I was a postie at Grantham 1980-84 and spent a lot of time on the station there, servicing the mail brake on the deltics Pinza and Tulyar were my favourites and I always used to polish their name-badges with my sleeve!!
I was lucky enough to have a cousin who lived 200 yards away from New Barnet station. Living in South Wales I used to travel up to stay with them in the mid-70's and I always had a hour or two on the station, and it took me 3 years to get the set. D9010 was the last one I needed. The greatest diesel sound ever!!!
Great to relive seeing and hearing the Napiers again. They were by far the best on British Railways. The East Coast Main Line is no longer the same without the 3,300's bombing up and down between London and Edinburgh.
The most awesome looking,and sounding Diesel ever? Always wondered if the opening credits on "Get Carter" were shot out of a Deltic.Right time,right line.
Thanks for posting this. Brings back memories of seeing Pincza thunder through Galashiels on one of the last trips on the much-missed Waverley route....would be great if a Deltic was the first train on the re-opened Waverley route to Tweedbank!!!
I have this video, it's great - but careless of them to overdub DP2 with the sound of a Deltic right after explaining that it had a class 50 power unit! They were awesome machines and certainly made school holidays memorable :-)
I have this video, it's great - but careless of them to overdub DP2 with the sound of a Deltic right after explaining that it had a class 50 power unit!
Well it's true!!, you "do" learn something new everyday!!!.I thought that all the FP Racehorse Deltics were named by Doncaster Works before they went into service.
However Meld is clearly shown without any Nameplates!!.I know the other FP Elite
Fleet Deltics went to the Depot with their Nameplates fixed it just shows how wrong you can be.
Absolute bliss! Still miss my Holy Trinity; Meld,1st Deltic I saw. St Paddy, last one I saw and Nimbus, the only one I never "copped". Happy days but long gone now.
Any still running? I'd love to hear one again. I can remember them as a kid, but never appreciated how special they were back then. I saw one of the engines on a stand at York railway museum a few years ago. It still blows my mind that thing.
I did see them at the end of their lives at Donny. Amazing machines, with power oozing out of them. Many times I would see them on the Hull Exec, then the young spotters would rush out and rub the nameplate. Then just in time back away and voommm off they would go with sparks shooting out of the exhausts. That drone you could hear for miles.
During the mid -70's I used to go and stay with my cousin in Barnet North London. She lived about 400 yards away from New Barnet station. So over the years I saw the whole class except for one. Then one day I was on the station platform just about to go home when from the London direction came another Deltic and lo and behold it was the one I wanted. D9010.!!! Brilliant.!!! I love 'em...
To think that this show was once an everyday thing on the ECML.Deltic after Deltic pounding up or down the Metals.I can remember Camping with the School just outside Durham City in the glorious Summer of 76.The Twilight was the best,after another scorcher of a Day.Plawsworth Viaduct was about 200 yards away.Deltic after Deltic came and went all through the day and night.I have never ever heard such a "riotous" assembly of exquisite noise before or since.I will never forget those Days,RIP 55s
Saw these between 78 - 80, they were awesome beasts. Saw one on the first day of spotting, and loved them ever since. Lived on one side of a valley, line was on the other at least a mile away. You could hear them clearly.
Great stuff, I was at KX as a schoolkid saw them all , Its true you could hear them coming from Brookmans Park ,full power ,the sound cut as they went into H/wood tunnels , out the other side. Great memory was my cabride in 9012 from kx +my schlmate. the driver dropped us at Oak/Pk signal box. Imagine two 13 year olds climbing down to trackside from a Deltic .I remember the door slam,Crepello bursting into full power ,rolling . we knew most of the signalman. Wouldnt happen now! 5*
Wow that brings back some memories. Caught a lot of them at Doncaster in the early 80s and you could hear them open up from the platform, throwing sparks out of the exhausts, + white plumes and still hear them 3 miles out. Like D55015 I got a brief footplate invitation (at a Doncaster Hull exec stop) on Ballymoss, and it was amazing that deep bass from inside the cab! Its amazing the drivers weren't deaf.
My favourite memory was catching 55019 at Peterbough, getting off to ask if we could cab her at Grantham, asking gingerly if we could have a cab ride once on the footplate, he did and took us to Doncaster, you can imagine the banter we had as we got out of the cab as the other deli bashers got off the first coach it was sublime.
Thank you, a Great film, I was lucky to see them running, the east mids ranger ticket was a god send. The last year was great/brilliant and sad, they were using them on the stoppers, we clocked them on a stop watch using the mile markers on numerous occasions we were travelling well over 100 mph, if I remember we clocked 117 or 18 I think it was 008 but it's a long time ago now.
