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Originally Posted by 6678bjm
My favourite loco sound has to be the Class 50 and for high reving its predecessor the good old western class 52 and the unique deltics are hard to beat.
Re the 45/1, I don't know much about them, but superchargers are often linked to the sound you discribe (my Hunslet loco has this trait (Rolls royce supercharged engine)) but I don't know if the 45/1's had them fitted.
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Class 50's apparently they used to make a sound like a Hoover vacumn cleaner hence the Hoover nickname. But this noise went when a certain part of the engine was removed or replaced. Do you know about this ?
Good sound, English Electric engine, like a 40 but without the whistle.
Unfortuately Westerns were withdrawn before i had the chance to experience them. i have yet to hear one live. The Westerns were considered a rival to the mighty Deltics.
45/1's could it be that the drivers were more gentle with them ?