I must apologise for the Quality of this clip it was shot on 8mm film which over the intervening 35 years has deteriorated the clip starts with Deltic's off their normal lines followed by up and down the east coast
Back in the late 70s and very early 80s I would often be at Kings Cross - the sight and the sound of a row of 55’s - wow, unforgettable. But also mixed with the lovely sounds of Paxman Valentas too. What an audio symphony that was. Kind of smoky place I seem to recall 😁
Agreed. But the 125 is the most successful diesel loco of all time, so comes an honourable 2nd place. Then the 'Thumper' (don't laugh) - that idiosyncratic DMU that made that 'thump thump' noise hence its nickname!
@@TheShowgirl25 No. There's several running. Four or five which is amazing given that there were only 22 in the class. Lots of engine classes are entirely extinct.
AWESOME NAPIER HELLFIRE!!! thank you. My old dad used to work for English Electirc and was one of the wiremen on the prototype Deltic 1 and many of the production locos!!
8.00m " your train is going to suffer a slight delay" I was sad to see Ballymoss being cut up, she was my elusive Celtic. Never did get to see her in person. Good clips. Great sound. Thanks for sharing.
Great footage! I have 2 memories from my childhood! When I was very young! 1 was you could tell when a Deltic came into Leeds station - the floor used to vibrate and that unique sound! I can remember it vividly! And 2) A memory and a regret - I used to live next door to an engineer who worked at Holbeck shed and one Saturday when the bosses were not in me and my dad were taken down to the shed and given a walkthrough of a Deltic and a Class 40 cab to cab! I only remember I hated the noise! Too young to appreciate how lucky I was to be able to do this! To this day I wonder which one I got to see from the inside!? But will never know! As it was before 1977 (I think 1975) so I believe all were still running?
Amazing to think deltics were doing this day in day out before i was born and i am 51 great to know that six survive , i saw them in there last three years of service at doncaster, brass rubbing the name plates yes did that too , deltics and woodhead electrics taken out of service round about the same time, miss them both, meld was my favourit , great video realy enjoyed it thanks
And now the end is near for their replacements too. Although we haven't had proper HST sound for a few years, I'll still miss them trundling up and down the ECML. Will anyone care about the next gen?
I hated the 43's when they fits came into service but after travelling many miles behind them and watching them STORM out of Paddy with VALENTAS SCREAMING I thought THESE ARE OK!!! NO ONE will EVER remember Yingers (crap locos) or any electric monstrosities!
Ah! That Deltic Wail. Brings back so many memories. You could tell if there was a Deltic running in Kings X long before you entered the station. That noise has been a life companion, first as a spotter in Kings X, Then I had a girlfriend in Knebworth within earshot of the ECML and would hear them roaring past in the night. After that in the early 80's after they had been displaced onto semi fasts by the HST's I would often ride behind one up to Newark returning to base in at various RAF stations after weekend leave.I also had many years listening to Deltic engine noise at sea on Ton class minesweepers. Pure nostalgia. Thanks for posting.
Great footage. Brings back good memories. What a waste though, like most of the other scrapped diesels. They were built to last and, more importantly, maintained to a very high level by BREL and the depots. Proof is the fact that many locos are still running now, 60 odd years after manufacture.
Please don't apologise for the quality, we are all just thankful you put this up for us to see! The last two machines that inspired me were the Concorde, and the Deltic
Don't apologise, you captured some brilliant footage there. It's great to see them in action at their best in the last couple of their lives too. A big thank you for sharing this too.
Brings back so many memories. As Murray Walker once said, the finest loco's British Rail ever owned.I was lucky enough to see all 22, albeit 1 and 20 were in the plant when I saw them.
This is how I remember the Deltics, in their final years before the space-age HSTs took over. Although at the time I viewed the HSTs as the future and Deltics as recycled frieght locos, I now see how so many people miss them as in turn our miss ourValenta powered journey shrinkers. It was a strange sight going out on training trips with HST sets that hadn't even seen fare paying passengers and hadn't even had the protective plastic pulled off the carpet and now seeing htem shipped off for scrap and- worse- being sent to hobly gobly land as second class traction. Now to be replaced by trains from Japan that have torture devices for seats.
