The sounds for our Class 68 Enhancement Pack were recorded at Crewe Gresty Bridge with the locomotive under load using it's on-board 'load-bank'. This simulates, standing still, how the locomotive behaves on the move when supplying power to the traction motors. This allowed us to record the distinctive bassy exhaust note and high pitched turbochargers. Here's a short clip showing the result when going from Idle to Notch 8. The fan you can hear in the background is the dynamic brake fan, which is

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The class 465 is a rather complex beast. The /0 & /1 sub-class were built by BREL/ABB and the /2 sub-class by Metro-Cammel. Whilst looking superficially similar, there are many audible and visual differences between them. From destination displays, to underframes, to windows, to braking equipment, to traction motors, the list goes on! To add to that, in 2010, the BREL/ABB examples were re-tractioned with new Hitachi equipment to improve reliability. This resulted in yet another new traction soun