Any Deltic fans??

Roll up, roll up, Saturday evening at the East Lancs. gala a QUINTULPE header, 5 Deltics on one train. That should be a fair sight.
3 of them are going over today via Barrow Hill from the NYMR. Times are on The Royal Scots Grey site.

 

I've heard of overkill but that's way beyond that.

 

is that viaduct strong enough to handle all that weight in such a limited area ?

 

It did it last year!
Will unfortunatly miss this event as I'll be at the SVR gala on the Saturday. Hope all goes well!

 

Cor! 16,500hp from 180 cylinders if all five locos have both of their Deltic units running!!

 

I reckon that needs several thousand tons to do it justice.

 

Wrong weekend for me, I'll be bashing some things a little less powerful, aka 2 33s and a 20 at the Churnet Valley Diesel Weekend.

 

Maximum for the 5 loco lashup would be 14850 bhp, 9016 runs on one engine only. One good place to watch this spectacle is going across the crossing at Rammy station.
Local forecast is for sunny Saturday, wet for Sunday, so photting Saturday, travelling Sunday. But as my departed Father-in-law used to say - wouldn't pay weather forecasters with holes out of brass washers! One of the few jobs where you can continually get it wrong and not loose that job.

 

Indeed - a trip down to Merehead Quarry might be in order.

 

As noted - happenned last year as noted at Ramsbottom

Railway Herald :: Imaging Centre :: 55022 at Ramsbottom

 

There was a very dark but noisy video on you tube from that run too.

(edit) Found it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Ho0Ktz7Sk

Richard

 

No matter about the darkness - only need earphones!! :music::music:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/langtreephotography/sets/72157631592492835/

Lovely pic. But only one engine running on each loco. How many more can be fired up I wonder?

Richard

 

A few shots from the Deltic event on Saturday

Modern Traction - David Tomlinson Photography

Dave

 

They are coming back today down the Calder valley to York, drop one off and then on to Barrow Hill.
10:25 pass Mirfield
Times have been published.

 

Heres mine from the evening

Deltic Night Shoot - a set on Flickr

Jason

 

They look wonderful, fit and ready to do a hard weeks graft on the ECML.