Today,would kids be waiting at a railway station to see a loco power up? The CTC was pretty impressive .My Dad controlled a lot smaller one in New Zealand in the 1960's.
Thanks for that it The clips are part of a 8mm e film and film a groups of us made in 1980 I still have the film and keep saying one of these day I will get it digitised
Hi - my name is Nic Greene I'm a volunteer at the Watercress Line. I'm making a short promo video for our Diesel Gala this year. As part of the line up we'll be having D9002 and I wonder if I could use a short clip,10-15 second from your 'Deltic 1980' as the opening shot. Attribution will, of course, be made to any clips used. Many thanks - Nic Greene ( Geralldus on TH-cam )
Hi - thanks very much but it should be ok. it's just to give a sense of the speed and power of the Deltic on the mainline. I used a similar clip for the 2017 Summer Gala promo - Nic
I suppose the purpose of the video was to show the locos, but I always feel short-changed when the shot stops as soon as the engine has gone past. I want to see the train, not just the engine.
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Back in the late 70s and very early 80s I would often be at Kings Cross - the sight and the sound of a row of 55’s - wow, unforgettable. But also mixed with the lovely sounds of Paxman Valentas too. What an audio symphony that was. Kind of smoky place I seem to recall 😁
the greatest diesel locomotive ever built in the history of the world ,and will never be surpassed
I'd love to see one again but I think there are very few left running.
DITTO !
Agreed. But the 125 is the most successful diesel loco of all time, so comes an honourable 2nd place. Then the 'Thumper' (don't laugh) - that idiosyncratic DMU that made that 'thump thump' noise hence its nickname!
@@TheShowgirl25 No. There's several running. Four or five which is amazing given that there were only 22 in the class. Lots of engine classes are entirely extinct.
I think the most iconic British diesel electric would be a better way of describing the Deltics
Don't worry about the picture quality - it's the sound that is so awesome!
Yes. Best sound ever
Beast of a video anymore mate
Epic things. Nimbus, York, late 1970s. First time I saw one. Fabulous.
AWESOME NAPIER HELLFIRE!!! thank you. My old dad used to work for English Electirc and was one of the wiremen on the prototype Deltic 1 and many of the production locos!!
Oh those were the good days & life was more simple then! Great work 🇬🇧👏
that is a fantastic footage it brings back memories of the deltics that rule the east coast mainline
8.00m " your train is going to suffer a slight delay"
I was sad to see Ballymoss being cut up, she was my elusive Celtic. Never did get to see her in person.
Good clips. Great sound.
Thanks for sharing.
Great footage! I have 2 memories from my childhood! When I was very young! 1 was you could tell when a Deltic came into Leeds station - the floor used to vibrate and that unique sound! I can remember it vividly! And 2) A memory and a regret - I used to live next door to an engineer who worked at Holbeck shed and one Saturday when the bosses were not in me and my dad were taken down to the shed and given a walkthrough of a Deltic and a Class 40 cab to cab! I only remember I hated the noise! Too young to appreciate how lucky I was to be able to do this! To this day I wonder which one I got to see from the inside!? But will never know! As it was before 1977 (I think 1975) so I believe all were still running?
Amazing to think deltics were doing this day in day out before i was born and i am 51 great to know that six survive , i saw them in there last three years of service at doncaster, brass rubbing the name plates yes did that too , deltics and woodhead electrics taken out of service round about the same time, miss them both, meld was my favourit , great video realy enjoyed it thanks
It's still fabulous footage and it's captured those beauties for eternity!
Atmospheric and brilliant
You know you're getting old when you get nostalgic about British Rail.
Some wonderful footage there, very nostalgic. Beautiful machines, expertly maintained by Yorkshiremen! Thanks for sharing this.
And now the end is near for their replacements too. Although we haven't had proper HST sound for a few years, I'll still miss them trundling up and down the ECML. Will anyone care about the next gen?
I hated the 43's when they fits came into service but after travelling many miles behind them and watching them STORM out of Paddy with VALENTAS SCREAMING I thought THESE ARE OK!!! NO ONE will EVER remember Yingers (crap locos) or any electric monstrosities!
