 Most viewed - Ribble Steam Railway - Autumn Steam Gala + Deltic to Strand Rd. - 2015 |
334 viewsA little bit of one of the two Deltic Napier 18 cylinder engines.
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321 viewsInside cab view of the controls at No1 End. - Not much of a view of the line from the control seats looking forwards.
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313 viewsOpen day around the Museum and a chance to look around inside the Prototype Deltic before in returns to the NRM.
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313 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.
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311 viewsBagnall "Princess" returns along the Riversway straight with the 10.15 freight with "No 6" banking.
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309 viewsSmall doorman and also steps down into the engine and generating sections.
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309 viewsOff down the line for Deltic with "Princess2 pushing.
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309 viewsDeltic Prototype on Strand road
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308 viewsBagnalls "Courageous" waits to take out the 12.15 service from Preson Riversway
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307 viewsPrototype Deltic on the swing bridge
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305 viewsDeltic Prototype on Strand road - The former site of the English Electric site where it was manufactured.
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304 viewsBagnalls "Priness" banking the 11.00 service towards Strand Rd.
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304 viewsNewly restored ex Corby Steelworks Hawthorn Leslie 3931/1938 "Linda"
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304 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"
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303 views"Princess" and "No6" banking out the 12.15 service pulled by "Courageous"
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301 viewsDeltic Prototype standing in the museum.
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