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  1. kylerona
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    I was chatting to a friend on the phone today about Deltic 9's unfortunate failure, and trying to find reasons to explain why the flashover had...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 16, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    The excellent book "Deltics at Work" by Alan Baker (with photos by Gavin Morrison) has a whole page (p25) covering the subject of Deltic traction...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 16, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    Bad news that a generator was also damaged, as the generators are unique for the Deltic power units. Unlike the traction motors that are...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 14, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    Thanks Sean. I suspect that the Automatic Route Setting (ARS) might have been responsible for 'automatically' routeing the North Berwick stopper...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 11, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    When a Deltic is running on two power units, there should be two field diverts at approximately 52 and 78mph. When running on just one power unit...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 8, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    Agreed. There are no guarantees about anything, except for death and taxation. However, more research seems to confirm my initial thoughts that...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 7, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Auld Reekie 3/03/19

    I enjoyed the Tornado haulage but was gutted to be sitting behind a failed Deltic at Berwick station once again, on the same platform where D9000...
    Post by: kylerona, Mar 5, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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