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[Bandit127]

The Westerns were Diesel hydraulic. They had a unique sound too. But not as awesome as the Deltic...  

[cem_devecioglu]

My favorites are steam driven trains from my childhood..

I traveled in them a few times

Although they seem to be slow ..Easy to implement faster models..

(anyway who cares going more than  100 kms/hr I like to watch

around in the restaurant drinking my beer   )

No diesel no electric necessary.. (Here we have enough charcoal mines)

[Martin_1962]

Here we go (terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired ) Swindon works continued there tradition of doing things their own way by building Diesel Hydraulics with engines and transmissions by Maybach built under licence. Their first generation multiple units were Hydraulics as well. After a while it was deemed by BR that Hydraulics weren't standard and they were gradualy done away with. What I'm getting round to is...now almost all multiple units are Diesel Hydraulics!! So after BR wasting millions of £ the powers that be have suddenly realised how good the idea is

Humpy

PS The Germans have never gone away from Hydraulics!

PPS In the course of my duties at work, we vistited Hastings Diesels, a third party maintenance depot here we were allowed inside a Class 50. Talk about big relay contacts About six inches across!!!

The first generation DMUs were mainly manual changed 4 speed epicyclic gearboxes with fluid flywheels.

Hydraulics were abandoned for large engines not multiple units

The Southern Region made good use of DEMUs fitted with EE 4 cylinder engines

[Martin_1962]

First generation DMUs - there is some gearchanging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5GMzWXvlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5masXdomqs

Western
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_aTD4x-kyI

37
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-mX_XwDAV4

20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eP_vN3A0l0

31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gs6WHzG0nA

[FRE07962128]

The Westerns were Diesel hydraulic. They had a unique sound too. But not as awesome as the Deltic...  

The 'Warships' were another Western Region Swindon created engine that always impressed me, probably due to the fact that on a run back down to Dartmouth (Kingwear) from Paddington in 1961 one pulled our 'Torbay Express' the first time for me as all the others I had travelled on with my father previously had been steam hauled.

Ahhhhhhh!  Happy days!!!  

[supermop]

Thankfully all my trains run on elastic trickery.

[Dusty]

Let's bring The Mallard out of retirement Lizzie.That should brighten up these dreary wet days we seem to be getting all the time.

[FRE07962128]

Let's bring The Mallard out of retirement Lizzie.That should brighten up these dreary wet days we seem to be getting all the time.

Lovely idea Dusty, and it won't be long before 4468 / 60022 'Mallard', currently 'out of ticket' awaiting fresh overhaul should be back out of the the National Railway Museum in York, where the icon is safetly tucked away for now.

Current fully working A4's on the main line / preserved railways are 60019 'Bittern', 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley, and 60009 'Union of South Africa', so this class is well presented out there with all four being lined up recently at York!  Absolutely beautiful; just watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5fe1P6ulvE

  8-) 8-) 8-)

[Martin_1962]

Still hunting for news 16 is supposed to have been bought by DRS, and the earliest thing I found was 1/4/08