Deltics Remembered

[Glenn1967ful]

I remember seeing the Deltics during their last days in Northumberland. It was always exciting to hear them at the level crossing at Widdrington Station.

[sidoney101]

The sound from these beasts is epic. I hope I get to see/hear one of the preserved 55's thundering past at some point. What is it about that noise? Great video.

[novachannel]

@sidoney101 Many thanks. The DVD will be out shortly!!

[delticrobo]

@novachannel

Please can you advise further. How soon and avaialble from where?

Novastore???

Thanks.

From the clips shown it looks like it will be some great dvd for every Deltic Fan.

[volvomantom]

The first shot makes my spine tingle. What a sound as it thunders past.

[Kylebound26]

Just wish I had a time machine as I was'nt quite old enough to have many memories of them in service.

[magicgeezer]

This is a beautiful piece of railway footage, i have many fond memories of this era and also from near where i live. Used to love standing at Hadley Wood station waiting for a Deltic or a goods train to pass!

[cinneadboy2]

Thank you, from Ireland. Lovely loco's.

[MrGorsky]

A double header of Deltics has just gone past me where I work near Earls Court. They were pulling freight and I heard them a long long time before they went past my window. Nice to see in 2011. Shook the foundations of the building.

[mensamoo]

which was the only deltic (class55) that was not named after a regiment or a classic horserace winner??

[mensamoo]

wicked. I miss them.

[slendersausage]

Sounds like the recording was done seperate to the film then added at a much later year

[penybontshed]

I used to play hockey in the 1970's for the school. We played at welwyn and hatfield next to the main line

I was frequently distracted by passing Deltics!!

[MasterBattle2000]

lovely footage of the beastly Deltic i like watching old film i think its the colouring

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

Its like the Brtish version of the GG1!! cool!!!

[brownbrador45]

still the best in the real world of proper trains not buses on tracks of today

[Chamossaire65]

I'll never forget seeing the prototype hammering through Hatfield in my youth, light blue with golden yellow flashes on the ends. As others have said, the sound was raw power.

[AllyBScot]

i once got in the cab of a Deltic while it was sitting in the shed at a heritage railway in Derbyshire (Buxton?) Can only imagine how good it felt to be driving one down the ECML at high spped! Great vid!

[WAYNE1977100]

How the hell can there be 5 dislikes to this video? I love the sound of this Deltics.

[brushtraction]

these were fast beasts R.I.P. to the deltics

[TheDAVIDASHAW]

The Days When the Deltics ruled the ECML.

[TheDAVIDASHAW]

The Last Year of the Deltics

[WhiteBoyx5]

Those were the days awsum bit of kit....Pure Power from Proper Locomotives..

Sadest Day of all was when the 55's all returned to Doncaster Works just after withdrawal back in the 80's, Noted at the open day a few weeks later with all there Name Plates taken off.Made your Heart Sink

[sjpowermac]

Amazing footage, thanks for posting.

[MrJezza31]

that was 55004 at the start 55015 next and then 55021

[66606cl66]

good god! 

[cabledeck]

Spent a lot of time listening to Deltic engines. They powered the minesweeper I was on in Malta 1967-9. The engine was started with a cartridge. Great sound. Used to catch the afternoon" Waverley" from Edinburgh to York on a Friday, pulled by Deltics. Nimbus, KOYLI, Tulyar, etc. Great times. Shivers.

[CREPELLO12]

the east coast line has never been the same since they were withdrawn.

for charactor they were heads above any thing else and they had no equal and they have had no replacement.

a good compilation of footage . top marks.

p.s could you let me know when your dvd on the deltics will be available as i would like to purchase one or two copies. thanks

[ohtheidol]

My favourite Deltic is 55001 ( or 9001 as i prefer it ). St Paddy had the distinction of being the very first into BR service in Feb. 1961 and was also the first to be withdrawn , her last journey being way back in March '78. Sadly it did not survive long enough to be part of the Deltic-mania that followed.

[manclion1]

off to Edinburgh behind Royal Scots Grey on sat. Happy days !

[dangerousandy]

I love Deltic's!!! Unfortunately for me, they were withdrawn in the year I was born :( but I have seen the preserved ones quite a few times and remember seeing the prototype at the Science Museum when I was a kid. I'd love to see those souless new sloping front heaps of junk replaced with a fleet of 3300HP Deltic's and MK2 stock!! In blue/grey livery :) whilst we are at it, I'd like to see all HST sets repainted in 1980's executive livery too!

