Bachmann 47 with ESU Hifi sounds and a large 40x19x8 speaker under the fans. I also changed the horns on the sound file | Roads and Rails

One of our railway’s many achievements in 2025 included the restoration of our class 47 locomotive. A small team of dedicated volunteers and staff put a huge amount of time and effort into this fabulous project. The end result speaks for itself 💪 Come and join us as a volunteer and work on projects like this. It’s rewarding work and you will be made very welcome. Get in touch today. Email: volunteercoordinator@wensleydalerailway.com Phone: 01677425805 #class47 #brushtype4 #brushtraction #britis

The Sulzer engine throbs away, as we look inside the cab of class47 D1842 . This was the first class47 to be preserved and is a regular at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire, | Adrian Watson

The sound of a class 47 locomotive, with it’s Sulzer 12LDA28-C engine. Sulzer developed a series of rail traction engines in the 1930s and 1940s which were used extensively in diesel locomotives in the UK, Europe and South America. A small number were used in locomotives in Africa and Australia. The Sulzer LDA (prefixed by the number of cylinders, and with a suffix related to the cylinder bore) engine was widely used by British Rail and Romanian Railways. Many were built under licence by Vickers