DELTIC ENGINE START - Hear that famous NAPIER Engine kick into life! 55009 'Alycidon' at GCR 

I used to be a support worker a few years ago and used to take an autistic man to watch the trains. I'm not a train spotter by any means but the noise and vibration of that engine was unreal. I remember the look on the service users face as the platform vibrated. Even though the man I looked after was a bit concerned about the noise (we were literally stood by the side of it) he couldnt stop talking about the train for hours after. Great memories😊👍

When I was young these ran the GNER line, and when they entered York station they were so loud they would stir you coffee for you. Then there were the times when there was a north and south bound train in the station at the same time.....

Oh how a lifetime changes outlook and opinion. As schoolboy’s we detested them, where were our B1s, A1s, A2s, A3s and obviously A4s. Today I go “great class of locomotives, why were they ever withdrawn?” Funny what 60+ years does. Long may it run, thank you.

Definitely the "Mallard" of the Diesel's ❤

When I was a kid in the 60s and early 70s the ECML ran past the bottom of our garden on the stretch between Potters Bar and Hatfield. You could hear a deltic coming from miles away, I loved them!

That is the sound of the infamous deltic starting it’s engine & they have the most distinctive rumble hands down!

Now preserved for twice as long as she was in service, a true racehorse. The other lovely deltic noise is of course the ‘shaken bag of bolts’ as an engine is shut down.

No other sound like it. Awesome.

I can remember them in Waverley Station drawing people just to listen to that wonderful sound of power, magnified beneath the station canopy!

Deltic Preservation Society: At first, I chuckled - now THAT's British! But on second thought, the Deltic was an engineering triumph of its day, and as such deserves preservation and being kept in operating condition.

That's a sound from my childhood. I'm old enough to remember some of the Deltics still being in two-tone green With D prefixes to their numbers, though some were blue by then with no D's. Late 1960's.

She sounded beautiful and that blast of clag was great!

Music 🎵🎵🎵🎶 To my ears ,Love the sound of the Napier going on for 60 years or more ❤❤

I remember standing on Grantham station next to one of these beasties back in the day. LOUD

Love that noise even on only one engine 🙂

Excellent job and awesome catch!!!💯😎👍🏼

Excellent job and awesome catch!!!. Definitely the "Mallard" of the Diesel's .

Would have sounded even more awesome if both engines had been started 😎

It's alive, it's aliiivvvveee

What a tremendous engine.

Used to watch Deltic's as a kid running on the main line though York.

I'm just happy to see as much Great Central stuff as alive as possible!

The Deltic was in fact diesel electric. The diesel engine powered generators which in turn powered electric motors which drove the train. It had advantages of torque deliverance free from clutch changes which would have been problematic when hauling a heavy mass.

Beautiful thing 😍

Amazing .

Yes, I remember them well. Restoration underway at a local heritage railway.

Lovely locomotive

Awesome

Heard above all else at any station. Currently enjoy the 68’s. They make a beautiful noise. So many complaints in Scarborough they had to take them off the York - Scarborough duty

excellent

That engine hums ..

Majestueuse machine

My school holidays in the late 70s, buy a rail rover ticket (unlimited travel) and jump on as many deltic hauled trains as possible 😊

Think I might have worked on that one at Greensfield TMD.

Deltics sound best when thundering along towing heavy loads. they make the ground rumble.

I'm not being negative, but they just don't sound the same on only one engine. Lovely to see her even so.

Mega 🔥💨

Chris Rea wrote a song about Deltics called... er... Deltics! Look it up on RU-vid! In fact, his second album is actually called Deltics!

Napier offered the Deltic to the MOD for the new Oberon class submarine in the early 60's. The MOD turned them down. They were used on TON class coastal minesweepers in the late 50's as magnetic pulse generators as they could supply an instantaneous load of 2500 Amps for the magnetic sweep.

There's never any drama with a Deltic. Being a two-stroke, it gets twice as many chances to start per revolution compared to my fave 37s. The downside of Deltic two stroke is the oil spew down the side spoiling the glorious paintwork.

Pure music!!

Used to watch the "real thing" when standing on York Road platform in the 1960s.

As an ECML /LNER/GNR lover, the deltics were certainly worthy of taking over from A4s and A3s.

Music by composed by English Electric, played by Alycidon.

I wonder if these engines would benefit from the addition of electronic injection control? Would be a bit of a job doing the programming though.

Brewster! :)

What makes the locomotive, or its engine, so perfect? In my opinion, it sounds like a washing machine when it spins, and our locomotives from ČKD are not only stronger but also nicer and sound like locomotives. What's so great about her, I wonder, I'd like to understand. Thank you. :)

I presume only one engine was used because of the slow line speed limit and relatively light load?

fun fact is the noise at the start of video is class 55 priming pump?

The girl in the orange dress she was great.defo a wedding I would loved to have been invited too.

Charles Bronson Deltic Driver? Must be on day release!

I always wondered what the fuel mileage is.

Typical that the rear cab door and window are both left open. I always used to say you can find a gurd's house easily because it's the one withe the doors and windows left open.

There ae 3 engines sounds that hit the mark , the Deltic , a Lancaster Bomber and a lambretta ......

Lovely locomotive design. Absolute beast. But I still don't know why they went for this overly complicated engine layout. Just like the H16 BRM engine as an example.

Interesting how unlike the English Electric diesels, this just starts right up with no fuss like EMD and GE prime moves. The EEs have to be coaxed to start up right.

Hello mind if I come becuse it’s my sons birthday soon and he really likes trains

Yeah it has two Napiers in that chassis

how nuch hp can 1z55 put to tracks and how much power can they produce

It’s got two engines, double the thrash

I think the 37’s sound best

0:22 Missed !

Railway version of Beethoven

Did they only start one engine?

Very strange! I think I need to hear a Deltic in person because I don't get what all the fuss is about! To me a Class 37 wins hands down for entertainment!

How do they start? Not electric, i guess. Compressed air?

Did onlyv1 engine start?

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Nice but not a patch on the Class 37...

Hope the evidence of the oil spill is nothing too serious 🤞🏻

Some say "good old Deltics" but I tell the truth. They were the greatest scrap iron jungles I have ever seen. I was on a ship with those and they were so dangerous you were not allowed out of the control room when they were started.

Sure that's not an ALCO with the amount of oil running from the exhaust outlet? 😆😂😅🤣

Baldhead and bearded operatives: shave your faces and wear BR hats to respect the era of the locomotives your drive.

...only running on one engine and the tell-tale signs of oil vomit down the exterior...........

@ 0:23 the train driver trying to act cool fails to land his boot on the lower step................... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nope...nothing like a class 50 startup.... not even close.. N x

Hope the old guy doesn't drive this thing.

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