@Sephy69 although i am a little older then you at 35 living in dublin i never got to see hear and photograph them . i would give my right arm so to do . i was 7 when they were withdrawn to stand next to one you would need ear protection even when the engine is idling according to my boyfriend who lives in the uk and is a bit older then me so he has seen then running ! ( to make it clear i am female !)
google preseved deltics and you might find a chance to get a go on one
@Sephy69 although i am a little older then you at 35 living in dublin i never got to see hear and photograph them . i would give my right arm so to do . i was 7 when they were withdrawn to stand next to one you would need ear protection even when the engine is idiling according to my boyfriend who lives in the uk and is a bit older then me so he has seen then running ! ( to make it clear i am female !)
google preseved deltics and you might find a chance to get a go on one
I have all these on video British archive traction i think its called i have not watched it for a while there a 2 volumes to it got both and are great vids thanks for reminding me i will have to did them out.
No problem Bob they were beasts I was unlucky to never see them in action as they did not venture down to the west country. 50022 has made a few visits this year to Devon.
What a sound....nothing in north america in that period with that sound .... impressive and Im sure very missed
redifreddy14 1 week ago
Awesome clips from back in the day, takes me streight back to "78" york leeds and doncaster thanks for posting :-))
pukcar 1 week ago
John Huntley doing the commentary, isn't it?
KylieRamone 3 months ago
so sad to see them back in their glory days i was born in 77 i miss them so much ;(
BREGmatt 4 months ago
I was a postie at Grantham 1980-84 and spent a lot of time on the station there, servicing the mail brake on the deltics Pinza and Tulyar were my favourites and I always used to polish their name-badges with my sleeve!!
BradBrassman 5 months ago
Why does DP2 at 0:48 sound like its got a pair of Napiers in it??
srduke 6 months ago
The most magnificent diesel locomotives ever in service in britain
danw1374 8 months ago
I was lucky enough to have a cousin who lived 200 yards away from New Barnet station. Living in South Wales I used to travel up to stay with them in the mid-70's and I always had a hour or two on the station, and it took me 3 years to get the set. D9010 was the last one I needed. The greatest diesel sound ever!!!
siobhan104 9 months ago
Great to relive seeing and hearing the Napiers again. They were by far the best on British Railways. The East Coast Main Line is no longer the same without the 3,300's bombing up and down between London and Edinburgh.
Missed but not Forgotten.
JTERoyalScotsGrey22 10 months ago
BEST noise- it makes me feel all warm,fuzzy and nostalgic inside.
wit00051 1 year ago
The most awesome looking,and sounding Diesel ever? Always wondered if the opening credits on "Get Carter" were shot out of a Deltic.Right time,right line.
GBPaddling 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. Brings back memories of seeing Pincza thunder through Galashiels on one of the last trips on the much-missed Waverley route....would be great if a Deltic was the first train on the re-opened Waverley route to Tweedbank!!!
cleckheatoncentral 1 year ago
I have this video, it's great - but careless of them to overdub DP2 with the sound of a Deltic right after explaining that it had a class 50 power unit! They were awesome machines and certainly made school holidays memorable :-)
scriltist 1 year ago
I have this video, it's great - but careless of them to overdub DP2 with the sound of a Deltic right after explaining that it had a class 50 power unit!
scriltist 1 year ago
Brilliant,reminds of sat on Doncaster in the late 70,s
7676yhn 1 year ago
They aught to be a Mark II DELTIC, with every envelope pushing bleeding edge feature British locomotive engineering has to offer.
To think we almost got Deltics over here in the States. The DP1 looks the part for a States loco too.
gguru1 1 year ago
Well it's true!!, you "do" learn something new everyday!!!.I thought that all the FP Racehorse Deltics were named by Doncaster Works before they went into service.
However Meld is clearly shown without any Nameplates!!.I know the other FP Elite
Fleet Deltics went to the Depot with their Nameplates fixed it just shows how wrong you can be.
flanneryged 1 year ago
The only footage I have ever seen of Dp2!
dampFreddie 1 year ago
Absolute bliss! Still miss my Holy Trinity; Meld,1st Deltic I saw. St Paddy, last one I saw and Nimbus, the only one I never "copped". Happy days but long gone now.
baconsandwich2007 1 year ago
Any still running? I'd love to hear one again. I can remember them as a kid, but never appreciated how special they were back then. I saw one of the engines on a stand at York railway museum a few years ago. It still blows my mind that thing.
torino390 1 year ago
@torino390 Three running and three more being prepped.
scriltist 1 year ago
I did see them at the end of their lives at Donny. Amazing machines, with power oozing out of them. Many times I would see them on the Hull Exec, then the young spotters would rush out and rub the nameplate. Then just in time back away and voommm off they would go with sparks shooting out of the exhausts. That drone you could hear for miles.
vorlonb3 1 year ago 3
wow such an awesome sound! to bad the deltic diesel didn't survive! a shame they got scrapped would love to hear and see them in person
proprietary1 1 year ago
Would be awesome if these old archive videos where edited and enhanced in HD etc and looked better and sounded like a THX movie. lol
Bigfinlach 2 years ago
heard the prototype was the most powerfull with 3500hp instead of the 3300hp produced by the 22 deltics that entered service.
