Any 50 still running, is a credit to her teams hard work!

Excellent video. One of my favourite videos. R.I.P Mike.

Great video, the 50's are my favourite diesel class! One minor niggle though, Laira is pronounced Lair-a, rather than Lie-ra

Love the nse class 50s

Cracking video, 50027 is my favourite, top loco. 👍👍👍 she is a STUNNER ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Another good presentation. A historical issue that might not be well known outside the signal engineering trade is that when they were transferred to the Western Region, they drew attention to some built in problems with signal positioning in some areas, as they were the first loco class on the WR capable of actually running up to 100 mph. They could be a bit ‘hairy’ as it were, with a 12 car load on in some places, such as between Reading & Swindon. There was a lot of (literal) paperwork done on the whole lot on the Main Line, with some bits and pieces with lower restrictions being imposed temporarily until it was sorted out (roughly 90 or 95). It had never been an issue with the new HSTs, as they have much better braking, nor with the 52s and 47s, so the limits were dual ones, like 125/90, or whatever. I can remember doing some work on that in my early years in the 1980s, in Reading.

The most underrated UK Diesel loco, they should’ve built 200 more 👍 Thanks for this👋

3:48 just a quick note, THAT is not the HMS Lion you were intending to show. The HMS Lion that 50027 is named for was built in 1910, and had 4x2 13.5 inch guns, whereas the Lion you're showing is from World of Warships, which uses a fictionalised design based on the 1939 HMS Lion proposal that was never finished.

forgive me, but the image at 3:48 is not the Battlecruiser Lion, which is shown correctly in the next image. That is a image from the World of Warships Game, which has a 'HMS Lion' based on the proposed plan for a 'new' Lion Class Battleships which was planned in the late 1930's but delayed by the outbreak of WWII and then cancelled altogether. Great Video though...

great video

Out of curiosity do you still have your class 47 I remember in early 2011 going on one of your heritage DMU’s with an open viewing window and it broke down and had to be hauled by a class 47 for the day you had around somewhere it was still had GBRF colour scheme and grey livery on it.

great video, as i understand it these locos suffered from flashovers on the main generator if going over 100mph, so they were cut down to 90mph, 2/, if the clowns at BR had looked after them better they would not have broken down so much, i used to see them at waterloo smoking like a 9f when idling. and looking very sad, thank goodness for mr Fuller for saving LION.

50007 looked lovely in its green livery then Gbrf ruined it A loco I had chance to drive