Deltic Delight at Stafford and Bescot. Fantastic to see them on the mainline again 👏. 24.9.22.

[@Bevoin1970]

That engine, that Livery, that train, just looks pure class.

[@mickd6942]

Doesn't D9000 look stunning, spent so many hour's at doncaster as a twelve or thirteen year old watching deltics , they always impressed me and hold a special place in my heart

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Doncaster Station was the first place I ever saw a Deltic as a little lad - standing alongside it then I realised it was a very special machine....the only loco that shook the platform even on tickover!

[@lynton09]

Beautifully turned out - and the sound of that Napier engine, awesome.

[@sarribel]

What a beauty!!! Congratulations to all those taking care of her. THX

[@iankirk9781]

Beautiful and what a lovely sound . So good to see this great engine again . Thanks for putting this video up ..

[@geordieceltic2]

Just think, I used to take these machines for granted at Newcaste Central. Pure magic.

[@Megavector2022]

Sounds even better when both engines are working.

[@johndodd2157]

As a 5-6 year old in the early 1950’s we used to have many trips to Stafford Station where my grandfather was a signalman, my aunt worked at English Electric’s drawing office and I remember that there was a scent of excitement but nobody told me why. We went as usual to watch the second half of the “Midday Scot” come thundering through. We stood on the platform looking towards Baswitch, where my great uncle was also a signalman, to see the first signs of steam and smoke of the engine. All the signals were set but no sign of a steam locomotive, all of a sudden out of nowhere, a blue engine pulling the familiar coaches roared past, perhaps more of a rumble! Jumping up and down with excitement I asked my dad and his sister “what was that”, they both replied “ An English Electric Deltic” That evening under the gaslighting at grandads house on Russell Street the full story of their knowing what was to come that afternoon. I still have those memories made vivid by your video, thank you.

[@garyparker2541]

Lovely evocative post! Thanks for sharing!😊

[@briankinder9292]

Brings back memories of watching the blue prototype on main line test while train spotting at Litchfield Trent valley, round mid day heading for Scotland. Bescot back in the 50's was our local spot for train spotting and sneeking into the engine sheds.

[@herbsterbear]

Gorgeous beyond gorgeous!

[@markherzog9484]

Amazing engines, reminds me of my days watching the WR trains thundering through Ealing and Hanwell to and from the West Country in the 60’s and early 70’s……the ground literally shook when one of the ‘Western’ locos roared past a full tilt……

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Hello Mark, I think the Deltics never made it into Cornwall due to the Tamar bridge weight restrictions.

[@johnchild61]

@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 warships D800 at speed through Southall sometimes double headed with a King ! Great days sitting on the foot bridge steps down to the sheds at Southall , same place where there was a rail disaster a few years back now, first Great Western hit a freight train.

[@keithmartin1523]

Superb and thank you for not adding irrelevant music.

[@andrewbush3744]

What a engine the sound brings shivers to my spine as a little boy I can remember Deltaics on the east coast line 1970s happy memories

[@johno4521]

Absolutely stunning paint job & crest/headboard on the deltic....

[@GricesGrowlers]

It is a fantastic train 👍👍

[@Itsme-eo9hh]

It’s perfection

[@blue2sco]

Good to see. My Grandad drove most of the Deltics during his career before moving onto the HST's.

[@Scania_girl.06]

D 9000 was the first deltic I ever saw back in April 2023, absolutely love the colour

[@jezm1703]

Love the sound of the Deltic ! 😀

[@sunnysiderails397]

Wow that thing is awesome!!! Love the night time train station vibes, cool video! All Sub'd up for the ride!

[@allenjenkins7947]

I can't imagine myself getting enthusiastic over a diesel loco, no matter how historic it might be,

[@billgunn7063]

Glorious. If only these came back to daily commute. Forgot just how quiet they are when hauling. Wish I followed my dream to drive Trains, but life set me on the rails of being a touring musician. Spending hours a day when in UK or 2 weeks, yes a whole fortnight travelling from Moscow to Mongolia! The glory days of Steam would've been my favourite. I've never been a Trainspotter. But, my family are all military, Grandad retired a Colonel, became an engineer and a "shunter" then moved on to Heathrow Airport to design Heathrow Express amongst other things. My Dad was a Heavy Gun Fitter, basically building Tank turret guns and servicing the 25ib guns used by King's Troop RHA. Mum was a Experimental Assistant in Gunnary out of MOD Shoeburyness. Had its own branch rail terminal. So I love dearly the engineering that go into these mighty machines. The engineers who keep her on the rails, in top form and in this Deltic looking stunning in her livery and large illuminated number display too. Excellent indeed

[@scottfw7169]

That's quite a family background!

