DRS CLASS 37 SHOOT AT YORK "THE MOVEMENTS"

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7 ай бұрын

A Video Tribute to the Celebrity DRS Class 37's which now unfortunately are finished with the TOC on our Network after completing this years Yorkshire RHTT Season.
This video depicts the Yard movements and positioning moves needed ready for them to be lined up for that evening's York Thrall Works Class 37 Photo Shoot, i did try to get 37419 doing her cold start but she didn't want to play ball till the afternoon and we were busy cleaning and sprucing the old girls up till sunset so i couldn't record every move that happened.
In the Video we see 37407 37419 37422 37425 & Heavy weight 37716 some of them before been cleaned and others already done, the evening purple sky was a fitting Twilight Tribute to the Veteran Type 3's and luckilly the sun stayed out all day for us and which made our jobs easier....
Hope you enjoy this Tribute set and i've added a selection of pictorial photo's at the end from arriving early doors right through till the end of the night.
"Special Thanks" goes out too, Chris Gee for organising the event, Matt.S / Smithy for coming in to work on his day off to move the 37's around and in to position, The Team of volunteers who worked extremely hard for two days to get the old ladies looking spectacular and of course the Gents at DRS for allowing this one off event to take part.

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@jasonhughes2253 7 ай бұрын

Great engines. Great memories growing up around Severn Tunnel Junction. Still have a special place in my heart the Class 37's.

@ChrisPipinghot 7 ай бұрын

This is totally amazing!! They evening shots as well really outstanding. Class 37s are my favourite loco. I really don't care one bit for these American built locos, much prefer British built locos and rolling stock.

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Cheers an mine too always will be, sheds are just something to help pass the days out :) 37's aren't going anywhere just yet and i'm glad i did my role on these DRS Beasts for the day

@justinobrien3593 7 ай бұрын

nice set of drs tractors at york depot 🥰

@Steve-MillersGreenTMD 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Got to love the 37s 👌👍🏻

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Many thanks Steve, yes indeed they will always be a strong favourite of mine and its sad to see the DRS ones now surplus to requirements

@joeritchie7286 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful beasts

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@joeritchie7286 Now extra shiny and painted bufferbeams and silver buffers too ;-)

@brianbunn3604 6 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyable video, thanks for sharing 😊 37’s are the best !

@ewoodrailway 7 ай бұрын

Love that livery 419s carrying. Remember seeing 37685 freshly painted outside Doncaster works in the 90s. Those were the days

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

They suited I/C Mainline & INTERCITY well didn't they think 37's wear most colours very well barring that horrible wcrc maroon i just can't take to them in that barring when its full sun

@ewoodrailway 7 ай бұрын

@@gavin37688 the Scottish ones ie 401 430 and 431 with white numbers on black background under the cab window better than the black numbers on white background at the bottom of the paint work.

@mt5144 7 ай бұрын

In the 1970's 37407 was 37305 Cardiff Based, Often in Margam Swansea area & always on Triple Head Iron Ore trains (Margam-Llanwern), 37419 was 37291 Cardiff Canton Based, 37422 was 37266 always found at Stratford TMD London, 37425 was Cardiff Canton Based 37292, & 37716 was Split head-code model (now removed boxes) 37094 always based in the Yorkshire area Tinsley - Immingham - Thornaby - Gateshead, so prior to the ETH Fitted at Crewe Works all these 5 have been heavily worked. This was a great photo shoot of these Classic 37 still one of the best reliable Loco's on the rails today & each over 50 Years Old. Well Done Guys, Great to see these still going strong.