[beeble2003]

@dangerousandy Let's not get too wrapped up in nostalgia. Mark IVs are much more comfortable than Mark IIs and much safer in a crash, too.

[g7usl]

.........And I used to drive them.

[flanneryged]

Oh Man that noise!!!!.We used to stand on the small Castle overlooking Durham Station in 1976/77/78 and Deltic after Deltic would come Flying through at 85mph.

They could be heard srom the South for ages before you could see them storming

over the Viaduct.When they were approaching from the North you could see them at Newton Hall.Great Days great Locomotives ruined by the stinking HST sets,which were apart from destroying the Deltics quite superb.Long Live St Paddy and Nimbus.

[Intercity47GBRail]

How much for a copy? That is some seriously good footage!

[johnpoet]

Brings back memories of these scary beasts at work!

[TheDemonicVampiro]

they were withdrawn why??

[volvomantom]

@TheDemonicVampiro Largely because they were too expensive to maintain. There were one or two other reasons, too, but in my drunken state, I can't just remember what they were.

[vorlonb3]

@TheDemonicVampiro A number of reasons, They were 20 years old, parts were getting difficult to get, BR had decided to go with the HST, and there was simply no other routes for them to slot into, i.e training new drivers, stocking new depots. Oddly enough due to their high mileage in 1975 they were cheaper per mile than a 40, 45 or 47 and especially the Westerns.

[glenn1340]

problem with the napier engines was the horrific maitenance costs. Back in the early seventies a crankshaft was £3000 each and there were nine per loco.

[novachannel]

@TheCleaner001 The 2 DVDs we are releasing this year are truely fantastic - even if I say so myself! Really takes you back to the good old days of BR !!!

Thanks for the nice comment - hope you like the rest of our videos on this channel and NovaWheels

[wattass7]

lets all protest to get 55 new class 55 deltics built, same specs engines etc, and get them to shove them daft looking slopey fronted things up their rings, long live the deltic, well the remaining ones at least

[arch9enius]

1:12 What'd he say? something about a signalling failure? passengers for Orme street? Here's an idea for a video... classic mumbled station announcements

[pickoneto]

Great days ---mighty powerful--been pulled by most named Deltics in my 3 years of going from Peterborough to Kings Cross , was a courier then so did the journey 4 times- down in the morning back on the 11.00 to leeds --back to kings cross on the 13.20 --back to peterborough on the 17.15--Best sound ever a Deltic in full power

[Hanglands]

Wonderful footage! 5*

[stepheng1483]

Britain should design and build our own trains again.

[wattass7]

@stepheng1483 totally agree, there should be a fleet of 50 deltics built, and they can shove them slopey fronted things up their rings

[slendersausage]

The strength of the pound put pay to that

[Zeetax]

Wonderful locos - brought back days at Peterborough station for me but what woeful horns they had. Sounded like a lame duck!

[67genxer]

I like the horns

[JohnPW22]

Cripes!

[edj66]

Loud!

[611unterscharfuhrer]

SMART !!!!!!

[eezy1972]

Is this footage available to buy?

[toonmag50]

outragious sound from engine-the second clip is best

[Alembic25]

The engines in these things are incredible. If you need more info look up Napier Deltic on the net. 2 pistons per cylinder! They howled at high revs although they're at lower revs here hence the rumble.

[Stevewhosnotsteve]

super power! happy memories of a 7 year old right here!

[HabTasianet]

Absolutley Amazing! Thanks!

[jammyhartley]

The first time I saw a Deltic was when I was about 14, so roughly 1959, when me and my mates were at Northwick Park, a couple of miles south of Harrow where the St.Marylebone line crossed the Euston line. I don't know what the gradiant was of the northern bound trains, but the Royal Scots, the Duchesses and the Princess Royals used to labour up the hill at about 45mph but the first light blue Deltics with the chevrons would go by at 60mph plus!! what a fantastic sight and sound that was.

[Glenn1967ful]

The Deltics replaced steam on all long distance services on the ECML by the summer of 1962. British Rail did trial Class 40s for a while but they weren't powerful enough. A journey time of 4 hours from Newcastle to London was very impressive in the early sixties.

