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

[@martinkevill8853]

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😊👍

[@5port5ter]

❤

[@robertlees7528]

Many days spent on Doncaster station. Still have a photo from 1968 of me and friends stood next to duke of wellingtons regiment in two tone green. Best Days of my life. Now nearly 66 hrs old

[@patthewoodboy]

I did the same

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

I too have autism. i love the sound its incredible 🙂

[@24934637]

Know what you mean! I'm not a train spotter either, but the Class 55 is something special! The sound, smell and heat that comes off it as it rumbles past, shaking the ground is awesome!

[@tomooo2637]

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.....

[@trainsplanes]

That would have been something I’d have loved to hear - Two Deltics side by side must have been quite something to listen to! 👍

[@SteveSearle]

Was a highlight of a day on the station seeing these in action at York in the 70's

[@davidcousins3508]

Yep I remember them on the East coast mainline at Grantham early to mid 70s..impressive 👍

[@penelopefidkin109]

My husband was an engineer at York Station - repaired Deltics during the 1970’s.

[@FranksPlace-jk7pj]

Clean burning compared with the monstrous Diesel-Electrics we have here in North America which puff out black smoke.

[@RoliRuli]

Used to live in a student accommodation in Lewisham London, and we had a railway literally outside of our window, and occasionally one of these would come past our window at 6am, shake the whole building and fill the whole room with diesel smoke. It was only 6 years ago but it feels nostalgic.😊

[@bobgreen8142]

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!

[@delta7155]

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

[@johnmurray8428]

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.

[@SpeccyMan]

Schoolboys know a plural doesn't have an apostrophe!

[@gromit346]

​@@SpeccyMan Damn! I bet you're fun at parties.

[@dianeunderhill8506]

​@@SpeccyManTalking about Deltics on here, not having an English lesson!

[@Grychon]

A stunning piece of machinery and an important part of railway history.

[@SMX815]

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

[@Baribrotzer]

More a really loud, deep buzz - caused by a Deltic having three times as many firing events per revolution as a conventional V-12, plus (probably) a higher RPM due to its shorter stroke.

[@SpeccyMan]

... its engine ...

[@pootispiker2866]

EMD says hello

[@everaldoalexandre6246]

Belíssima máquina. Essas locomotivas são muito diferentes das locomotivas utilizadas no Brasil. Aqui as ferrovias utilizam locomotivas americanas ou fabricadas no Brasil de modelos americanos. Contudo acho essas muito bonitas e com design único. Favor publicar vídeos com fichas técnicas e mostrando o interior da cabine do condutor. Parabéns pela bela filmagem !

[@brianwillson9567]

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.

[@bernardwarr4187]

What a fantastic piece of British engineering

[@2010ditta]

No other sound like it. Awesome.

[@ATomRileyA]

What a tremendous engine.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

Fantastic Jumo design, licensed by Napier.

[@AnthonyFurnival]

She sounded beautiful and that blast of clag was great!

[@g8ymw]

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

[@mccloryjim]

I saw one on Tuesday 10th Dec in Nottingham pulling some passenger carriages, it sounded awesome, loved them when i was a kid in the 70s, they were old then lol😂

[@ianwarriner8193]

Love that noise even on only one engine 🙂

[@trainsplanes]

Agreed - Great sound 👍

[@simongleaden2864]

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.

[@JudahHarris-n3w]

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

[@JTV84]

i had the luck of sitting behind alicydon on the return leg of the auld reekie until she broke down and we coasted into berwick station. nothing wrong with the deltic engine, it was the traction motors that failed. what a day!

[@geraiswaiya2347]

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

[@trainsplanes]

Couldn't agree more! 👌👍

[@graemekornicki6810]

What was that awful buzzing noise before start up that wasnt deltic related

[@Baribrotzer]

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.

[@trainsplanes]

Those guys do such a great job with the locos - Well worth a visit to their workshop to see their work up close. 👍

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

Superb German engine design... Napier bought the design from Junkers Jumo..

