Impressive sideburns and heavy gold jewellery on Mr Driver - a true man of his time!

That has to be one of the best things I’ve ever viewed, on screen or not!

Superb and historic record

reminds me of the time haymarket depot ,edinburgh had a bunch attached. i was allowed in to the depot one saturday afternoon when i was a kid and on wandering the roads on the depot taking numbers i saw a driver climb into then HA based 40 123.....my dad shouted up to him,`can you take him with you` and to my astonishment,he said `im going millerhill yard,can take you waverley station or over to millerhill` i feverishly climbed up and said waverley would do great,i really should have said millerhill !!! to this day i cannot fathom out how he knew he could drop me at one of the through platforms but indeed he did after heading out of the depot,thru haymarket station full of people on the platforms and going through the waverley tunnels !!! thru the waverley tunnels light engine was incredible,the sound and the air whistling past as i had the window down at my seat,the driver knees up on the footplate having a laugh at my joy was something il never forget nearly `forty` years on....long live the class40

I really miss the 40's around Rochdale. We used to spend hours and hours at the weekends and school holiday at Clegg Hall and Smithy Bridge. If only I could go back to the late 70's and early 80's...and take my 20Mega Pixel camera with me !!!

Great video. Those wipers remind me of the vacuum powered wipers fitted to Ford Prefect / Anglia in the late 50s. With large throttle openings going up a hill in top gear they would go very slow and conversely very fast with the throttle closed on the over run.

very nice of the driver to let you film, and lovely to see the weather of the north west was still as rainy as ever!

Love the sound of a class 40 Whistler ❤️❤️

2:13 bit of a hard stop lol amazing how you can hear the traction motors growling away, wonderful locos

This is an incredible piece of film, very high quality

What a gem of a film,reminds me of the time i would share a ride with my father in the cab of a 108 at about this time between birmingham and stratford on avon.

Great stuff. Lots of real signals and excellent thrash. Note the lack of AWS almost everywhere in those days

Quality footage again from you. Don't you just wish we had those days again...

Those wipers would drive me nuts if I was driving that thing!

Great video. Can't believe that's only 30 years ago - it looks like a different planet!

Just awesome footage from back in the day. If I gave a cab ride to my Guard let alone a normal, I would be down the road!

You will never know how much I want to do this!

Never grow tired of watching this video. Thank you :)

The wiper drives are air operated, the reason it speeds up is increase lubrication from the rain, simple as that, Always liked the Class 40, Nice comfortable ride due to the additional floating axle and not to noisy in the cab,

Pete, that's pure gold !

what a great piece of film. fantastic piec of machinery.

Excellent - The home board for Rochdale on the Down has been removed (30th August 2011) and Rochdale box has been removed too (same date) as all signalling in that area is controlled via Rochdale West with signal plate prefixes of TH3xxx - Castleton East will be removed in December as will Vitrial Works too - Such a shame! Also a shame that the Oldham Loop has closed, I used to work it as a guard before I went driving - It was the "bread and buter" work of Man Vic and Wigan depots.

My British friends tell me that is a typical summers day in that part of England!

Love the heavy stop en route, a bit of emergency brake too! Awesome.

Awesome, historic footage.

I agree with the comment about the driver,great footage thanks for posting this

proper br driver

Great footage, again thanks for sharing

Brilliant Video :-). I like it :-). The BR class 40's look cool :-).

Great video - thanks for sharing!

I never knew Mills Hill once had a bridge and barely any trees! It would have been great if a class 40 had run me to leeds every time I went, it would have been much better than the usual Northern DMU. Great vid though mate thanks!

Quality bit of film, 40012 was my babe used to see her going to Blackpool from Man Vic

love the way the wipers speed up a bit when he puts more power on!!!!!

Brilliant video.

@LeeStaffs1 Cheers mate, much appreciated. It was a very expensive bit of kit in its day, it wouldn'y go for more than £10 on ebay now!

Remember driving 063 Dundee to Perth when 14 had some power.2 Nd can ride thx to Peter O'Donnell

Marvellous stuff!

Great video

..Lovely old machine...:)

Great stuff!

Amazing!!!

ABSOLUTELY HELLFIRE!!

Someone asked how did you get a cab ride. It really was easy then. I even drove 40106 from Bangor to Rhyl on more than one occasion in 1982. These really can do 90mph with ease with ten on. Their 2000hp thermal rating seems to have no bearing on their performance at all!! I was told once by a fitter at Chester a lot of these locos were set to produce up to 2500hp for short periods. 2000hp was its continuous rating. How true that is I don't know, but they do shift and perform as well as a peak.

I managed to persuade an Edinburgh driver for just this in 101326 from Newton-Haymarket west junction in or around 1985. I don't think they were as lenient around here. Hence why I had to wait until outside Glasgow. He'd have got his jotters or a final warning if someone had clyped on him. 1st generation DMUs were damn slow on the 'Caley (steep grades) & few of the drivers shed a tear when they were scrapped

Great vid! What was the box/siding at 1.20?

Vitrial works is the wagon workshop at the Heywood line triangle south of Castleton?

awesome

Why does whe windscreen wiper increase speed with engine RPM?

Great vid! How noisy was it in the cab?

Thanks for sharing. How did you get a cab ride??

Could never do it again as that line is now run by Metrolink and is trams only now it got taken over about 2015 I think the trams started running back In oldham area.

@andyw823 Hi mate, not sure. I'm sure someone else will know!

beast

You're right. Back in the '80s it was not a problem. With all the Laws Directives etc. you have now it is not worth the risk to a driver.

@andyw823 Looks like Vitrioil Works signal box to me.

my lords

What I wana know is, how come there was no AWS magnet and bell on the approach to that green?? What a great piece of film in anycase!

whats the switch driver released at 2:33 that made the honking sound, was it used to release the air brakes?

Anyone know the Drivers name?

@tjshill82 it was easy in those days!

Brutal

oh my lords!!!!!

@RICKD790 I meant Vitriol

The braking left much to be desired... a hard stop at station 1, almost a SPAD at station 2 and station 3 was heading for another hard stop as well before the film cut out. Still it is nice to see the driver helping the passengers get up out of their seats! Hehehe

Because it is air driven!

Class 40 is eight feet longer that the 37, and has an extra bogie; giving four wheels per set. Other than that, their appearance is the same.

les dawson could drive a train?

Where's the steering wheel?

What is the difference between a Class 37 and a '40'?

How do 40s differ from 37s?

They sound abit like a class 20

Now this is classed as hardcore porn 🤤

The driver’s seat does not look very comfortable and ergonomyc.

Jesus when you listen back now imagine being a driver for 8 9 10 or 12 hrs a day with that piercing racket. Must affect your hearing in later life........

She’s crying out to sing again stuck the grate hall is a crime

When the ICI tanks went through Newcastle Central on the Mond i would cream my pants. 40 up front. Seriously u youngsters have heard nothing