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Merddin Emrys:
I've always liked Deltics and it was great to see this news item this morning on the BBC sometimes you just can't beat the old stuff!  D)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13592652

Trojan:
The Deltics were always my favorite loco's!

 $bounce$

http://rowla.dyndns.org/justin/img/piston_deltic320.mpg

Now that's an engine!

Napier Deltic engines also powered ships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic

SDQ:
Remember Spitting Image? This was their take on railway privatisation. Remarkably astute methinks.

http://www.britishrailways.tv/british-railways?task=viewvideo&video_id=1864

Fester:

--- Quote from: Merddin Emrys on May 30, 2011, 10:42:15 am ---I've always liked Deltics and it was great to see this news item this morning on the BBC sometimes you just can't beat the old stuff!  D)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13592652

--- End quote ---

I had a big blue friction toy Deltic when I was a kid... loved it.

But.. where have they been for 30 years?  Have they been waiting in sidings like Green Goddess fire engines, rusting away?
Have they been maintained?   I just assumed they had all been broken up.

Trojan:

--- Quote from: Fester on June 16, 2011, 12:00:29 am ---
--- Quote from: Merddin Emrys on May 30, 2011, 10:42:15 am ---I've always liked Deltics and it was great to see this news item this morning on the BBC sometimes you just can't beat the old stuff!  D)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13592652

--- End quote ---

I had a big blue friction toy Deltic when I was a kid... loved it.

But.. where have they been for 30 years?  Have they been waiting in sidings like Green Goddess fire engines, rusting away?
Have they been maintained?   I just assumed they had all been broken up.

--- End quote ---

Six class 55's have been preserved and are still running today. They are kept at Barrow Hill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55

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