[3NUNS]

@jammyhartley Thankyou for that observation.

[vorlonb3]

Loved that, brings back a lot of lovely memories on donny station.

[nvidea8400gs]

Was the first footage taken at Hadley Wood by chance?

[PiperUK]

This country is going backwards...how on earth can a Voyager be better than a Deltic and a rake of air con Mk 2's?

[saintmirrenmalky]

Spot on, PiperUK. I could not agree more.

[plane15]

agree, those days were better.

[ma7799]

Do you know what month this was filmed?

[novachannel]

@ma7799 We're not sure

[branchlinedisaster]

@novachannel this was filmed at hadley wood on the first couple of shots

[novachannel]

@branchlinedisaster Thanks ever so much!

[Kentish85Town]

Older sound recording apparatus cant capture the characteristic 'throb' of those magnificent Deltics. Their infrasonic rumbles went straight through me as a small boy standing at Hull, York, Kings Cross etc. My favourite locomotive of all time. Thankyou for these most nostalgic recordings.

[bwarrrrk]

bring em back

[volvot5se]

As a steam nut I could never get over the fact that they took over main duties from the Streak's out of Kings Cross with that and the closing of the shed at Kings Cross was the end for me,but now I realise I miss them too.A great diesel

[jesusrulesall]

i remember doing royal scots gray up wcml on a charter about 10 years ago. first time i had heard a deltic ( seen them before my dad showed my his pics of ballymoss) and i was obnly about 6 and i was crying at how loud it was. magnificent beasts. my dads second favourite engines of all time done them all ( prefers 86'6) great to hear the noise once again and im still scared :)

[steelbanktrucker]

Used to live beside Chester-le-St station as a lad and during the night you could hear these engines coming from miles away before they flew past.

They definatley had a unique sound

[4SRKT]

That Finsbury Park machine in the second sequence is absolutely hellfire!

[Glenn1967ful]

You just can't beat that engine note and the presence these great locomotives had. I still think they were withdrawn to early and could have had a decent life on semi fast services.

[CharlieeXD]

The ECML much have literally just been electrified, then?

[Chafford1]

Only the London end was electrified in 1981

[Glenn1967ful]

It was electrified as far as Stevenage in 1981, but the main electrification didn't start until 1984.

[sandletters39]

Did it go to Royston? I thought it went there.

[exposuretv]

Great footage

[vikesh81]

Magnificent Beasts.

[volvomantom]

A great video.

Their time was relatively short at the time this was filmed it seems!

[MEKAYJIMMYNATHE]

very good video but you can't beat the real thing, get yourselves down to the nene valley railway @ wansford near peterborough on friday there doing footplate experiences with our old friend 55009 Alycidon, & better still she is there until october, timetable to be agreed but watch the NVR & deltic preservation societys websites for up to date info.

[UKTrainMan]

I almost had a heart attack watching this fantastic video of these beastly Deltics - luckily the 'Nova' thing at the end (the music particularly) saved me! lol.

Fantastic video, if only YouTube allowed more than 5*s to rate it I would have done so. Added to favourites too.

Ta!

[Glenn1967ful]

What a fantastic noise they used to make and what an imposing sight they were. I used to love going to Newcastle station to see them and the Deltics were so much better than the ugly and characterless locos we used on the WCML. Actually the ECML until recently always had the better trains: the Deltics, the Inter City 125s, the Mallards.

[bluesfromagun84]

I dunno about that...although before my time, my Grandad was an LMS driver and when the railways were nationalised he ended up driving LNER locos such as A4's. Biased as he is, he'd tell you that the Princess Coronation ("Duchess") class that was the LMS main express loco was a much more capable and powerful engine. Personally HSTs are my thing, but I can appreciate a deltic as much as anyone.

[giantbicycle2]

I can remember as a kid seeing these fantastic machines flying through Stannington stn ,Northumberland.

We would try to catch the name plate as it thundered passed,

the distinctive droan would carry for miles on a night time.

happy days

[giantbicycle2]

As a kid me and my mate would cycle up to Stannington Stn in Northumberland train spotting.

