Dear gawd....that noise!! I grew up close to the railway station at Kyle of Lochalsh and when I was wee they used class 37 locomotives, not like the pishy wee springer thingies of today. The noise and the smell was just epic and I wanted to be a train driver! A couple of miles down the track are gorgeous, sandy coves that as kids we used to spend days at, swimming out to the Islands and generally fannying about. We would walk along the railway line knowing we would hear the trains long before they were anywhere near us, we could just hop out of the way and once they'd gone we'd be on our way again. I love this video - it reminds me of proper train engines, dirty but gorgeous smelling diesel clouds and when you could go to Inverness in comfort rather than being bunched up into the crappy wee trains of today :)

You cannot beat the sounds these beasts make especially when you can hear them ten minutes before you actually see these well built 1960s locos that are still flying about 50 years later and still in service on the mainline 30 years after withdrawal! They are the best loco's ever built for route availability and power and are one of the biggest fleet of surviving locos ever built by English electric or by any other loco builders from the 1960s/70s I love the sound they kick out at power!!! Nice video of these claggy beasts 😀

The best sounding locomotive EVER! And I even got to watch one that runaway downline and derail and topple over on its side! .. Diesel everywhere literally but no flames..It was righted up three days later .. will never forget..

Love the audio on this clip. The way the train zooms off under idle says to me, "Yeah, I could pull a shopping mall around the block if I wanted but it's Sunday and I'm just gonna stroll around for a bit then maybe have a nap later."

I spent some time in the highlands of Scotland in the 90s. Every morning I used to hear the sound of the 37s on the sleeper echoing around the mountains - magic

I've contributed to at least half of all the views this video has, just magical sounding, just gives me inner peace hearing it 👌

I’ve never forgotten the sound of these locomotives, class 37. I knew my morning train was going to arrive, as I could hear it before seeing it. Powerful monsters, love them.

The unmistakable chortle of the 37....now that is an engine.i hear one in the morning sometimes when i open the school gate at the top playing field.it puts a smile on my face knowing that they are still working.

The cement trains serving Blue Circle works, East gate, Weardale, late 80s. One minute tranquility, next, a cacophony of whirrs, growls and intermittent roars. Unforgettable.

Takes me back to watching these locos pass through Prestatyn as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Memories of me waving to the drivers and being frightening of the engine sound but not moving as I wanted the train driver to wave and most times they did. I love their look, their engine noise and the smell.

Love a 37. Simple, reliable, bread and butter locomotives. And ooooooh, what a SOUND!!!!

I love the sound of big diesel engines. Hold it steady at the right RPM and it will put me to sleep. In fact, if I were the richest man in the world, I would probably buy a large property, build a railroad loop on it, get the best sounding locomotive, hire a crew, build a custom sleeping car, and pay them to ride around the loop for eight hours while I sleep.

As I young boy my mums work backed onto barking station east London and when I went there in the school holidays I could see the trains over the garden fence , I could tell when a 37 was coming through the station usually quite slow the noise was still deafening and as it got closer and closer i’d stay as long as I could until I’d run indoors from fear and excitement. I love them 37’s

One of the best compilations of class 37 'canings' i have seen!! great stuff!

Absolutely fantastic collection of 37's, Really capturing the awesome 37's sound. No locomotive exists with a greater sound.

I used to live on the western mainline a bit down from Reading, they'd frequently come through double headed with (I think) an oil train making an incredible racket. They would always set off all the car alarms in the station car park, it was like the cars were saluting these magnificent machines.

That's the meanest sounding locomotive I've ever heard.

Awesome video mate 👍😃! I love the br class 37 and these sounded absolutely magnificent.

ALWAYS the best sounding locos! Our local station pilot was a real bashed out old 37 shed but she still ran. I lived 3 miles away but in the summer we could hear her shunting in the mornings!

I love the sounds, the scenery, and the double ended engines.

