St. Simon Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hi, I think for me it has to be one of a couple of things: 1.) The sound of a class 165/168/170 reving up before it moves when departing a station. 2.) A pair of EWS class 37's opening up with a heavy load out of High Wycombe at around 10 at night 3.) A class 33 when working hard And for some reasons, the satisfying 'clunky' sound of the combined power handle in a turbo star makes when you pull back on it for power. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatty 139 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the new Virgin advert dubs some pointless Virgin Eurobox DMU (or EMU) with the unmistakable sound of a HST at full throttle true music to the ears for anyone who hails from the 70's and 80's Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 The slam of a (Mark 1) carriage door. This , absolutely this, especially over the other railway noises , locos ticking over , tannoys etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted June 23, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2013 Heard a new one this week. An A4 going very fast indeed past my house. Superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Surely you remember that sound from the early sixties Squire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 The growl from an 071 working hard through Harmonstown. And we lived 3 miles away. Edited to remove an ambiguous misspelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Rich Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 That hollow sound of Mk1 BG's or GUVs at night.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawfin Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The growl from an 071 working hard through Harmonstown. And we lived 3 miles away. Edited to remove an ambiguous misspelling. Finally someone mentioning an Irish loco.The 201s don't sound as plesent, though..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 For me my favourite sound from the diesel era would have to be a Paxman Valenta powered HST on full power. For the steam era I have a Peter Handford record (now on CD) called West of Exeter and on there is the sound of a Hawksworth single chimnied County, actually 1021 County of Montgomery blasting out of Exeter st Davids station heading west in 1957-58. The writer Kenneth Leach said that the sound of a Hawksworth single chimney County departing Bodmin Road was not a sound easily forgotten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1030western musketeer Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Although not my favourite sound you cant beat a deltic with twin napiers on full song.2nd to that mine is western class 52 maybachs although my all time sound is a merlin which counts only if flying over a railway line. Maybachs/merlins = sound. Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted July 31, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2013 I'm with the Deltics, but it's the sound of going to notch one under the roof at Newcastle Central....that first rev up just tingles my spine. ooh, Matron, the screens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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