50042 Triumph (D442)
With Ben Warren driving Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway working the 1400 Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General DEC on 13th October 2018. Listen to that 16 cylinder English Electric 16CSVT power plant! Mega!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOpN_vpYic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOpN_vpYic
"English Electric Day" on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 5th May 2018 featured the line's resident Class 37/0 37142, the first Class 37 to venture into Cornwall, and Class 50 50042 Triumph, wearing BR Large Logo livery with trademark Laira black roof. A credit to the Bodmin & Wenford and hopefully the success of this diesel gala will see further diesel days along the same lines! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0Nq6f1Mzk
Class 50 50042 Triumph is seen working hard over the tortous 1 in 37 gradients of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 2nd September 2017, vividly evoking memories of when these English Electric Type 4s worked local passenger workings on the Falmouth and Newquay branches during the 1970s and 1980s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F4mYCMKS0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F4mYCMKS0w
Class 50 50042 Triumph was withdrawn in October 1990, and was purchased for preservation, arriving on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in March 1992. The only working preserved Class 50 in a 200 mile radius, Triumph has now been based on the Bodmin & Wenford for a quarter of a century, and we see the former D442 hard at work on both the Boscarne Junction and Bodmin General branches during a BWR Class 50 running day on 6th August 2017, where the English Electric Type 4 tackles the line's challenging 1 in 37 gradients with ease! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15MipYjBL0Q
50042 Triumph is seen in action on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway during a normal mixed running day on Sunday 18th September 2016. We see Triumph in action tackling the testing 1 in 37 gradients on the Bodmin Parkway and Boscarne Junction branches. Lovely bit of power on the climb away from Colesloggett Halt and Westheath - many thanks to the BWR driver! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCJoxqme1g
Following repairs, Class 50 50042 Triumph was double-headed with 37142 on the 1620 from Bodmin Parkway on the Bodmin & Wenford. With both under power, the driver having over 4400hp at his disposal, the noise on load four as the pair climb away from Colesloggett Halt was awesome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H5Ifdwmtts
Class 50 50042 Triumph is seen in action on her home line of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall on 29th May 2016, working a traditional cornish pick-up goods. 50042 has been repainted in Large Logo livery complete with Laira Depot black roof embellishment, and illustrates a time when 50s could be seen working humble (and sometimes very short!) freights in the Royal Duchy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkivDCiod4o
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin General to Colesloggett Halt on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. With thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiIQprReDWo
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Colesloggett Halt to Bodmin Parkway on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. With thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21gSChtJ9GE
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin Parkway to Colesloggett Halt on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. Classic Traction TV would like to express their thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager, Chris Hart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1R3agvTKnE