The sound is a Norton Dominator and a Supermarine Spitfire all rolled into one, you hear it and instantly have a longing for Fish n Chips, or Crumpets with Marmite and Cheddar a packet of Jammy Dodgers, or some Tunnocks caramel wafers and a pot of Tea. You couldn't make it any more British if Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise or The Two Ronnies, were driving it! 💚🇬🇧

Thrastastic....these old loco's have stood the test of time !!

I can just imagine three of these triple heading a goods on the Cowan Bank!! That 12CSVT is an amazing bit of kit.

If only this soundtrack was played in nightclubs I'd still be going out😔

Awesome and very well edited video mate - that's a mega like and fav from me of my fav diesels. Full marks to DRS for keeping them going and in great condition too! Little did I know when they began appearing at Polmadie and Eastfield MPDs Glasgow back in the 60s that they would still be going strong in 2013!! 50 years and counting - amazing locos and thanks for the upload. Cheers. Ken

Nice lot of footage of my old favourite class of diesel...beats East Enders any time....and top marks for the content..well done.

These engines sound remarkably similar to the Alco models I grew up with (and are still in short line use) in Canada 🇨🇦. Awesome 😎

A great compilation of 37 sights and sounds, great stuff, thanks for sharing...Bill

There's an awful lot of Nuclear waste flasks you have caught on film...

Great video! Brings back fond memories of night time runs along the North Wales Coast Line in the late nineties, enjoying the thrash. :)

Just love the contrast between the Chaffinch and the 37 near Rainham

The End Thanks for Watching And thanks to you for going to all the trouble and effort to film this and make it available. Brilliant!

Mechanical Music to my ears bringing fond memories of the West Highland line, a bleak Rannoch Moor and snow drifts that needed three tries to pass!

thank you very much 4 this posting, it has to be the best sounding turbo diesel powered train on the planet, thanks from australia :)

Love to see a triple header of these over here in Australia, slogging it out on Cowan Bank!

I feel in love with British vintage diesels! THAT is sound!

1:25 I like that Class 37 Thrash Sound/Smoke

Thanks for the comment. I've recently uploaded a "part 3" of "class 37 Thrash" so be sure to check it out :)

Remember seeing class 37s on Medway valley line(strood to paddock wood)on engineers trains.also the class 37 in this video ( 37254) is now a mainline locomotive or was.

This is brilliant,some excellent footage there 5*!!

I remember lying in bed and hearing double headed 37’s labouring up the slope at Annfield Plain with the iron ore trains to Consett in County Durham, a sweet sound...👍👍👍

Great vid. Can't get enough of English Electrics finest! Andy

I know they don't sound as good as steam locos, but there's something very satisfying about the throaty roar of a Class 37!

Great vid....i hope these locos will run for many more years.

3:18 to 3:44 is immense.

amazingly edited! awesome! must check out part 1!

Nice piece of footage captured....where the little boy held by his mum shouts to the driver,and the driver acknowledges with a wave a horn blast,and plenty of clagg. You don`t see these sort of things happen very often today...the `young uns` are too busy on their laptors

37th heaven of thrashing, excellent footage. cheers

I love the sounds of 37s

You captured some of your video clips from excellent vantage points. Awesome sounds and video footage. :-)

The sights and sounds are marvelous, the only thing that's missing is the smell.

Music to my ears & these are the business 👏🇬🇧

such an amazing distinctive engine sound.... love it :D

Such a Beautiful Noise!

Oh and if you liked this, check out my recently uploading part 3 of "class 37 Thrash" ;)

There really isn't much else that compares to the sound of a 37, they used to scare the shit out of me when i was a kid waiting at the station lol

Napier Deltics had a really unique sound - like a pleasant growl. They were a really smooth running engine.

Excellent enjoyable and brought back memories use to be an engineer at B R

FUEL RODS , TEA AND DELTIC. I LOVE ALL THREE.

The sound is as iconic as a Spitfire but with more Thunderous power that sets of car alarms :)

What a sweet sound, beautiful locos!

Love to see some of these make their way to Australia.