[@stephenchecksfield632]

Absolutely fantastic video Paul D9000 Royal Scots Grey looks and sounds superb great to see her on the mainline again 👍👍👍👍😃😃

[@GricesGrowlers]

Thank you very much 👍 it is great and sounds fantastic 😀

[@stephenpowell5912]

Beautiful sounding Locomotive,That Napier sound is one of the most beautiful sounds from a Class 55 Deltic ❤️🥰😍 Fabulous video ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧

[@johnsummers3876]

Could almost feel the ground shaking; reminds me of coming up into Kings Cross from the underground when Deltics were there.

[@paulhugill4589]

deltics were still going when i trainspotted as a teenager. i remember royal scots grey.

[@denisoleary5302]

Love the BR logo.

[@alanmolyneux5957]

Think that's the 1s time I've ever seen a southbound train in platform 5 at Stafford? The departure sounded great on video, from the platform it must have been awesome.

[@SeputarantransportasiIndonesia]

Beautiful locomotif ...

[@JohnFryman]

Beautiful engine

[@allan5919]

Fantastic video footage of the Deltic and great sounds on it's departure from Stafford.

[@Martincars56]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing

[@machosker]

Great video, thanks for posting. Nice to see the loco running, shame it's not running both engines

[@johnemsden735]

always start on one engine then put the other on when running as both engines on causes wheel slip due to the power

[@lynton09]

The second engine does not start to work until the power handle moves beyond 7.

[@nickedwards2904]

@@johnemsden735 the other engine was not started full stop. The tour ran on one as the 2nd engine was not considered ready for the tour

[@nickedwards2904]

@@lynton09 or it does not start at all in this case as it was not used on the tour

[@jammin023]

Wouldn't surprise me if the 47 is only there as an emergency backup in case the Deltic fails...

[@mandymoo7406]

Thanks for this,it came by my house the day before and I hadn't a clue it was this even though my cctv recorded it,a fantastic noise it sure made

[@GricesGrowlers]

It does make a fantastic noise 👍

[@christurner.168]

Look at the old girl now. ❤

[@likklej8]

They used to run on named Expresses from Kings Cross in sixties with the service banner name plate eg The Elizabethan on front of the loco.

[@Spookieham]

Fantastic. The Granddaddy of all Thrash.

[@FB-tq5ln]

beautiful sound .

[@YorkshireMalsTrains]

wow enjoyed this, a sound to die for, have subscribed...Mal

[@GricesGrowlers]

Thank you very much 👍

[@jasonfernee2401]

Immaculate. The end.

[@pfflyer3381]

Beautiful

[@anthonywarrener1881]

What a great sight ! Well done.

[@quirkrail]

Great video Paul. Nice to have caught up with you last night mate.

[@GricesGrowlers]

It was a great night mate 👌 see you soon.

[@RailwayVideos.]

Sound is brilliant

[@sdroffey]

Magnificent

[@pettra1]

Awesome loco.

[@williamradford8817]

Deltic class 55-D9000 "Royal Scots Grey" in immaculate condition

[@markcousins9337]

Nice contemporary train, apart from MkII at front!

[@prof.hectorholbrook4692]

Superb!

[@SeeScotland]

Awesome 👌

[@chrisd5610]

Wonderful

[@ontrackrailfilms1652]

Very nice. I've subscribed

[@ashfaq1999]

Great video.

[@johnemsden735]

just as they were in the day starting on one engine then switch the other on when running, remember when they ran like this every day

[@nickedwards2904]

it only ran on one engine as the second was not ready at the weekend

[@ColinH1973]

Everyone loves a Deltic!

[@arthurrytis6010]

@Colin H. Except when you had to go and sort the Boiler out or pump the header tank up.