[@99672]

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

[@antonydicesare4632]

It's alive, it's aliiivvvveee

[@grahambrown5013]

In 1969 aged 13, I travelled from Kings Cross to Scotland to see some relatives, Alycidon was the engine on that train.

[@xjr1300nut]

Just awesome, always loved the sound of a hard working diesel

[@jamobrien8955]

That was the cleanest sounding BR55 engine I’ve ever heard

[@stephenpowell5912]

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

[@StarlighAK]

My grand dad works at the ticket booth at this station and takes me to the railway all the time

[@malcolmabram2957]

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.

[@DonFelixGallardo]

I thought it was steam…

[@markbeale7390]

Better traction control,ie could transition traction motors+ bogeys from series to parallel

[@SpeccyMan]

@@markbeale7390parallel

[@DonFelixGallardo]

@@SpeccyMan steam… 🚂

[@royfearn4345]

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

[@trainsplanes]

She’s back running on both now 🙏👍

[@michaelstaley2241]

Lovely locomotive

[@TheRealPolecat]

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

[@Bazgren8843]

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

[@RanDomRikM]

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

[@weatheranddarkness]

I didn't realize they were fitted with two units!

[@RanDomRikM]

@ yes, hence their very unique resonating sound from the 72 pistons. When running on one engine the 'music' is not the same.

[@kezhawks]

Amazing .

[@Julie-ye8uh]

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

[@SlickCrusty]

excellent

[@GTown054]

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

[@adampike198]

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

[@trainsplanes]

Definition of a good day out that 👌👍

[@lucherve6169]

Majestueuse machine

[@paulstevens9409]

Very nice 👌

[@michaelgibson4705]

I think this Deltic takes its name Alycidon from a famous racehorse of the late 40’s the horse was considered one of the greatest “Stayers”if so it’s very appropriate for this engine

[@TheJamesbomfray]

Beautiful thing 😍

[@Willbo-cu4eb]

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.

[@billyweir714]

Awesome

[@Paws4thot]

Music by composed by English Electric, played by Alycidon.

[@ianmitchell1594]

We did exactly the same 👍

[@6panel300]

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

[@Dave5843-d9m]

I saw one about 10 yers ago, pulling a freight train near Stafford. It was the wonderful Deltic noise that made me take note that there was even a train going by. They failed because BR decided to to do the engine maintenance. They did not have the skills and were working in steam engine workshops that are simply not clean enough for any diesel engine work.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@Dave5843-d9m What planet was this...?

[@renoholland7090]

I always wondered what the fuel mileage is.

[@batman51]

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

[@trainsplanes]

Good memories there 👌👍

[@karanthony]

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

[@Steven_Rowe]

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

[@Pomdownuder]

kzbin.infoN2wUMLpTRmM?feature=share Deltec startup

[@MaxWalker.1989]

What is the difference in pulling power in comparison to a modern day freight engine??

[@fx-studio]

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.

[@davidkidd3975]

Don't be stupid it would be in limp mode if you put modern technology onto this engine

[@zuzanasemkova2809]

Such a music!!!

[@trevorspottiswood985]

Pure music!!

[@steventhornton4716]

I wish they had of saved more of them I had 007 pinza as a model

[@P0RT3RS1GN4LM4N]

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

[@voidjavelin23]

first point since its going to operate on a heritage railway

[@FinnDavid2979]

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

[@voidjavelin23]

yes

[@garethbrown4231]

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

[@agussetiana3887]

That is Brewster in Chuggington

[@brnenskeborec9601]

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. :)

[@Grid56]

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.

[@richardsolberg4047]

That engine hums ..

[@timcarpenter2441]

Did they only start one engine?

[@trainsplanes]

Yes - They only run it on one engine usually at heritage railways.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

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

[@noelwilde]

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.

[@ConnorsWorkshop17]

Mega 🔥💨

[@andywilley3041]

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

[@andrewdking]

I've been told the Deltic locos were known as Bombers because they sounded like a Lancaster bomber approaching

[@andywilley3041]

@andrewdking not heard that said before however I can see or hear what they mean..

