Class 40

[wyvern]

I saw the item on the BBC this morning about the Great Train Robbery and D326 which featured in tha accompanying visuals.

I dint know any Type 4 diesels had steam whistles?

[pre65]

Neither did I.

They were fitted with boilers for train heating, but I'm fairly certain they had 2 tone air horns.

[wyvern]

Guess the post-editing sound bloke wasnt very clued up.

[Silver Fox Phil]

Originally Posted by pre65

Neither did I.

They were fitted with boilers for train heating, but I'm fairly certain they had 2 tone air horns.

Sounds about right to me too!
Cheers
Phil

[Madcaravanner]

Class 40 had two tone horns in the nose -check the grills on the photo
Yes the had steam heat boilers as all mainline loco's did then

the only type of loco that I am aware with whistles are Shunters (08/09/10/12etc) but a diesel whistle sounds nothing like a steam one

[wyvern]

I wonder if I can get a copy of the film to link you to.

[keith morgan]

I have posted this observation in the book section already, i watched an old film the other week (not a railway film) it shows a train leaving Paddington behind a "Castle" then the train at speed behind a Royal Scot on the WCML, the next scene ------ train arriving in York!!! i wonder who researched that journey.

[springs branch mickey]

The one thing that bugged me in the past, was the lack of railway knowledge, when making films. Wrong locomotive class, sometimes even wrong country, wrong era etc.
the films, documentaries were sometimes very good, but that little extra research would have made them better still.
mickey

[Madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by springs branch mickey

The one thing that bugged me in the past, was the lack of railway knowledge, when making films. Wrong locomotive class, sometimes even wrong country, wrong era etc.
the films, documentaries were sometimes very good, but that little extra research would have made them better still.
mickey

I'm not going to defend filmmakers who get their continuity wrong but it happens even now what the Michael Portillo series and see the different trains supposedly the same train that he's on

it's just sloppy workmanship

[Master Cutler]

On Thursday there I saw two Class 40's in convoy going north on the M1.
Thet looked like a couple of the ones from Clapham Junction.
Problem was I was going south so could only clock the graffiti on the side of the locos.
Does anyone know where they were bound for?
I can't find anything on the Class 40 Preservation Society web site.