55022

If someone said "Finsbury Park Deltic" to me, the white window surrounds are what I would think of, not that blanked quarter-light.

 

Don't fret about it lads, it's not important, as mentioned in #267 ...............I'll live with it. I don't care if they turn Deltics out in primer, I just want them main line running.................with both engine humming Deltic music.
I remember a time when they ran an intensive daily schedule up and down the ECML (on both engines) Happy days.
KX - Edinburgh and return, then a KX - Edinburgh, was a normal day.
And don't let the 100mph Max speed fool you. They could 'nip on a bit' with an enthusiastic driver.
Fabulous machines

 

I remember those days too and was so sad when the HSTs came along and usurped them

Apparently my namesake holds the record for highest speed in service - 125mph down Stoke Bank (where else?) in 1978. I've certainly timed one at 113mph approaching New Southgate.

 

Just to keep us 'enthusiasts' going a bit :-

 

And the Valentas:-

 

Here you go @Victor, an idea for the Jag.........

 

BR Class 55 D9000 Royal Scots Grey seen moving from Heaton Depot back to Crewe running twenty five early at Beckfoot.

 

No need for words :-


(except many thanks to nige757 )

 

My pleasure Victor, I thought you'd like this one.

 

It cheers an old man up seeing something like that. I hope Martin Walker sees the video, Martin put a lot into RSG when he owned it.

 

LSL’s D9000 visiting the North Norfolk Railway for its 50th Anniversary Gala on November 1st and 2nd.

 

Failed at Carlisle yesterday, and was rep[laced by a 57/37 combination southbound.
No news yet on what the reason was, seen here in an excellent video heading back to Crewe.

60532 Drags D9000 RSG back to Crewe + The Edinburgh Christmas Market 57311 tnt 37409 30/11/25

 

Depends what you mean by overhaul, suggestions are the blocks, and pistons, liners have never been done, as no spares exist.
However fuel pumps, injectors, hoses, fuel governers have been refurbished or renewed as possible.
The next stage in keeping the alive is to fully split, and rebuild, bear in mind the pistons are super complicated, with a copper crown, and don't exist.
DPS have 4 as withdrawn triangles available, assuming chosen because of low hours.
Standard thing to do once hours get high, is de-rate the engine.

 

Yes, and it did not really prove itself reliable in service.
Liners are chrome plated, as mentioned.
I doubt the tooling to rebuild is available, don't think a triangle, down to crank has ever been tried in preservation, just unit swaps.
The infamous leg out of bed by 55022 under Martin Walkers ownership was a copper crown detaching from the piston, with catastrophic consequences, a fairly common occurrence in BR service.

 

2 units are sidelined with leaking liners, one is in the NRM 55002, that was retaken back into museum custodianship.

The other looks to be 406, as shown in your pic links.
That unit will now be with LSL, as everything Martin Walker had went to them on sale, including many remanufactured parts, as well as a couple of marine engines.
Prior to that 406 is was with Deltic 9000 Ltd.
They (marine 5 series) proved unsuitable for mainline use, due to the vibration's associated with rail use.

406 could be in 9016, as the good engine from 16, was transferred prior to its transfer to Margate.

 

Be interesting to know who is undertaking the repairs, and if an engine is being sacrificed for parts, both in 16 must be u/s.