I remember my nan telling me about 'The Deltic' visiting Doncaster Station and looking like something from the future. Incidentally, the Deltics didn't last as long in service as the Gresley A4 it replaced.
I remember going to the National railway museum in 2006 as a boy aged 8 and a half and the last thing I know was seeing the prototype deltic and deltic 2 together in the museum
Classic Prototype, great film, cab ride, nice scenery, even points and Crossings, along with other traffic. Think how good the Natural sound would have been, instead of the horrid music.
Love how the music is played on one of those old portable keyboards that yamaha, casio and the like used to make. I know cos I used to sell them when I was younger :D
Fascinating, and not least for the number of Class7/8 freights lumbering along the UP Main and not the SLOW where four tracks existed, marking just how sparse the passenger service was by today's standards. Shame there were no shots 90 mph north of Hitchin and up Stoke Bank. Cracking stuff though.
I would love to think that more of this journey was filmed than actually used in this clip, and the unused parts are lying in a can in a storeroom somewhere - waiting to be discovered. An early 1960s continuous cab ride out of Kings Cross and through north London would be the most nostalgic film ever.
LNER U1 produced 72,000 lbf while UP 4000 class produced 135,000 lbf. They're not even in the same league. The British and American railways were very different when it came to power requirements.
@@shroomzed2947 BUUUUUUT at the time the u1 was built - 1925 - it was the most powerfull loco in the world or at least that's what i heard. I know 100% though it was the most powerfull garratt of it type in the world.
Forgot to say that there are some nice ex-LNER pacifics coming the other way! Deltic must've created a real stir entering a station in the mid to late 1950s. I've got the NRM Bachmann model, clean and weathered. It's superb. Highly recommended. The best model Bachmann's ever done in my opinion.
Magic footage but it's a pity about the cheap library jazz music - I'd have rather had the Deltic engines all the way even if it was dubbed. I suppose the lesbian cause gets the PC vote so no lottery or Government money for this sort of thing that us male railway anoraks prefer!
Fantastic. The main line north out of York ran past our school playground, so we saw the great transition from steam to diesel. It was exciting enough seeing the new Type 3 (Class37) locos, but the Deltics in their green and white livery had a BIG effect on a small boy! Remember being very disappointed that a steam loco was pulling the train I was on to Glasgow, rather than a Class 37! How times have changed!
@tpvalley Hello, at 24 seconds into the video the drivers hand is on the train brake handle, the direct loco brake handle is just above his sleeve to the left of the video and the power handle is below his hand.
I started at the cross on the footplate 1970 and have been on and driven all the Deltics at one time or another. Certainly fun machines but the noise in the engine room was unbelievable we were issued a box a little larger than a match box with cotton wool in it to stick in ours ears!! No health and safety then. Also when sitting in gasworks tunnel waiting to set back onto a train choking on the fumes was not fun.
A number of things really stand out..........the difficulty of sighting signals with so many steam locos moving about; the route knowledge that drivers had to have with semaphore signals; the photographers inability to give us a decent look at the bloody controls being used. And the brief look I got at that panel indicated that it was very similar to some English Electric electric locos that we had here in Victoria, Australia.
Been there, done that. Crappy music. ;)
Yeah....jazz!
I remember my nan telling me about 'The Deltic' visiting Doncaster Station and looking like something from the future. Incidentally, the Deltics didn't last as long in service as the Gresley A4 it replaced.
i remember seeing her at the science museum
Love that Napier drone as it pulls into Doncaster....
I remember going to the National railway museum in 2006 as a boy aged 8 and a half and the last thing I know was seeing the prototype deltic and deltic 2 together in the museum
The shape of the deltic like EMD F7
Classic Prototype, great film, cab ride, nice scenery, even points and Crossings, along with other traffic. Think how good the Natural sound would have been, instead of the horrid music.
this type of trains were in india
Wow rare footage! Very nice!
Look at all the crap those kettles are putting out...murdering polar bears lol Deltic is such a stunner and sounds like heaven.
Love how the music is played on one of those old portable keyboards that yamaha, casio and the like used to make. I know cos I used to sell them when I was younger :D
More likely a Hammond organ and almost certainly not portable in any non-hernia-inducing sense.
+JintySteam Trains Remembered (DvD)
This is from Trains remembered Volume two
Great footage but that dreadful music - why???!
