D200 Part 1

D200 was the first main line locomotive to enter service under the modernization plan.The first trains ran from London Liverpool Street. So it was fitting that the last run under British Railways ownership should also be from there all the way to her new retirement home in the National Railway Museum in York.This film shows scenes from the last run and a visit to the museum a short time after Made and edited on VHS the edits are not too good in the first part of the film which played well on the machine it was made on but never since

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[Strawberry7Lynn]

Was this locomotive earmarked for preservation whilst still in service, or was it rescued from a scrap yard?

[cedarcam]

The loco was taken out of service and stored at Carlisle Kingmoor. It was going to be scapped but British Railways were asked to bring it back into service because of its historical importance.Then it was used on the Leeds Settle Carlisle trains a lot. At the end of its working life the National Railway Museum had asked for it to be preserved there so it went directly there after it's final run to York. Before that it was treated to a new coat of green paint and ran a few specials.

[RICKD790]

Great video cedarcam. I took a picture a little bit further down the line from your Hebden Bridge run through when it was in primer. Seem to remember that it was very late

[cedarcam]

I had forgotten that but yes I think you are right The signalman at Hebden Bridge alowed us trackside to film after we had a chat to him I will post the unedited film there and at Huddersfield one day The sound was awsome at Huddersfield blasting into the tunnel

[cedarcam]

Yes the first type 4 would of been a better way of writing my note I thought about editing my comment to that but decided to leave it. I am sure those interested will see your post. There have been times when I have wished I could change replies too It is a pain when you see you made a typo after posting.

[Toontrain]

Yes I did mean D5500, D550 was a typo in my part I tried to correct it but the youtube comment system does not allow you to correct or modify comments after you made them only delete them, I kinda knew what you meant about D200 being the first... you should have added that it was the first Type 4 or large diesel class loco or something to that effect, I just wanted to state that there were acually 3 other Pilot scheme diesel types that came out the year before the Class 40's

[cedarcam]

Thanks for pointing that out. You are right I presume you mean D5500 which was to become class 31 As for D200 I took the info from a book I have on the class and had not checked the build dates against the other classes although I was meaning the first for express passenger working which the D8000 and D8200 were not built for although I do remember D8000's working passenger trains on their own in the early years The EE type 4 has always remained my favourite I saw them from new in London

[Toontrain]

erm... D200 was not the first Mainline Diesel to enter service under the 1955 modernisation plan... D8000 was followed by D550 & D8200 all in late 1957, D200 didn't appear until 1958

[cedarcam]

LOL It came from a crappy schools prog countdown clock in the 80's I have no idea what it is called but it seemed to fit in with the old film I used

[HSTHoward]

love the crappy music!