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364 viewsHaving remove "Courageous" from the front. Deltic is pushed by "Princess" onto Stand Road, stopping all the traffic on this busy main road for a few minutes.Sep 14, 2015
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377 viewsOff down the line for Deltic with "Princess2 pushing.Sep 14, 2015
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369 views"Deltic"Sep 14, 2015
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376 viewsPrototype Deltic on the swing bridgeSep 14, 2015
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376 views14/09/2015 - An attempt to get the Diesel Prototype back to its place of manufacture 60 years earlier at the English Electric Works which was at Strand Road.
Earlier in the day -"Courageous" and "Princess" where used for the first time to move the Lindley Oil tankers down the line to the processing works and are now being used to top & tail the Deltic back down to Strand Road.
Here "Courageous" pulls Deltic onto the swing bridge tailed by "Princess"Sep 14, 2015
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372 viewsNewly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda"Sep 13, 2015
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358 viewsNewly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda" heads back along the Riversway back towards Riversway station on the 13.40 service.Sep 13, 2015
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351 views"Princess" heads across the swing bridge towards Strand Rd with the 13.40 service.Sep 13, 2015
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342 views"Courageous" being pulled backwards across the swing bridge by to Preston Riversway StationSep 13, 2015
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359 viewsBagnalls "Princess" heads back from Stand Road towards the swing bridge.Sep 13, 2015
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361 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.Sep 13, 2015
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366 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.Sep 13, 2015
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356 viewsAnother view of the drivers controlsSep 13, 2015
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362 viewsThe driving seat and his controls.Sep 13, 2015
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380 viewsAt the back of the driving position and between the engine compartment, there are some panels - Removing one of the panel covers shows the state of the electrics - bakealite switches. Not very safe after 60 years. These would all have to be replaced with modern switch gear and all upgraded before it would be allowed to run again.
It would not be the same machine if done. Just a shell of the original machine would remain.Sep 13, 2015
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374 viewsA tight fit and not much room to walk along inside the engine departmentSep 13, 2015
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