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much and interesting read too :) 305 is one i see mentioned on social media a lot.... was she one of the harder Canton 37/3's to cop? i only saw her first as 407 in large logo but always a strong fave of mine, plenty of power and never dissapointed on the coast, heres hoping 2024 brings some good news for these venerable old ladies

@Sonny1751RN 7 ай бұрын

Cracking photos. 👍

@blackjockofmangertonpele 7 ай бұрын

This is simply brilliant, thanks so much for sharing it. What characterful machines these Type 3s are. Here's hoping for an extended future career for at least some of them. 🎉

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Very welcome and yes i'm watching these closely and been updated by my friends at DRS as to whats happening next :) 401 at LSL should be massive running alongside 409 on mk2's for starters... heres hoping 2024 is still stuffed full of EE's for us to enjoy

@tonyeaves2494 7 ай бұрын

What a line up 👍 so cool you got to love a 37 great video

@nickh4735 7 ай бұрын

Excellent work, the transformation of 422 is spectacular 👌

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou Nick aye she was a mucky pup when we put her in for jet washing, by far the longest one to get clean! The black just kept on running from the grills.... don't think her grills have ever been cleaned in years or it seemed that way scrubbing them for hours

@ontrackrailfilms1652 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video and one for the history books.

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Most definately and thankyou bud

@37418 7 ай бұрын

Superb Jon 👍 Excellent 🏆😍

@DiggleJunction 7 ай бұрын

Great video mate - boy did the sky delivery for those evening shots! One of those wish you could be there to see it moments.

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much matey, aye that pinky purple sky just wow! Wat a beautiful salute to the 37's that was chief :) i don't mind doing night shots well we don't have much choice here 37's only come after darkness falls... but i much prefer the sunset than any night shot taken on that day :) wish i'd got more before darkness fell but i was still in the bonnet of 37716 trying get some more of that yrs ground grained in brown off her window frames lol + been soaking wet slowed my movements right down.... think most of us went home that night looking like we'd been swimming was worth the soaking thou especially as gleaming 37422 & 37425 are out 2moz shining away on a RDT train from Bescot but the weather forecast is bad unfortunately.... and thankyou for your uploads buddy really enjoy watching your sets and chosen location's keep them coming 🙂 and all the best

@DiggleJunction 7 ай бұрын

@@gavin37688 Awesome mate, what a day despite the horrendous weather haha. Managed to catch the convoy through here, what a working! Do you know why they went over to Crewe rather than up to Carlisle?

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@DiggleJunction Outstanding fela i'll catch up on your superb channel later, been watching your mega moves Eastleigh Adventure before my tea, gota finish it off shortly :) and yes everyone seems to be saying its because thats were the others sold on the tender list are located thus these ones been stored there should also go up for sale shortly in 2024 aswell! the planned booked 37 move today didn't happen to Bescot unsure if you knew but no one signs them really anymore at DRS Gresty Bridge thus they used alternative traction i presume, doesn't spell happy days or anymore moves with these ex Ork 37''s i'd guess now unless they give some drivers a refresher course on them?

@garthcox4307 7 ай бұрын

The return of the TPE class 68s to DRS likely means the end of the 37s after 60 year lives. Hopefully preservation beckons for several as they are in good condition.

@thomasshepard6030 7 ай бұрын

DRS bought the 37s from eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow and fully refurbished them I was a fireman with BR working out of eastfield 1974 so drove many class 37s but with a twist of fate my older brother ended up a driver with DRS so he actually drove the same 37s that I drove at Carlisle DRS yard some 30 odd years later

@justinobrien3593 7 ай бұрын

they will all get sold to Harry needle/colas/locomotive services i bet!

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@thomasshepard6030 Interesting story Thomas and glad they've stayed in the family too, i've drove a good few now aswell as other class's and cabbed loads which i might start uploading some vids of soon cheers

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@justinobrien3593 Colas are standing down there pool of 37's in 2024 from test trains, units and 43's will replace them i'm told by my Derby R.T.C friend unfortunately, the first tender list has gone too LSL, Europhoenix and Andania Engineering.. no interest in 37424 so she was pulled from the list an will no dought go back on it in the new year with the others / the ones that don't work.... i can see DRS keeping 407 422 425 & possibly 716 if they feel fixing her is worth it which i dought very much judging by the the new manager attitude

@thomasshepard6030 7 ай бұрын

I drove the class 37s when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 when eastfield depot shut down they sold a lot of surplus class 37s and class 20s to DRS at Carlisle my older brother as a driver with DRS and he ended up driving the class 37s from my old depot eastfield some 30 odd years later plus my uncle was a mainline driver with BR at eastfield depot so my brother drove the 37s that I and my uncle had driven strange world

@DarkAngel-ph9on 2 ай бұрын

Mega love it❤

@MrAvant123 7 ай бұрын

Love the class 37 they are the Steven Segal of locomotives !