24nov67 2 years ago
@chairmanmick Happy days eh?
eezy1972 2 years ago
You must have been very young then as they were all withdrawn by 1982.
eezy1972 2 years ago
Interesting to see the mixed liveries on the Met Camm pullmans at 1:12
metadyneman 2 years ago
During the mid -70's I used to go and stay with my cousin in Barnet North London. She lived about 400 yards away from New Barnet station. So over the years I saw the whole class except for one. Then one day I was on the station platform just about to go home when from the London direction came another Deltic and lo and behold it was the one I wanted. D9010.!!! Brilliant.!!! I love 'em...
siobhan104 2 years ago
having only ever seen them on preserved lines i cant believe how fast they used to fly
themarcpearson 2 years ago
105 mph flat out, although I did read in Rail Enthusiast that one driver got 108 out of one south of York.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago
To think that this show was once an everyday thing on the ECML.Deltic after Deltic pounding up or down the Metals.I can remember Camping with the School just outside Durham City in the glorious Summer of 76.The Twilight was the best,after another scorcher of a Day.Plawsworth Viaduct was about 200 yards away.Deltic after Deltic came and went all through the day and night.I have never ever heard such a "riotous" assembly of exquisite noise before or since.I will never forget those Days,RIP 55s
flanneryged 2 years ago
Sorry - shape!
Chafford1 2 years ago
easily the most charismatic of the the classic diesels - attratctive chape and unique engine sound.
Chafford1 2 years ago
Saw these between 78 - 80, they were awesome beasts. Saw one on the first day of spotting, and loved them ever since. Lived on one side of a valley, line was on the other at least a mile away. You could hear them clearly.
Stig5440 2 years ago
Great stuff, I was at KX as a schoolkid saw them all , Its true you could hear them coming from Brookmans Park ,full power ,the sound cut as they went into H/wood tunnels , out the other side. Great memory was my cabride in 9012 from kx +my schlmate. the driver dropped us at Oak/Pk signal box. Imagine two 13 year olds climbing down to trackside from a Deltic .I remember the door slam,Crepello bursting into full power ,rolling . we knew most of the signalman. Wouldnt happen now! 5*
tnyapl 2 years ago
Get Carter!
zombiesonacid 2 years ago
Nice one!
eezy1972 2 years ago
Wow that brings back some memories. Caught a lot of them at Doncaster in the early 80s and you could hear them open up from the platform, throwing sparks out of the exhausts, + white plumes and still hear them 3 miles out. Like D55015 I got a brief footplate invitation (at a Doncaster Hull exec stop) on Ballymoss, and it was amazing that deep bass from inside the cab! Its amazing the drivers weren't deaf.
Thanks again.
vorlonb3 2 years ago
My favourite memory was catching 55019 at Peterbough, getting off to ask if we could cab her at Grantham, asking gingerly if we could have a cab ride once on the footplate, he did and took us to Doncaster, you can imagine the banter we had as we got out of the cab as the other deli bashers got off the first coach it was sublime.
d55015 3 years ago
Thank you, a Great film, I was lucky to see them running, the east mids ranger ticket was a god send. The last year was great/brilliant and sad, they were using them on the stoppers, we clocked them on a stop watch using the mile markers on numerous occasions we were travelling well over 100 mph, if I remember we clocked 117 or 18 I think it was 008 but it's a long time ago now.
d55015 3 years ago
amazing video. i never saw these in service as im only 22 and i dont think ill ever see them, dont think they go down near the gwml.5* and faved
Sephy69 3 years ago
I never saw them in action myself as I lived in Somerset at the time. Glad u enjoyed the vid.
blade5859 3 years ago
Get your self down or up to barrow hill thet have got 3 of these awsome beasts
davb015 2 years ago
@Sephy69 although i am a little older then you at 35 living in dublin i never got to see hear and photograph them . i would give my right arm so to do . i was 7 when they were withdrawn to stand next to one you would need ear protection even when the engine is idling according to my boyfriend who lives in the uk and is a bit older then me so he has seen then running ! ( to make it clear i am female !)
google preseved deltics and you might find a chance to get a go on one
irishmanufan 1 year ago
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@Sephy69 although i am a little older then you at 35 living in dublin i never got to see hear and photograph them . i would give my right arm so to do . i was 7 when they were withdrawn to stand next to one you would need ear protection even when the engine is idiling according to my boyfriend who lives in the uk and is a bit older then me so he has seen then running ! ( to make it clear i am female !)
google preseved deltics and you might find a chance to get a go on one
irishmanufan 1 year ago
I have all these on video British archive traction i think its called i have not watched it for a while there a 2 volumes to it got both and are great vids thanks for reminding me i will have to did them out.
Lukeashley2323 3 years ago
There were 3 volumes I think bought mine at car boot sale what a bargain.
blade5859 3 years ago
Fascinating look at vintage cine of the great Deltics..thanks David..5*...Bob
robmasterman 3 years ago
No problem Bob they were beasts I was unlucky to never see them in action as they did not venture down to the west country. 50022 has made a few visits this year to Devon.
blade5859 3 years ago
Try and see No22 if you can David, the sound of those Napier Engines in full cry is something else!...Bob
robmasterman 3 years ago