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

@@andrewdking Deltics were called bombers because they were German Jumo aircraft engines, licensed by Napier.,

[@noooo_safechat2589]

It’s got two engines, double the thrash

[@jasonga]

Yeah it has two Napiers in that chassis

[@buckrogers2828]

Those were the days when we actually had something. Now just those Electric Lawn mowers

[@jasonga]

I think the 37’s sound best

[@SpeccyMan]

I agree.

[@RangieNZ]

Brewster! :)

[@GraemeMurphy]

0:22 Missed !

[@davidfuller581]

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.

[@RickMaddren]

Yep. And on a really cold day, spent a quarter of an hour puffing and banging and occasionally shooting flames before they start to run properly. I have even seen an HSV125 cold start and it did that too

[@highvoltageswitcher6256]

Charles Bronson Deltic Driver? Must be on day release!

[@andyhill242]

Did onlyv1 engine start?

[@trainsplanes]

Yes - I believe 009 only has one engine operational currently.

[@williamwatson5871]

@@trainsplanes Shame. What do they a sound like with two ?

[@geoffeastwood5352]

@@williamwatson5871 Your ceiling will fall in.

[@brianwhittington5086]

​@williamwatson5871 I saw the whole class, and been on them many times over at Doncaster in the mid - late 1970s. They were regularly on platform, or on a through express every day. They would make the ground shake as they pulled away with a full train of carriages. Same with a trough train, you knew it was Deltic hauled long before you saw it. They have a unique howl on full power that is unmistakable once you've heard it.

[@BigRed-dr6we]

@00:20 Is he even sober?! Don't miss that step now.......

[@omega_profile1]

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.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

The Deltic began life as a German Jumo aircraft engine, it was an excellent design in terms of power to weight ratio and thermal fuel efficiency..

[@andylinton2798]

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

[@philipkay8116]

You put the DC supply from the batteries into the generator and turn it into a motor which turns the engine.

[@gerrywatson261]

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!

[@stevenelliott5403]

I've only heard one at London Victoria some years ago, believe me these things sound impressive, very loud, it's the only reason I even noticed it

[@andrewdking]

​@@stevenelliott5403I've been told the Deltic locos were known as Bombers because they sounded like a Lancaster bomber approaching. Both engines need to be running at speed I guess to get the out of phase effect

[@trevoruthy]

Not a patch on the sound of a Class 40 !!!!! the exhust just sounds like a load of air beimg blown through a massive can. Went to Stoke on Trent many years ago to see go through in a horrible Porterbrooke livery, and thought what a let down sound-wise, all the same they are a very special diesel loco though I must admit.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Only one started, title said "hear that" should have read "hear one of"

[@AllenORourke1954]

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

[@davidmonro3270]

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.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

Is that what they told you?

[@markbeale7390]

What ship?,deltics mostly aluminium.

[@andrewdking]

​@@markbeale7390The Deltic engine was developed for RAF WWII motor torpedo boats

[@markbeale7390]

@andrewdking Yeah I know, the comment specified a ship?,no control room on a boat.

[@andrewdking]

@@markbeale7390 Maybe that's why someone was asking the name or type of ship if it wasn't a MTB ?

[@anllpp]

When Britain was great

[@stephenphillips8956]

Big, brutish and very British.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

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

[@paulaisbitt1180]

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

[@trainsplanes]

It’s a characteristic of the Napier engine - Keep topping up! 👍

[@digitalradiohacker]

Oil spill? Oh, you mean the AELS? Automatic Exhaust Lubrication System

[@elrjames7799]

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

[@bertiewooster3326]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@jimihendrix991]

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

[@neilobusk]

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

[@markaylott1780]

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

[@bennickss]

Funny, the ALCO RSD1 sounds like a Class 20, built by EE. This was also built by EE.

[@billsmith305]

Hope the old guy doesn't drive this thing.

[@christinebaker8754]

He doubtless knows more about it than you do.

[@klaushieltmann3290]

🥱🥱