East Coast Deltic! 55022 Royal Scots Grey Lynemouth to North Blyth Freight

In 2011 preserved English Electric Deltic locomotive number 55022 Royal Scots Grey was hired, due to a shortage of motive power, to haul aluminium ore trains between North Blyth harbour and Alcan's aluminium works at Lynemouth. It isn't common for deltics, -a design of locomotive more suited to express passenger work, to be seen operating on freight trains, -and especially not in coastal locations in Northumberland. What a sight! -Seeing a 50 year old Deltic locomotive at the seaside! :) The loco is seen on 19th April 2011 running between Lynemouth and North Blyth with empties -and upon arrival at North Blyth where the locomotive shunts the rakes of alumina hoppers around...

[@MasterMuscle100]

Beautiful! I remember as a kid I went to Doncaster from Kings Cross and was pulled by 55019. It is so nice she has been preserved and this was back in the 80's.. I was a train enthusiast and before we set off I cabbed her.. We rode'd in the carriage behind and such sound and power.. I see the Deltic is still going strong and hope they never die! Keep the preservation and legacy going strong!!

[@paulbrennan3996]

Excellent sound track Get Carter Deltic powering out in Northumberland sight and sound TOP Notch 🙏👏👏👏👏👏🤩🤩😍💥👊

[@Pinza7]

Hands up, who else took a day off work just for this?
I drove over 350 miles that day.😄

[@rachelshappyendings]

Great choice of music, instantly reminded me of the opening scenes of GC! :)

[@petertate5741]

Love the Get Carter track...the pulling power of 55sboth in HP and with the public!!

[@mikesharples6086]

Like the get Carter tune at the start 😅

[@danielsellers8707]

Wow no smoke!

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Amazing video, I can't believe that this flyer got this gig. I know it did the run from Fort William to Blyth a while back, those tracks are really ancient. I was in Blyth in 2019 in July and saw hundreds of dead starfish floating out of the harbour... don't know what that was about?
Brilliant sequence anyway and the Deltic really looked it's best😃

[@nigelarmstrong252]

Great stuff indeed and Roy Budd's "Get Carter" theme aptly opens the vid.Preserved locos are great but seeing one actually doing genuine work is tremendous.
I remember visiting Doncaster works in the late 70s/early 80s and the Deltics were in there being refurbished. After walking all round outside I eventually found the cab of St Paddy. There was another already scrapped but I can't remember which. Two Deltics visited the Bluebell railway down near me last year and seeing them at the top of our local viaduct was great.

[@BarneySuperBear]

Thanks for taking the time to upload I enjoyed..

[@johnbrown9092]

Great video of a great loco.

[@vorlonb3]

Love these shots, ta for sharing this.

[@kll1597]

I dig the Cambois/North Blyth Get Carter reference at the start ;-)

[@jebusiness]

Kenneth Lown I live in North Blyth!!!

[@swagyoung6056]

It would usually fall to a 47 or 56 for this duty

[@MrJames27011]

The oil leak on the side of the locomotive is likely worn cylinder liners which allows the oil to come up the side and exit through the exhaust ports,it was a common trait with Deltics,particularly toward the end of their working lives. British Rail ceased carrying out major overhauls and just did the bare minimum to keep them in traffic until the HST 125 was in traffic.

[@michaeljohn7262]

paul skinback No. It's a two stroke and common to do so. Worked on Deltics for years on the main line and thrown many gallons out of the exhausts. Today's GM two strokes do it to but not to the extent of the technology of old. Barely any on the modern classes really.

[@Biigfish559]

Did they film at least one part of a "Vera" episode here?

[@hamjazz]

Makings of a multiple R T A there!

[@pbwake65]

DP1 also worked freight trains around Garston, Liverpool in the 1950s - see British Railways Class 55 Deltic in my Facebook Pages - "DP1 at Widnes: The English Electric prototype 'Deltic' stands on the Garston line just to the west of the flat crossing at Widnes Dock Junction", photo is by Alan Robinson.

[@michaelcampin1464]

Track could do with a bit of an upgrade

[@sooline3854]

to be fair, it takes a lot of horsepower to get a train to 100mph and keep it there, so they probably could have done well on freights. Keep in mind that this is from the point of view of a Yank.

[@Martindyna]

You're of course correct about the HP but their traction motors are too highly geared to be `at home' on freight duty - OK on fairly flat terrain.

[@sooline3854]

I was thinking more of fast freight duties, like perishables and such.

[@Martindyna]

Oh i guess that should be fine.

[@trainboy8835]

That's the exact same train that I have on my model railway!!!!

[@mirvids5036]

Great to see but in old BR days, a loco could have been sent from anywhere. Think of all the idle locos at Tinsley and Toton etc. Whole rows of 60s doing nothing.

[@comput3rman77]

What's with the oil running down the side of the locomotive?

[@ELPaso1990TX]

Those tracks look a bit rough and uneven

[@TheH78]

One person clicked the "dislike" button by mistake. I've counteracted that by clicking "like".

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

3300 hp 2 stroke diesel, I don't understand.

[@danielsellers8707]

Same as a 66 then - and similar weight - but with 2 engines...

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

@@danielsellers8707 Thanks Daniel, but I was referring to a 2 stroke diesel ?

[@HowdenPaul26]

Get Carter

[@swagyoung6056]

Thought I recognised it

[@paulbentley849]

A bit slow

[@nigelg0cqz696]

Such a shame to use an iconic loco for shunting duties. Can't beat that sound though

[@gardnersmith3580]

Make it go slower.