57310 at Washwood Heath waiting to do a shunt to propel the Pendolino in to the works

Full frontal cab view

Delner coupler for coupling to Pendolino's or Voyager's. Not allowed to be used for coupling loco to loco.

Extended ETS cable for coupling to Pendolino's. The standard length cable is not long enough.

The Driver's side cab lay out on a Virgin Trains class 57/3 showing the OTMR (Black Box) data entry equipment and bracket for the RETB equipment when these loco's work the log trains to and from Chirk.

Close up of OTMR (Black Box) data entry equipment.

Cab fault lights.

Close up of Driver's desk.

Close up of Driver's desk.

Close up showing Parking Brake on / off lights and ETS buttons and fault lights.

Switches for the various heaters, lights etc.

Close up of the external lights monitor, saves going out side to check head / marker and tail lights.

Secondman's side on a 57/3 showing the Delner coupler controls.

Close up of the Delner coupler controls.

Driver's side on a Freightliner / DRS / Cotswold Rail 57/0

Secondman's side on a 57/0. NOTE :- no Delner controls and different style of OTMR equipment.

Power handle and master switch.

Train air brake handle (top) and loco straight air brake (lower). The two buttons visible are engine start and stop.

Hydraulic workings for the Delner coupler, all located underneath the secondman's side seat.

Emergency fire button, operates the extinguishers in the engine room.

Rear bulkhead of the driving cab showing door to engine room, hand brake, fire bell and AWS equipment including change end's switch.

Diagram shwing the layout of the various isolating cocks and valves throughout a class 57.

The two compressor's. these are one of only a few items to be retained from the original class 47.

DSD isolating cock

Goods / Passenger timing brake change over switch.

Air dryer, the air that enter's the Pendolino or Voyager being hauled must be clean so it is filtered here.

Engine governer, located on the free end of the engine and controls engine speed dependant on the position of the Driver's power handle and the ETS demand.

Coolant gauge.

MCB and fault light panel.

Engine pre lube switch.

Traction Motor isolating switches, engine maintenance switch, and Wheel Slip and Auto Sand isolating switches.

Automatic voltage regulator.

Electronic control and diagnostic Panel.

Main fuel tank inside the loco, holds 810 gallons.

Close up of the main fuel tank guage.

Battery switch.

External auxiliary fuel tank, holds 500 gallons.

Close up of auxiliary fuel tank guage.

Lighting switch etc.

Loco Data panel.