I agree totally 47 were very cold to work on in winter and the 45/46 had the best cab heaters of all loco's

ccmmick.

The first 47's were built in 1962.
The first 31's were built in 1957.
The first 37's were built in 1960.

Back then, heating technology (If you could call it that) was very basic, a heater in a car was an optional extra! Probably costing an extra 35 guineas!:eek:

Regards, 62440.

The class 45s/46s had the same cab heater's as 47s/31s and 37s they just had more of them in the cab if you put them all on plus the cooker the cab got very hot.

ccmmick.

I use to sit/stand on the old slam-door 300 emu's from Upminster to Fenchurch Street for the odd couple of years I spent commuting to London when I first started work and if there was train heating it often didnt work or was unbearably hot. But there is nothing colder/hotter than an underground train if you want extremes of temperature. I used to muse that one day all trains would be air conditioned as standard - other people used to look at me as if I was mad!! Dont times change.

some are cold and some are warm.

Is there a picture of the 47?

What - this one?


http://www.railwayforum.net/gallery/...47_burnham.jpg

No wonder it was so cold in the cab :D

47's for me. The previous post about bin liners for insulation certainly brings back memorys.
They were wonderful loco's though.

very true! but when driving in the winter it is very cold in a steamer as there is no way to close the doors or windows and most of the time the firebox doors are shut so you do actually get very cold.