Man, Royal Scots Grey is *EVERYWHERE* in Deltic-related videos. It's like the better treated of the remaining few. Gets given literally any job and gets to wear both its TOPS and pre-TOPS numbers.
I remember seeing a Deltec lying in a siding at the defunct Eassie Station near Glamis in the very early 70's, the thing was massive!!!! Well I guess i was only 4 or 5 at the time. I think they are stunning.
A very high quality piece of film. Thanks for posting. Nice to see there is still a place for a working Deltic on the present railway. BR were too quick to withdraw them...
A fantastically relaxing sight of a beautiful loco shunting some tanks. Well filmed. Only just come across this video. Glad I did. Sorry to see the Class 55 on freight but as long as they keep running, who cares!
I remember seeing those Deltics as a kid when I was brought up in Ballachulish; Kinlochleven was a 'smelly' town because of the smelter there. It was the end of a great Glencoe walk over the Devils Staircase and following the pipes down the hills from the hydro-electric plant. That was over 40 years ago
A rare video (if not the only one) of the Lochaber Smelter siding. So happy to finally get a glimpse of what it looks like! Might integrate it into my WHL N gauge layout. Thanks for sharing!
That's a really special sound, no other engine could make that. Sort of a BMW sound compared to a tractor, when you compare the Deltic with other engines.
Correct me if i@m wrong, but aren't there important differences in the drive systems between locos designed to pull relatively light passenger coaches quickly, and heavy freight? I mean I know on the basic level they are the same diesel-electric system but one would imagine the difference is like a 230 hp HGV that can pull 40+ tons and a 320HP Audi that can go much much faster but will destroy the drive train if it tried to pull a 30 ton trailer. Or does this comparison simply not exist in trains?
It's not necessarily the drive system, but more the suspension and overall weight. The Deltic was designed as a passenger engine, and has the suspension and engine horsepower to get to 100 mph, but it also weighs about 100 tons and has all six axles powered, which gives it a good tractive effort for freight working. Compare this to the HST power car, which is faster, but weighs only 75 tons with four powered axles, and has much less tractive effort.
+Slyderon You don't get much tractive effort when the loco is sliced into small pieces and transported to the induction furnaces for melting down. These polluting locos should all be scrapped on environmental grounds, including the remaining ones.
+kal9001 For the majority of trains, electric traction from renewable resources. Mainly solar from massive solar arrays in the world's deserts. For lines unsuitable for electrification, hydrogen power locomotives using solar to split hydrogen and oxygen from water. We need to stop burning fossil fuels such as coal and diesel as the Arctic ice cap is melting which will lead to major flooding.
Man, Royal Scots Grey is *EVERYWHERE* in Deltic-related videos. It's like the better treated of the remaining few. Gets given literally any job and gets to wear both its TOPS and pre-TOPS numbers.
I remember seeing a Deltec lying in a siding at the defunct Eassie Station near Glamis in the very early 70's, the thing was massive!!!! Well I guess i was only 4 or 5 at the time. I think they are stunning.
One of the most beautiful locomotives of the 1960s reduced to freight shunting
A very high quality piece of film. Thanks for posting. Nice to see there is still a place for a working Deltic on the present railway. BR were too quick to withdraw them...
A fantastically relaxing sight of a beautiful loco shunting some tanks. Well filmed. Only just come across this video. Glad I did. Sorry to see the Class 55 on freight but as long as they keep running, who cares!
I remember seeing those Deltics as a kid when I was brought up in Ballachulish; Kinlochleven was a 'smelly' town because of the smelter there. It was the end of a great Glencoe walk over the Devils Staircase and following the pipes down the hills from the hydro-electric plant. That was over 40 years ago
Great video
Real history now
Loved watching.
Deltic is a fantastic locomotive
A rare video (if not the only one) of the Lochaber Smelter siding. So happy to finally get a glimpse of what it looks like! Might integrate it into my WHL N gauge layout. Thanks for sharing!
as modlers say a prototype for everything, expect to see deltics on small layouts now
Seems a little overkill to use a deltic for shunting but I'm not complaining
Superb quality, thanks for posting....
I've seen a Merlin aircraft engine at a tractor drag in the US, would love to see a single Deltic engine at one.
The bloke connecting the wagons,what a mucky bugga,,,lol
That's a really special sound, no other engine could make that. Sort of a BMW sound compared to a tractor, when you compare the Deltic with other engines.
have this locomotive as a model and it is the same number as this one
Superb, thanks.
nice vid of john driveing liked
beast..!!!
Correct me if i@m wrong, but aren't there important differences in the drive systems between locos designed to pull relatively light passenger coaches quickly, and heavy freight?
I mean I know on the basic level they are the same diesel-electric system but one would imagine the difference is like a 230 hp HGV that can pull 40+ tons and a 320HP Audi that can go much much faster but will destroy the drive train if it tried to pull a 30 ton trailer. Or does this comparison simply not exist in trains?
I would chop this polluting loco with a gas torch, and drop the pieces into the smelter!
It's not necessarily the drive system, but more the suspension and overall weight. The Deltic was designed as a passenger engine, and has the suspension and engine horsepower to get to 100 mph, but it also weighs about 100 tons and has all six axles powered, which gives it a good tractive effort for freight working. Compare this to the HST power car, which is faster, but weighs only 75 tons with four powered axles, and has much less tractive effort.
+Slyderon You don't get much tractive effort when the loco is sliced into small pieces and transported to the induction furnaces for melting down. These polluting locos should all be scrapped on environmental grounds, including the remaining ones.
And what would you suggest we replace them with? After all stuff still needs to be moved...
+kal9001 For the majority of trains, electric traction from renewable resources. Mainly solar from massive solar arrays in the world's deserts.
For lines unsuitable for electrification, hydrogen power locomotives using solar to split hydrogen and oxygen from water.
We need to stop burning fossil fuels such as coal and diesel as the Arctic ice cap is melting which will lead to major flooding.
At 06.49 you can see the DPS trademark sag of all reskined deltics..
Which puts out most pollution, the smelter or the Deltic ?
In terms of air pollution, that would be the Deltic, as the smelter is operated by hydroelectric power.
I'm sure that RSG's and her owners benefited from the hire but a Deltic on freight- that's a sign of the apocalypse isn't it?
100mph freight train? No problem!
deltic,,,the worlds ugliest diesel electric locomotive--is it coming or going?.. the SUPERCHIEF now that's a beutiful loco.
Its neither coming nor going ! Fucking lazy, greedy shit-arse drivers are on strike again !!
They are ugly, but they're bonnie ugly, a bit like an oversize Chihuahua