[@danspotter8618]

FANTASTIC VIDEO @Paul Grice New Subscriber here 😀 👏

[@GricesGrowlers]

Thank you very much 👍

[@danspotter8618]

@@GricesGrowlers your welcome 🙏

[@guyneeve9365]

Great clip. Subscribed too

[@GricesGrowlers]

Thank you 👍

[@xprs1257]

Fantastic super sharp filming .. Can I ask if this was done using a mobile phone GoPro or DSLR camera?

[@GricesGrowlers]

On my mobile 👍👍 thank you very much 👍

[@Outandaboutwithpoggy]

Very nice

[@2010ditta]

Epic.

[@RobertMiller-ye9hm]

Hey you fans could you tell me is this train the most powerful in UK I always wanted to know what the most powerful train is in this country. Please let me know I would appreciate it

[@georgerobson1864]

LMS. Custard Livery

[@Zebrails]

And awesome... Viewer # 4,000!

[@rajr1032]

Great ! Nice to hear the clicking-clack of the rails at the station. Aren't all rails welded for high speed trains?

[@jameslaurencesmith7537]

were both engines running ? brilliant anyway !

[@Lensman3333]

Great, was it a special service?

[@tom201090]

Was this one of the Avanti Replacement Services?

[@MEANASSJAMSTER]

it did not sound all that much like a Deltic ...but was not pulling 20 thousand tonnes of freight like they usually do....

[@UKHeritageRailways]

I think you may be a bit confused with another locomotive class. Deltics were never freight locomotives, being built for the East Coast Main Line express passenger services to Edinburgh. No single locomotive would shift 20,000 tonnes. An eleven coach train is around 539 tonnes. As to sound, that's exactly what a Napier Deltic engine should sound like.

[@tangerinedream7211]

And of course the west coast main line was part of the stomping ground of Deltic herself in the mid fifties.

[@neiljervisss100]

Lovely video, but was it running on a single engine

[@scotsguy422]

My thoughts exactly, seemed to be!

[@neiljervisss100]

@@scotsguy422 I later saw another video which said that it was running on a single engine.

[@scotsguy422]

@@neiljervisss100 Thanks. Can always tell when these loco's are only running on one engine! I recall being in Oban, summer 1981 (?) when Argyll and Sutherland Highlander brought a Sunday special in from Edinburgh with a MKIII rake set of push pull stock. Leaving Oban the loco was only running on one engine, struggled half way out of Oban ( 1 in 50 ish) and then I heard the second engine burst into life and accelerate the train. I took a photo of that train leaving Oban, clearly showing one engine only running.

[@martinbrzeczek172]

Only on one engine?

[@georgerobson1864]

Custard livery

[@mikeking2539]

Seems a bit dull on one engine! Is there some reason why they were only running it on one engine?

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

What was wrong with the second engine?

[@stephentravis7416]

who was the sergeant major strutting his stuff turn your flash off !ye its really going too distract him at 3mph

[@viruda21]

Knappy Knappy. Conjuuuu.

[@pajotero4219]

Running on one engine?

[@jimihendrix991]

D9000 only running on one engine?

[@aureol40012]

GAAAAAAA, why didn’t you pan the shot as it left??!!

[@1974silverboy]

Only running on one engine,?

[@the_reaper19_ttv7]

Why are they only running 1 engine she has 2 of them for a reason

[@notrut]

Singer Chris Rea is a Deltics fan ....

[@notrut]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltics

[@porno6361]

May seem a dull question,but does anyone know why it’s running on one engine,surely it’s putting more strain on the one Napier than having both running and easing the strain,after all,these babies need mollycoddling to increase their longevity

[@nickedwards2904]

second engine wasnt ready.

[@porno6361]

@@nickedwards2904 ok,cheers

[@jimrockford3662]

All those photographers must of “loved” you as it was leaving. Theirs always someone being greedy isn’t there?

[@deanie557]

"Turn your flash off please." Who's he, Adolf Hitler? 🙄

[@jamestalbot4900]

Maybe he just doesn’t want the driver dazzled by a ridiculously bright light shining straight at him?

[@grahamladeda8495]

@@jamestalbot4900 Quite right flash photography shouldn't be used on a platform and any responsible photographer would respect that.

[@supersprinter1564]

@@jamestalbot4900 who are you the woke police

[@terrymoore9388]

Anyone sensible knows you don't use flash in front of incoming trains

[@supersprinter1564]

@@terrymoore9388 get real