

@WildB06

Жыл бұрын

Don't believe all you hear about global climate warming freezing change... it's nonsense.

@phillynch3819

Жыл бұрын

It was down to cost. Steam engines required far more maintenance, took longer to start x100, used more fuel per ton per hp.

Good to see a Hoover again. That start up reminds me of time spent in an SNCF lodging room in Nancy France. I got woken up at 0300 by the start up of an SNCF CC72000 diesel electric across the road. It wasn’t the noise that woke me up, it was the smell of unburnt diesel seeping through my closed window. Check out the CC72000 if you’ve never seen one. A classic diesel for SNCF as is the 50 for BR. Well done for saving another one. My favourite 50 livery too. I hated the NSE livery they got later. This is what a 50 should look like

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your interesting comment & for watching the video.😀

Crisp! 🤩

Brilliant; drove Ramilles 019 in the mid naughties at the MNR Happy days!!!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your comment

Clagtastic !!!

Something about those 50s was pure magic. I don't know what it was but (with the possible exception of the Deltics) they are far and away the most lovable British Diesel loco.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video.

Nice one Rodders!!!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video

Once she got firing on all pots it sounded magnificent

These were common sight on WCML single and double headed as I was commuting between Lancaster and Preston before and during the electrification of the line north of Preston, Happy days with a large variety of diesel and electric locos to spot.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment.

Superb. What an achievement from you all. A fantastic loco 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and watching the video

Nice easy start. Well done! By 'eck she's cold!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video & your comment. after about half an hour, the smoke cleared, and she ran clean.

Yes I remember the of one or two in Peterborough on test and no 50041 in Peterborough. After the Paddington derailment total break failure

Bloody hell - she fired right up!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching and your comment

Some of the best cold starts on the planet.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment

Awesome noise!!

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video.

Well done boys. :-)

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking the time to watch the video and comment.

A fine sight.

@hk0752

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching & your comment.

Clagtastic 😍😍😍

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video

Do these engines have heating systems to keep the engine warn when shutdown

the beast has risen from the ashes

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment.

just wonderful to see....cheeers

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your comment.

Green Peace will be proud!

Has it been on any runs, either main line or heritage?

Attenborough,the shwab and prince Chas would implode haha

Great video. Hi from NZ

@hk0752

9 ай бұрын

thank you for watch & Subscribing. keep safe.

@smallrails6831

9 ай бұрын

You too

CLAGTASTIC

Does that locomotive have a Deltic Diesel Engine? It sounds like a classic Deltic. Why does it take so long for combustion to stabilize? It burned pretty smokey for a while, though it looked okay at the end. I'm merely curious.

@hk0752

Ай бұрын

English Electric 16-cylinder 2,700hp. uprated class 40 engine. other English Electric locomotives with variant of this power units 20, 31, 37, 73. 1st time the power unit had been started for 20 years. needed to be run in.

A great old locomotive, nice to hear it fired up. It doesn’t exactly do anything to reduce air pollution though, with all the smoke coming from the exhausts. I’m all for the preservation of locos like this,all the same.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment and watching the video

Nice.👍👍🎷🎷👏👏🇬🇧

Great to see another one brought back to life ..Steam/Diesel reign?

That’s good for the environment

Looks amazing but why so much white smoke ?

Which bit it that?? Dutton lane or Campbell road?? I used to deliver steel to them both about 30 years ago..

It's alive!

And remember kids, NOx only remains in the atmosphere for around 100 years.

How were trains jump started before fancy boost packs?

Thanks for the video, on the second start up, it seems to be a while before the Engine fires, is this because the oil pressure has to reach up before the fuel pump injects?. It’s putting a lot of unburnt fuel out on idle and doesn’t seem to clear, worn cylinders?. Perhaps a run with the Engine under load might cure it assuming no other problems.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your comment. after the loco ran for a while it cleared and ran clean.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching the video and your comment. after the loco ran for a while it cleared and ran clean.

So much for the Green Party Express

Sorry, not a train guy but loving this video. Can someone explain how to start a train engine, is it like a car with a battery and a starter motor? Sorry if that's a dumb question but im genuinely curious. Thanks.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

Very basically YES. The batteries are used to spin the generator. Turning it into a motor. That turn the engine over to build up the compression pressure. That ignites the diesel fuel. Releasing the start button cuts the battery power supply. Turn the generator back to a generator. To provide electricity to the motors for movement. There are no dumb question in this world. The only way we learn is to ask. Thank you for watching the video and I do hope you enjoyed it.

Ah, just like Exeter St David's in my youth 😀

@hk0752

2 жыл бұрын

you're not wrong. reminds me of my time at Old Oak Common in the mid 80's. Very early hours of a winters morning. firing them up before they headed out with the ECS commuter trains to come back into Paddington later that day. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hopefully there will be more to come soon.

Anyone know what's going on with that class 45 they wanted to go mainline?

Governor, overspeed or ESR playing up?

Does that mean they've chosen a new Pope or not?

Best regards for Thuna greta

5:05 The diesel: OOOOOOFFFF IM FLIPPINN AND LITERALLY FFUUUUUUMMMMINNNNNMM

They are like the diesel to the class 37s

This is uncanny! I used to work at Alstom in Eastleigh and my birthday is April 10th.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment. it's now Rodney re-birthday. too😃

At least its passed the emissions test....

Great class 40 engines with bigger turbos. 👍👍👍

@12crepello

Жыл бұрын

I thought the main difference between the SVT and CSVT was the addition of intercooling?

@phillynch3819

Жыл бұрын

They added Intercoolers to cool the charge air after being compressed by the turbos. Thus making the air denser and as a result being able to add more fuel and get a more bang.

@davidbarrett1487

Жыл бұрын

@@phillynch3819 Thanks for the correct information. Class 40 derided, but the hp matched BR requirements.

Have always wondered how much fuel is required for these to operate.

Gary linnaker has one of these to get him around London and the home counties

Greta ...how dare you not appreciate this

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching

Doesn't matter how many times you hear it, that noise................

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thank you for taking your time to watch the video & your comment.

Looks like three smokey vents and one clean one. Optical illusion or cylinder mismatch ? Great noise better than the similar 40 not as much bottom end bass as the 37. God loves EE. Greta doesn't. Fabulous resto. Looks great in large logo, the best livery on large sides imo.

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

bit of Optical illusion by the camera angle. front left to back right pots. the class 50's always looked good in this livery {personal opinion} I feel that it was only right on class 37's and 50's need a long locomotive to carry it off. thanks for watching the video.

She’s breathing like a new born baby on an incubator, the sounds of my youth and the bell Huey helicopter

@hk0752

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching the video. hope it brings back happy memories

@Grid56

Жыл бұрын

If my baby looked liked she smoked 40 a day I'd be having words.