Fascinating, and not least for the number of Class7/8 freights lumbering along the UP Main and not the SLOW where four tracks existed, marking just how sparse the passenger service was by today's standards. Shame there were no shots 90 mph north of Hitchin and up Stoke Bank. Cracking stuff though.
I would love to think that more of this journey was filmed than actually used in this clip, and the unused parts are lying in a can in a storeroom somewhere - waiting to be discovered. An early 1960s continuous cab ride out of Kings Cross and through north London would be the most nostalgic film ever.
great film
I had this on a video tape, could you tell me the name of the video tape please?
This garrat must be the next new-build project ;-)
Cotton wool, what a luxury, we used Daily Mirror or The Sun
Excellent comment
would be interested to see how a locomotive like this squares up to a challenger, I assume its not heavy enough to out haul a big boy.
LNER U1 produced 72,000 lbf while UP 4000 class produced 135,000 lbf. They're not even in the same league. The British and American railways were very different when it came to power requirements.
@@shroomzed2947 BUUUUUUT at the time the u1 was built - 1925 - it was the most powerfull loco in the world or at least that's what i heard. I know 100% though it was the most powerfull garratt of it type in the world.
that aint no flathead, never seen a 300 hp one let alone that.
Sounds great to hear the locos engines and horn. This is the only vid ive heard the sound with. Any more prototype deltic footage?
Ive wanted to ask that same question. I dont think the engines are in the loco, but id sure love to know.
Never mind about "goodbye to the crew" at the end. Where's the next bit up to York. That's what I would like to see....
Except that you cant hear it for the porn music!
It fits in well, in those days any burds you found at the station were fascinated with the horseless carriage
Forgot to say that there are some nice ex-LNER pacifics coming the other way! Deltic must've created a real stir entering a station in the mid to late 1950s. I've got the NRM Bachmann model, clean and weathered. It's superb. Highly recommended. The best model Bachmann's ever done in my opinion.
Magic footage but it's a pity about the cheap library jazz music - I'd have rather had the Deltic engines all the way even if it was dubbed. I suppose the lesbian cause gets the PC vote so no lottery or Government money for this sort of thing that us male railway anoraks prefer!
why cant lottery money be used to restore this to running condition, instead of some lesbian basket-weaving 'community projuect'?
I see this loco often at shilden NRM, I live nearby, I like the old controls etc, shame the engines have bits missing etc.
nice .....
My dream job!! driving the prototype deltic, a little 'easy listening/jazz' playing in the background, can it get any better??
Ah come on! Listening to that shitty lift-muzac would cause me 'king embolism..
No way! It ain't stock! Maybe it's original engine, but for sure modified.
Never knew they collected water for their steam heating.
beautiful loco... I was looking forward to seeing it at the NRM in York this summer, but now I found out it's actually at the Shildon outpost!
I love the music, where can I download it
what film is it
Fantastic. The main line north out of York ran past our school playground, so we saw the great transition from steam to diesel. It was exciting enough seeing the new Type 3 (Class37) locos, but the Deltics in their green and white livery had a BIG effect on a small boy! Remember being very disappointed that a steam loco was pulling the train I was on to Glasgow, rather than a Class 37! How times have changed!
"stock" o.0! good stuff keep em coming.
Thanks for the vid. That thing is awesome. Was there to see it in action. 900hp burnout on spoke wheels.
GOT TO GET ONE OF THESE IN 'N' GAUGE !!
@reggaeman1956 i totally agree! its spoiled by the muic! but good all the same.
cut the stupid music and it will be great """"
Brilliant video - crap music - but who cares when you see rare history like this...
@tpvalley Hello, at 24 seconds into the video the drivers hand is on the train brake handle, the direct loco brake handle is just above his sleeve to the left of the video and the power handle is below his hand.
The 'first' water troughs are at Wennington Junction The 'second' water troughs in the video are at Scrooby. Brilliant video
I started at the cross on the footplate 1970 and have been on and driven all the Deltics at one time or another. Certainly fun machines but the noise in the engine room was unbelievable we were issued a box a little larger than a match box with cotton wool in it to stick in ours ears!! No health and safety then. Also when sitting in gasworks tunnel waiting to set back onto a train choking on the fumes was not fun.
A number of things really stand out..........the difficulty of sighting signals with so many steam locos moving about; the route knowledge that drivers had to have with semaphore signals; the photographers inability to give us a decent look at the bloody controls being used. And the brief look I got at that panel indicated that it was very similar to some English Electric electric locos that we had here in Victoria, Australia.