Ace quality, great vid well edited enjoyed it, cheers!

luv the sound of a class 37 working hard they sound awesome

Awesome engine sound here. Big Like !

Great video and good locations, thanks for sharing and only wish that my 5" gauge 37 produced smoke like that!

just a brilliant video thanks for the upload

love the 37 thrash thanks

Love the sounds of these beasts, cant beat it👍👍👍shear power

British engineering back in the day something you could be proud of

That was wonderful!

Hermosas maquinas. Muy potentes. Saludos desde Argentina.

What a noise, dont really have any similar sounding locos' here in America, imagine how it feels to just hoon a 120+ ton locamotive around?!? Great vid!

10 minutes of one of my favourite diesels - excellent! I'm intrigued by the shot of 37682 at Appledore running flasks solo - were these empties?

I remember the fantastic sound of the 1620 class on Queensland Railways. Nothing beats the sound of an EE at full notch. Beats a GM hands down!

These locos are just wonderful. Very Alcoesque!

the avro Vulcan of the tracks beautiful to look at and listen to

loved working on them

That must of been a lot of work to put all that together. Nice job mate. Very cool. Thanks!

Must be getting old my memories are of the milk, boat, paper,and mail trains comming down the river Medway into Rochester overnight. The sound of the steam whistle would wake you up, if the fire box door was open glowing in the dark bonus. The smell of coal smoke just does not compare to diesel, not that either were good for one's health. Childhood memories of the coal man in his leather coat, drayman bringing barrels of real beer to the pub, the smell of the barrels and beer awesome. The milkman delivering on his horse and cart, he would walk up the street with two hand crates of 8 bottles, plonking the full bottles down and picking up the empties. As he moved up the street he would give his horse a whistle and the beatifull animal would move up to him as knew exactly how far to go. Rag and bone man, the pig bin man picking up the kitchen waste from all the vegetables, gas light man with his small red ladder to set the gas switch /mantel and clock. Just memories for a few people now, looking back the good old days were just that. One other memory in the winter get the milk in before the sparrows peck the tops open for the cream!!!!!!

Loads of nuclear flasks here. 40 odd years ago they used to haul iron ore to Llanwern steelworks in South Wales triple headed.

Nice video mate love the sound the 37s make

Fantastic video. Really like this :D

Great video I love the sound of the 37s

super footage and good sound ! Nice one

What a bloody delicious racket! I want one - although Christ knows where I would keep it! I know - I'd set it up as a static display in my garden, then crank it up on quiet Sunday mornings.. much to the delight of my neighbours! I'm sure they wouldn't mind when I told them it was a classic :-))

The Deltic has such a distinctive sound, and the Class 37 has such a distinct look; it's like a two-faced pig grunting constantly! Much different from the EMCs and such in North America. I need to study that engine more...

On the day of 37682 running solo, 37510 which had been running with it failed with some sort of wheelset problem, and was taken off the train at Tonbridge when it was enroute to Dungeness.

Didn’t Epping Ongar buy the old 1938 tube stocks that were running the island line? If so, are they in service on the railway yet

Love a good type 3 and there's plenty of them here......

What a lovely sound !!

How did they get one onto the epping-ongar line? Via Stratford in the middle of the night?

Bloody beautiful sight and sound!!!!! I'm sure the tree hugging environmental nutters go berserk seeing the exhaust at throttle up. Great video!!!!!!

So I have a question about these locomotives, why do they rev intermittently? As soon as they start to smoke the throttle cuts off for a second, is that the on board electronics preventing the air fuel mixture from getting too rich and choking the turbo? We have these retro fitted in most old Indian locomotives but the ones without electronic throttle restrictiors can be slammed straight from notch 3 to 8 and that creates huge clouds of black unburnt diesel which looks gorgeous (although I'd imagine Greenpeace wouldn't be too happy).

Excellent video.

Fantastic video

for such a big bit of kit they move well and the growl I loved that sound as a kid!!

It's true, this video is amazing!.

AMAZING!!!!

The 37 is just like the antonov planes they have the distinctive noise thats easily identifyable