The Deltics were always my favourite we used to always make a note of there name platewhich was on the side of the train.

there distinctive engine tone was fantastic to hear , I can remember listening from my bedroom late at night that low droan you could hear from miles away!

[MWCRail]

I remember seeing my First ever deltic in the late 1990s!!! stood on platform 3 at Peterborough station with my father! Full speed through the centre track, horn sounding!!!! Brilliant!!!

[trimmytrab]

Saw them when they were working for British Rail in the 70s and early 80s on Liverpool/Newcastle trains near to the end, saw them all apart from 001 and 020.

[markisaleedsfan]

I remember standing on Doncaster station with them flying through in the middle lanes... so fast you struggled to see which Deltic it was with you being so close to that track.. Legends they were.

[neilox1962]

Absolutely Brilliant!!

Brings back many happy memories sitting at Woodcroft.

[Koozar]

Oh =[ won't somebody PLEASE remember the Deltics!

[Kev5565]

I used to love waiting at Grantham station watching them race past on the banked corner...such memories and what a sound :)

[CREPELLO12]

i used to go up grantham station myself as i live at grantham . indeed what a sound.

in the 1970,s i used to live in the north east area of grantham.

at night when the wind direction was right you could hear the deltics accelerating through the night on north bound sleeper trains. great sounds.

regards crepello12.

[james7792]

What the hell is all that about

[CREPELLO12]

hi.

if you like railways and liked deltics you would understand.

regards.

[manclion]

that's what u call a train..

[duxberry1958]

whats the stations name at the start of the vid

[fdnrarm]

Hadley Wood

[kazerboss]

Absolutely great,,

[eezy1972]

Great nostalgic clips! Does anyone know if they are available on dvd yet?

[OldMrGrace]

Love that 2nd clip...the impression of brute power is amazing.

[2030720310]

compared to what we have at the moment that's awesome (voyagers, pendo's etc)

[shaepy273]

i think its an emu i saw the pantograph

[retroglide2000]

Towards the end of the first clip, there's a noise like somebody screaming in agony :s

[TheMysticEgg]

It's a DMU going past. lol

[RailwayFreak071]

The noise is almost deafening!Love to have been in that era!

[mysteriouskazakh]

Truly god in machine form!

[choirboyfromhell]

First two scenes had to been at Hadley Wood. Out and back in holes like scared rats. I rode behind the Green Howards in it's last day. Very nice.

[Toyboy789]

Love these kick-arse speed shots! Neat vid!

[mruresm8]

OMG, brings back such happy days of time spent at Grantham rail station, and these thoroughbreds ''flying'' through ...... ah.....!!!!!!!!!!

[arryayup]

KERRACKER!!! Just as I remember!

[67genxer]

so thats what 36 pistons, three crankshafts, no valves and zero cylinder heads sounds like! gives me shivers

[37201xoim]

Shurely shome mishtake? 72, 6, zero and zero unless one unit's shut down! ;-)

[67genxer]

smart ass

[67genxer]

your dead right. your a smart ass and i am a dumb ass!

[Mexmando]

wow

[wolf5172]

yay, i love deltics, but not as much as the class 37 ^^

[cutterschoicenotmine]

now if that aint got u anoraks spunkin, wat will? a 73 running shoe down?

[eggmangoogoogoojoob]

Can it really be 30 years since I saw my first Deltic? Even more poignantly, can it really be 26 years since I saw my last - 55 021 ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDER at York, just four weeks before the end. I swear that footbridge groaned under the weight of enthusiasts and photographers who, like me, were witness to the end of an era. Progress? No, never.

[novachannel]

All our videos are filmed on miniDV and edited on Vegas on a PC.

[777fred]

how do you make your videos novachanneL?

[smiffy1071]

superb!

[samgreen47]

hadely wood surely.i have memories of deltics pulling out of huntingdon about 1978/79 when i was 13.(for intercitys used to stop there then)i still remember the noise of the loco accelerating and the driver leaning out the window to get the tip from the guard

[baf0569]

Right time right place, superb!

[JacksRailwayVideos]

A really good video, don't get many videos like that!

[Meldforever]

Superb vid........I dont think anything else will replace these beasts in the looks and sound stakes....thank god we can still see them from time to time on the mainline !!!!! Meldforever !!!

[v6200man]

awesome as always - we still miss them!

[delticmatt]

omg wow long live the deltics