billy_anorak59 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Found some more - York 1978 WARNING, Instamatic quality pictures! (...and on a rubbish day, 'weather-wise' to really reduce the picture quality) Ballymoss and it's nameplate Nameplate - Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Pinza ...and number 7 again (it seemed to follow me around!), York on a better day - in 1979 I think Cheers! Edited June 17, 2022 by billy_anorak59 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jessy1692 Posted September 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2016 Many were painted blue before ETH was fitted, see below: Not only do you have blue with no ETH, but it is picking up water for the boiler from the water troughs, which must make this a very rare shot! Looks like it might be D9019 if I am not mistaken. Never seen a shot of a Deltic picking up from troughs, wonder if the crew did it to annoy the PW gang! Im just finishing a model og 9020 in late 60s blue with no ETH. Its surprising how many were blue before ETH Cheers James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Shirley "Unknown with a northbound non stop" is D9000, Royal Scots Grey"? The crest above the single line nameplate and the plate around the footstep on the lower nose where the early headlight was give it away to me. Loving the photos in this and all the threads! D9004 "Queens Own Highlander" had a similar crest, mounted above a single line nameplate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Never seen a shot of a Deltic picking up from troughs, wonder if the crew did it to annoy the PW gang! Im just finishing a model og 9020 in late 60s blue with no ETH. Its surprising how many were blue before ETH Cheers James Possibly to annoy them, but I suspect that they may be steam enthusiasts waiting for one of the last steam workings on the ECML - the picture was probably taken in about 1967 - possibly Flying Scotsman? Some things don't change... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted September 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2016 As I understand it, the second man/fireman had to prepare, and be in position, well in advance of the troughs. It simply wasn't possible to spot trackside workers/legitimate photographers/trespassers, decide to put on a show/soak them, and then do it! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jessy1692 Posted September 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2016 Thanks guys, they do look like steam enthusiasts, im sure the one on the left has a cover over a camera so is expecting a soaking. Did Deltics regularly use the scoops? I know they had them from new but thought they were rarely used/dispensed with fairly quickly? I suppose the troughs went pretty quickly after steam dissapeared and ETH took over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I thought so too, which is why I am very surprised to see one in blue apparently using it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jessy1692 Posted September 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) I thought so too, which is why I am very surprised to see one in blue apparently using it!I dont think iv ever seen a pic of a Deltic using troughs, let alone a blue one!Edit, found a green one: http://www.lner.info/forums/download/file.php?id=16617&mode=view Edited September 3, 2016 by jessy1692 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Shirley "Unknown with a northbound non stop" is D9000, Royal Scots Grey"? The crest above the single line nameplate and the plate around the footstep on the lower nose where the early headlight was give it away to me. Loving the photos in this and all the threads! Agreed, on both statements. RSG perhaps the easiest to identify if you can see the front nose step. C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Still unnamed, BR/English Electric Class 55 Deltic No. D9019 at the platform of Newcastle Central Station, on a down express 1A22 on Sunday 18th April 1965. It was named 'Royal Highland Fusilier' five months later on 9th September 1965. It was later renumbered to 55019 under the TOPS scheme. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Still unnamed, BR/English Electric Class 55 Deltic No. D9019 at the platform of Newcastle Central Station, on a down express 1A22 on Sunday 18th April 1965. It was named 'Royal Highland Fusilier' five months later on 9th September 1965. It was later renumbered to 55019 under the TOPS scheme. GH003_04_D9019_1200.jpg I find this period fascinating (not just on the Eastern / North Eastern Regions), steam has all but gone and corporate blue won't start to take hold for about eighteen months at least, green diesels are everywhere, trailing mostly maroon stock made up of pre-nationalisation and Mk1 designs, the station architecture still betrays its early origins but has BR enamel signage.... lovely stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesb Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Some great pics. I have a single shot of a Deltic in service! 55 017 'The Durham Light Infantry' at (I think) Peterborough? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) One last one for the road... Peak Rail, Matlock 1994 Edited June 28, 2022 by billy_anorak59 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Some great pics. I have a single shot of a Deltic in service! 55 017 'The Durham Light Infantry' at (I think) Peterborough? Peterborough for sure James, no mistaking that. Liking shot also for the dude on the other platform (1?) taking a phot at the same moment in time. C6T. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Cuaght this special last night heading to Grantham, passing Tallington Crossing Lincs. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Cuaght this special last night heading to Grantham, passing Tallington Crossing Lincs. I didn't! Turned out to see the southbound run, but once on the ECML it started demolishing the schedule, and hove into earshot just as I got out of my car. Still, not looking through a viewfinder for once was a better recreation of earlier everydays. Pretty much the same number turned out as had for 60103 last time. Tornado later in the day got a massive delay at Newark, but turned a deficit of 70 mins at Sandy into 44 minutes at The Cross. The Nim. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47164 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Br blue....we might have loathed it at the time, but my god it now looks so smart compared with today's toothpaste incarnations! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jessy1692 Posted May 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 BR blue and a lovely matching rake behind, saw it last night out side wakefield on the return leg, superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I have an album on Deltics here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsiUgJHXS 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy Louch Posted May 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2017 Just noted this topic! Not sure how I missed previously....A few photos of 'Dellies' from 'back in the day'. Apologies for quality; a number scanned from prints which have got a bit 'gummy'! I can't find the negs. 55021 at York was last Deltic I saw in BR service. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitalspark Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 'Nimbus' on the Scotsman leaving Edinburgh May 1975…a favourite slide of mine and one I use in my profile. I took this shot myself and we were travelling on the 10.15 Peak hauled train to West of England heading for York as the 10.00am only stopped at Newcastle. 'Nimbus' was the only member I believe to retain the cab quarterlights to the end. Dave. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Took surprisingly few photos of the Deltics over the years. This is probably my favourite, taken in September 1972 on a Canon Dial half frame camera on Agfa CT18 stock. 9008 The Green Howards at Newcastle. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted May 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2017 Cuaght this special last night heading to Grantham, passing Tallington Crossing Lincs. Nice to see the photo, especially as I was on the train so didn't get any decent photos. 9009 was on form and reached 100mph several times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 A couple of questions, if I may. We have seen lots of excellent shots from Dave F of ECML expresses from Leeds, Newcastle and other places in the hands of class 47s. What was a Deltic 'worth' in the schedules over a 47? How late would a 47 be to Leeds, for example, if put on a Deltic diagram? What effect did fitting ETH have on the power at rail for a Deltic? Was this noticeable in the performance? ROB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 'Nimbus' was the only member I believe to retain the cab quarterlights to the end. That was because 'the end', as far as active use goes, was tragically early for this loco - in earlier days it had been a depot favourite at 34G. The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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