You can’t beat the sound of that Deltic two stroke diesel at full power
Magnificent! Say no more. 🖤
Ah! That Deltic Wail. Brings back so many memories. You could tell if there was a Deltic running in Kings X long before you entered the station. That noise has been a life companion, first as a spotter in Kings X, Then I had a girlfriend in Knebworth within earshot of the ECML and would hear them roaring past in the night. After that in the early 80's after they had been displaced onto semi fasts by the HST's I would often ride behind one up to Newark returning to base in at various RAF stations after weekend leave.I also had many years listening to Deltic engine noise at sea on Ton class minesweepers. Pure nostalgia. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic stuff! That shot of The Durham Light Infantry blasting out of Gasworks Tunnel is spine tingling. Many thanks for posting.
Great footage. Brings back good memories.
What a waste though, like most of the other scrapped diesels. They were built to last and, more importantly, maintained to a very high level by BREL and the depots. Proof is the fact that many locos are still running now, 60 odd years after manufacture.
Please don't apologise for the quality, we are all just thankful you put this up for us to see! The last two machines that inspired me were the Concorde, and the Deltic
Don't apologise, you captured some brilliant footage there. It's great to see them in action at their best in the last couple of their lives too. A big thank you for sharing this too.
Remember traveling from Kings X to Newcastle behind a few of these beasts
Brings back so many memories. As Murray Walker once said, the finest loco's British Rail ever owned.I was lucky enough to see all 22, albeit 1 and 20 were in the plant when I saw them.
Thanks. Brilliant tribute collection.
This is how I remember the Deltics, in their final years before the space-age HSTs took over. Although at the time I viewed the HSTs as the future and Deltics as recycled frieght locos, I now see how so many people miss them as in turn our miss ourValenta powered journey shrinkers.
It was a strange sight going out on training trips with HST sets that hadn't even seen fare paying passengers and hadn't even had the protective plastic pulled off the carpet and now seeing htem shipped off for scrap and- worse- being sent to hobly gobly land as second class traction.
Now to be replaced by trains from Japan that have torture devices for seats.
I was there in 1980 im my parker coat taking the nameplate cayon etching too , ha, best times ever
What brilliant memories!
MAGNIFICENT! 😍
Wonderful footage, many thanks!
thats a great shot of tutyar speeding through blasting her horn as an ic125 speeds past
Today,would kids be waiting at a railway station to see a loco power up? The CTC was pretty impressive .My Dad controlled a lot smaller one in New Zealand in the 1960's.
awesome. Cheers very much!
1:06 to 1:50 mins # 17 and then # 22 both going south at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Some great clips there mate.
Thanks for that it The clips are part of a 8mm e film and film a groups of us made in 1980 I still have the film and keep saying one of these day I will get it digitised
To my other father who drove the engines rip with themy ron
ooooohhhh the power and the glory
Great stuff! :)
The railtours at the beginning are in 1981 - not sure about the rest of it.
00.53 is how they should be remembered.
I've noticed 6 windows on each side of these locomotives, not including drivers.
Would this be for passengers to actually travel in the loco units?
Are you real??? 🤔
dont think their ears would work after
Oh ye get it digitised have you got more deltic footage and can we have some more please
Wow Selby station and swing bridge
Do you have any more footage of Selby to York line
Great vid thanks for posting
Brilliant 👍🏻
WOW 😳
Cripes, a 55 with the boiler still working, brave lad them is.
Hi - my name is Nic Greene I'm a volunteer at the Watercress Line.
I'm making a short promo video for our Diesel Gala this year. As part of the line up we'll be having D9002 and I wonder if I could use a short clip,10-15 second from your 'Deltic 1980' as the opening shot. Attribution will, of course, be made to any clips used.
Many thanks - Nic Greene ( Geralldus on TH-cam )
HI Nic no problem will the quality be good enough from you tube ?
Hi - thanks very much but it should be ok. it's just to give a sense of the speed and power of the Deltic on the mainline. I used a similar clip for the 2017 Summer Gala promo - Nic
2:54 old meets new
Should never have scrapped em
Had this video,was expensive £22 for 30 min
I suppose the purpose of the video was to show the locos, but I always feel short-changed when the shot stops as soon as the engine has gone past. I want to see the train, not just the engine.
So lets see some of your "superior" footage then....miserable git.
Problem is that in the days of 8mm, every second cost real money. Understandable that the camera would go off after the loco had passed.
STEAM TRAIN LOLZ