Class 40 at York Station.November 2014.

Best sounding loco ever, 1/3 of the holy grail of British diesel locos with the 37 and 55

I used to love watching and listening to these on the East Coast main line up near Dundee - or anywhere else I happened to see them. That engine / exhaust sound is so distinctive, the rhythmic pulsing bass rumble and soprano whistle.

best looking and sounding class of loco ever, esp the ones fitted with discs.

If ANY of you old loco fans wondered whether your favourite was the 'Choppers' , 'Rats' , 'Duffs', 'Wagons', "Tractors' , 'Grids", 'Hoovers', 'Deltics' or even the Fantastic 'Whistlers' whatever your bag was and if you EVER get the chance take yourself off and go drive one!!! IT IS AN EXPERIENCE YOU"LL NEVER FORGET. Forget about jumping out of a plane with a parachute...... Drive a heritage Loco. Sit in that seat , release that brake , blast that Horn, Drop down that window to smell and feel the power THEN open that throttle. PRICELESS.

The sound of Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly. Thing of beauty! D200 Leeds - Carlisle and back on Saturdays soaking up the steam heating back in the eighties. They were the days.

That sound! That is what York always used to sound like! I remember we used to get Merrymakers from London to York and the train was always 47 hauled as far as York, engine change to a 40 and it continued to Scarborough. Happy memories - I have lived!

Excellent, and hello from Russia. This is one of my favorite diesel locomotive of United Kingdom. It has a beautiful design and nice sound of engine. Pity that service of this machines ended at 1980 ‘s.

I'm right back thee in 1977 when I was thirteen. Hanging around 9b, hoping for a Delly on the next to Aberdeen. Staring into my kitbag during the lulls, hoping that I hadn't eaten the last of my two-fingered kit-kats.  Ah.. here comes a sulzer on mixed-freight..!

Late to the chat but it’s funny that the 47 on the back is given less attention given the lack of diesel traction and the rarity of seeing the 37 on ‘roids class 40 a few who gathered to see it bothered to watch the 47, including the owner of this clip yet no mention in the title, just the 40. Class 47, untiring and under appreciated I was pleased to see you in this clip, one day there will be a vid for you but while there is mainline work for you you’ll continue to slip under the radar you magnificent beast.

I'm 16, from Poland and I LOVE BRITISH TRAINS! :3 I'm coming for holidays to U.K. for 2 months and I would like to travel on ECML to Newcastle and visit all railroad museums alongside the route: York, Darlington and Shildon :D (Bishop Auckland branch). Class 40 is my second favorite after class 89. 89 40 90/91

What a fantastic job they have made of the refurbishment of this Class 40. Great to see preserved locomotives on main lines. Shows how much interest there still is. Nice footage. Well done

She looks and sounds amazing! These old loco's had so much Character. Love it. Great Upload, cheers!

Used to live in a railway cottage at Colwich, used to listen to these idling most Saturday nights on engineering trains

Thats the cleanest class 40 i ,ve ever seen Trevor,looks like it was just made,great whistler action,cheers Tony.

Superb catch Trevor, rather spoiled by the folk standing front of you as she started to move. Anyway I really liked the sight of a 40 back on the main line looking fantastic. The sight and sound of 345 leaving, with the exhausts blasting away was magical and brought a lot of memories back for me, so thanks for sharing it. Ken

Fantastic video Trevor. Those diesel engines almost sing in the cathedral like atmosphere of York station. thanks for posting. :-)

A very enjoyable video of the class 40 on tour Trevor and it brings back so many memories of decades gone by. Lovely departure from the station and that unmistakable, unique sound. I did manage to see it in the end after the steam tour I was going to see was cancelled. Cheers - Allan.

I grew up as a teen, mid 60's in Thirsk (approx. 20miles north of York) on the main LNER line north/south.  I can well remember "trainspotting" at Thirsk station and watching 40s and Deltics on express passenger trains speeding through the station.  What a sight.  At the time of this occurrence there was also a steam locomotive still kept at the station for local yard work.

Brilliant video! Love that engine noise as well!

Lovely footage Trevor, I can remember when 40's were 10 a penny, no one was remotely interested in the late 70's My Dad was co-piloting this time :-)