@Decrepit_biker 7 ай бұрын

So are you saying they're fat, talentless, delusional fakes? 😂😂

@kevvynolan8753 7 ай бұрын

It's like playing trains but 4' scale with a few accurascale 37's 😂

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

lol buddy oh we played on them hehe difference was the sound on these didn't cut out constanly and none of the parts fell off when cleaning them pffft lol ;-)

@kevvynolan8753 7 ай бұрын

Do miss these beasts from regularly riding the Anglia "short set"

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@kevvynolan8753 aye there was some thrash to be had on those! Think we can safely say it’s RIP after that for any booked 37 haulage chap 😕 I would of done the rhmney 37’s but after soon finding out you weren’t aloud in the vestibules that would of been a 4 hour drive down for nothing other than recording them at locations

@nottudyug 6 ай бұрын

Liked and subscribed. Excellent video footage and the still photos added at the end are also fantastic. So, please excuse my ignorance with this question.Was the photo shoot organised purely by you guys to commemorate the end of these particular loco's being on loan and an opportunity to view , record them all prior to them being returned to the home location?

@joeritchie7286 7 ай бұрын

😍👍

@Penguins247 6 ай бұрын

That sunset shot is amazing, and so apt given they're in the sunset of their careers with DRS. How did you find out about the event? Is there some sort of underground mailing list that I'm not on? I seem to miss half of these things, at the very least!

@JJthrashing 13 күн бұрын

Lovely DRS 37 stock, have these been all sold off now ? Great footage 😊

@FinnDavid2979 7 ай бұрын

Hi everyone my favourite class 37 is drs 37422

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Shes the loudest too! ;-)

@FinnDavid2979 6 ай бұрын

fun fact what are the two class 66s doing with the rhtt train wagons when class 37425 gos past

@FinnMikazukiVT-kl5lp 3 ай бұрын

Hello where was my favourite drs class 37422 going to at 0:47 and 0:48?

@FinnDavid2979 7 ай бұрын

hi everyone so no more rhtt train going through york train station anymore?

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Its stopped for now but expect RA5 Loco's of one form or other next September 2024 as booked :) this video was recorded the day after the final RHTT 3J51 ran

@justinobrien3593 7 ай бұрын

what was this events about! are the class 37s being sold off to other operator's or is the photo shoot for 60 year's in service!!!

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

It was a private none public strictly limited to chosen people only photoshoot chap, due to the location and been an active depot it couldn't be advertised and was hard to arrange but was pulled off and executed perfectly by our Director friend and the DRS Management.... i was just there to clean them spruce the old girls up and do my bit so i was there from early doors till the end of the photoshoot anyways :) it was a good send off for them and i can say they've not been this clean since they were overhauled at Loram atleast, hope that helps bud

@delticnapierdccsound4236 7 ай бұрын

MEINE LORDZ ❤

@gs425 7 ай бұрын

My vote is for the shitty liveried one 😂😂

@frrlokn3536 7 ай бұрын

what one

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

Presume you mean 422 lol :) thou 716 is just an advertisement livery too.... i'm old school i stoppped admiring liveries when ews bought us out in 1996

@gs425 7 ай бұрын

@gavin37688 on careful view it was 266...at first I just saw a brown blurry smear lol. I have a vitrains 422 in ews. In my opinion the only privatised livery that is half decent and doesn't look like it was "designed " by someone who hasn't a clue !!!

@gavin37688 7 ай бұрын

@@gs425 oh them daft 266 numbers aye not a fan tbf of those daft 68 plates and the number change... thou the black boxs yes i love them lol agreed on EWS i like it now but didn't in 1996 i thought WTAF is this red sh1te livery :( agreed on noclue bit like green LSL 37/5's with black ploughs christ they look hideous i'm no fan of any new livery i'm stuck in the early 90's as regards trains well up to Loadhaul Transrail & Mainline it was at that stage i was working 6 days a week and lost interest tbf

@FinnMikazukiVT-kl5lp 3 ай бұрын

Hello drs class 37s have been withdrawn from service