37403 cold start and test run, 4K

The cold start up and test running of English Electric Class 37403 at Bo'ness Scotland on 21st December 2021.
The loaded test run can be seen at :

[chrisify]

I have a colleague at work ( I’m HGV driver ) hello if your reading
Who owns a diesel electric loco just like this one, back in the 90’s British rail where selling off some old rolling stock & he bought one for just 25, 000, scrap value.
After transporting it via HGV to a private railway line, he & a group of experts rebuild it & now it’s back out working that he hires out.
A company just offered him 4, 000, 000 for it.
It’s great being an HGV driver because everyone thinks we’re losers but we’re not!!
The turbo barely fits on a U.K. pallet, it’s massive & the pistons are the size of a basket ball all 16 of them. It weighs 108 tonnes

[adeburnham]

The fire breathing dragon emerges from its
The 37 has such a distinctive sound there's no other engine you can hear and identify before you see it.
These were the main engines that ran near my grandads house when I was a boy and I have had such an affection for them ever since.

[michaeldocherty]

I worked on the Sulzer engines all through the1970s when I was working in Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness.I used to hear them running in the test bed next to the machine shop I was working in at the time.Some of these diesel locos are sometimes still used on the coastal line between Barrow and Carlisle.I remember going to see one of the first ones that had been built on display at Barrow station in the late 1950, s.Little did I know that I would be working on the same engine many years later.I know we made thousands of spare parts right up until 1981.
Mike Docherty.

[leokimvideo]

The beauty of a massive Diesel loco crawling out of a smoke filled shed. Brings tears to my eyes

[stetsonsteve]

Reminds me of the bus depot first thing on a winter’s morning in the 70s after the fleet had been started up, we had to walk through the fog to get to the workshop to clock in. Sometimes you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. Someone phoned the fire brigade one morning, with all the smoke billowing out of the doors they thought the depot was on fire.

[MRUM]

Now thats what I call a Growler! - love the things, used to be woken up by them in South Wales Growling along (often double headed) hauling the longest coal train you could ever see, was actually a comforting regularity in my life that was pretty chaotic when young.

[stanislavczebinski]

Let me guess: No smoking in the shed, right?!?

[MrTheomighty]

This is the best looking train ever. It brings back so many child hood memories as we used to have 2 coal mines about 7 miles apart closer if you walked and these locos were used to move coal from silverdale colliery over to Holditch colliery Newcastle under Lyme

[bulletuk]

I used to work in Manchester Victoria East Junction signal box, and had them parked up right under the large windows,
It was a race to close the windows when they started them up especially in hot weather.

[kookaburrakookaburra]

trains of the British Empire, what a beautiful sight and sound.

[christastic]

Absolutely love the deep hot tempered roar of the engine. Magnificent .

[cnosprandt]

Excellent video! Hats off to the workers who got this engine back on the rails. When people see a train pass few have an appreciation for the level of effort and skill required behind the scenes to keep to keep these running. Thank you for posting!

[andrewmonument]

Wouldn't it have made more sense... to tow it outside with the 08 shunter before firing up the engines !

[jjjamieson]

Well done for making such a lovely job of this. The sound is superb

[muzzaball]

Wow, it sounds so quiet and smooth - and powerful.

[christopherhulse]

Bescot TMD 1987, in the shed as an apprentice running 4 x 31s! i can still smell and taste that EE exhaust today!

[skyriseaerialmedia]

I love seeing these start up and running👍

[johncase]

Adding large, high volume cfm exhaust fans at both ends of the shed, one end sucking air in & the other pushing air out, would greatly if not completely reduce the exhaust smoke issue. Just an observation.

[chrishines]

Love the 37 such a gorgeous loco ( in my opinion )

[simonverity]

I can remember being at Salisbury train station when one class 37 did a tour of honor before being retired. Brings back childhood memories...