25 032
idles the evening of 7th September 1984 away at Shrewsbury
(210kb).
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25 032
idles the evening of 7th September 1984 away at Shrewsbury
(210kb).
25 049 gets
a dead 45 019 and 10 coaches underway from Kettering on 12/3/83,
the impression of a baby Sulzer hard at work is there! (260kb).
25 059
leads 50 007 along the Keighley & Worth
valley railway 23rd July 2000 (240kb)
25 080
idling at Derby whilst in charge of three Travelling Post Office
vehicles. These were later attached to the rear of a Westbound
service. 6th December 1982. (125kb).
25 182. A sort
clip of the loco being put through its paces on Derby Locomotive
Works Test House on 29th March 1982. Quite an impressive thing to
see and hear a 25 on full thrash but not moving at all! (140kb).
25283 in
action on a preserved railway which will remain nameless as they
don't like using it on passenger trains these days! (380kb).
25 285
and 25 286 blast away from
Welshpool with a very late Aberstwyth - Shrewsbury service on 1st
September 1984. (155kb)
25 309
in action on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough. (155kb)
27 014
not too long after being outshopped from BREL Derby leaves Cupar
on 27th December 1985. (190kb).
27 054
at the other end of the health scale, but sounding excellent once
underway leaves Inverkeithing on 17th September 1986 (525kb, 4
minutes 16 seconds worth!)
27 212
leads a push-pull Glasgow service out of Edinburgh with 27110 on the rear on 28/7/79 (140kb)
33 014 leaving Trowbridge
complete with roaring fan on 5th August 1985 (75kb).
33 056 leaving Warminster
on 5th August 1985. (150kb).
37407
leaves Birmingham New Street on 17th April 1996 (270kb)
37 415 leaves Colwyn Bay on 16th January 2001 with the
12:07 Birmingham - Holyhead (215kb)
37 415 leaves Bangor on 16th January 2001, recorded from
the station platform. (105kb)
37 418 departs
from Llandudno Junction on a rainy 17th April 1996. Recorded
before the locomotive went for an overhaul, reappearing in EWS
livery. (220kb)
37 426 performs
a full power standing start from Colwyn Bay during August 1998,
one of the most spectacular recordings I've taken! (250kb)
45 001
displays the unique sound of the type's cooling fan as it leaves
Rotherham on 23rd February 1983. (80kb).
45 051 departs
from Derby with a relief train for York on 22nd October 1983.
(235kb).
45 112
returned to the main line for the first time in around 13 years when it worked a
Lancaster - Penzance charter. Here is the loco tackling Dainton Bank, just after
Newton Abbot on the outward run. Click the speaker to listen or here
to download (808kb)
46 023
restarts the Sundays only 1511 Leeds - Portsmouth from Derby on
5th December 1982. (155kb).
46 037
leaves Chesterfield with a Fridays only Birmingham - York service
formed of Mark 1 open first coaches on 25th November 1983.
(165kb).
46 044.
Recorded in the engine room (from beside the steam heat
generator!) leaves Burton-on-Trent. 30th March 1983. (355kb).
47 418
does not sound terribly well as it leaves Derby on 2nd December
1982. (120kb).
47 488
with cooling fans roaring leaves Derby. 29th July 2000. (140kb)
47 742
makes quite a throaty deaprture from Derby. 29th July 2000.
(465kb)
47 769 leaves Tamworth, fans screaming and
towards the end of the recording the turbocharger can be heard
'chirping' or sneezing as we call it! 5/2/00 (255kb)
47 817 with 6 coaches and 47840 on the rear
leaves Birmingham with a Portsmouth Harbour - Blackpool North
working (!) on 5/2/00 (255kb)
47 817 again recorded from the platform at
Wolverhampton (mileage man!!!!!) 5/2/00 (165kb)
47 829
complete with an excellent whine restarts from Chester during
August 1998 (155kb)
47 848 departs from Birmingham New Street on
5/2/00 (150kb)
56 127
leaves Burton-on-Trent in November 1997 (195kb)
81 003. The
early ac electrics had a very distinct noise to them. Here is a
short clip of 81 003 as it leaves Wolverhampton on 29th June
1985. You may just hear 47 472 in the background.(70kb).
85 025 gives the reason
for the "Roarer" nickname as it leaves Wolverhampton on
23rd February 1983. (80kb).
1003 and 1005.
The Southern Region's "Thumper" units have a sound
which is quite outrageous and unique. During the rush hour the
Hastings units would run in pairs. They had an English Electric 4
cylinder engine at either end, this recording was made from the
middle of the formation as they leave High Brooms on 9th October
1985.(250kb)
1004 leaves Battle
on 26th September 1984. (160kb)
1012 leaves Battle
on 26th September 1984 recorded from the station platform.
(105kb).
1112 or 205012 to give the unit's present identity at work on an Oxted -
Uckfield service on December 30th 2000 (210kb)
1112 again leaves Cowden and climbs to the nearby tunnel on 30/12/00
(300kb)
1112 leaves Eridge, the sociable driver providing a wonderful example of
a typical Southern unit horn!! (110kb)
1112 - a wave file of that horn, or click HERE
to download a copy for yourself! (75kb)
1303. A cab
recording as the unit shunts from one platform to another at East
Grinstead in August 1979 (205kb).