The Rail Enthusiast thread

[vernon]

Some pictures from a recent sojourn down south.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Mad Doug .......D9021?

That's the Deltic that I think now survives in the form of a flame cut cab which the owners installed a driving simulator in. Although I'm not a deltic fan, that would, nonetheless be very cool to experience!!

I'll be buggered if I can remember its name though!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

...... Argyll And Sutherland Highlander!!

EDIT: It is the cab from 55008 The Green Howards that has the simulator in, but the cab from '21 does still exist too.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

.........

Its the class 50s' I memorised, I hated Deltics as everyone waffled on about them as if they were built by God himself!!

 

[classic33]

...... Argyll And Sutherland Highlander!!

EDIT: It is the cab from 55008 The Green Howards that has the simulator in, but the cab from '21 does still exist too.

You cheated! You looked at the answer!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You cheated! You looked at the answer!

Yebbut its only a Deltic

 

[classic33]

Yebbut its only a Deltic

And it was named after a Scottish regiment!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And it was named after a Scottish regiment!

BERRR!!

 

[classic33]

BERRR!!

You got the West Yorkshire regiment right though!

 

[vernon]

Its the class 50s' I memorised, I hated Deltics as everyone waffled on about them as if they were sent by God himself!!

For those of us who lived on the East Coast Mainline, they were heavenly sent. Walking through the engine room with both engines running was an unforgettable experience.

Class 50s were exotic but shapeless boxes just like the class 47s.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The ones I know

9000/55022 'Muriel' (Royal Scots Grey)
55001 St Paddy
55002 'Koyli' (Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry)
55003 Meld
......
55006 Fife And Forfar Yeomanry
55007 Pinza
55008 The Green Howards
55009 Alycidon
.....
55012 Crepello (I think)
55013 The Black Watch
......
55015 Tulyar
55016 Gordon Highlander
......
55018 Ballymoss
55019 Royal Scots Fusiliers (I think, I always get '16 and '19 mixed up)
55020 Nimbus
55021..... What was it again?? ..... Oh yes the Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders
55022 'Muriel'.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I might actually remember them all one day!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

55017 Durham Light Infantry??

 

[vernon]

Just copy and paste the listing from a Deltic fanboy site MDB.

Recalling them isn't worth troubling one's neurons.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

So @Rockay..... D857

Oh and no peeping!!