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Frontcover:(1)55011 TheRoyalNorthumberlandFusiliers explodesoutofScarboroughunderthenowremovedornate signalgantryon15August1981withthesummerSaturday1A37the08.47BridlingtontoKingsCross.Deltic11hadjust takenoverheretotakethetrainforwardforthejourneytoLondon.JustvisibleontheleftoftheDeltic’snoseendisthe portalofthedisusedFalsgraveTunnelwhichtookthe1965closedlinetoWhitbyalongtheNorthYorkshirecoast.
Frontispiece:(2)Onacold,darkanddampChristmasEveatNewcastleCentralstationin1980,55005 ThePrinceofWales’s OwnRegimentofYorkshire hashauleditslasttrainforafewdaysovertheChristmasperiod.Again,thetrainisasecondary service,1S56,the17.34stoppingservicetoEdinburgh.Littledidweknow,butNo5hauleditslasttrainthefollowingmonth, intheearlyhoursof30January1981,beingwithdrawnduringa‘B’ ExamatitshomedepotofYorkasthetrainheatingboiler wasseverelydefective.
RearCover:(83)After55015 Tulyar hadhauledtheoutboundlegofthe DelticScotsmanFarewell toEdinburgh,theDelticran lightbacktoGatesheadT.M.D.whereitisseenhereilluminatedbythedepotyardlights.ThenlaterthateveningNo15ran lighttoYorkT.M.D.and,justlike55009, Tulyar wasimmediatelywithdrawn.
55021atLowFellon19March1979 (8)Lookingatthewinteryconditions,thephotographermusthavebeenusingtopqualityequipmentandfilmtocapture 55021 TheArgyll&SutherlandHighlander taking1S28,the13.00KingsCrosstoBerwick-on-TweedpassingthroughLow Fell,GatesheadonMonday19March1979,averycoldovercastandsnowywinter’safternoonintheNorthEastofEngland. ThelightingtowersofTyneYardarejustvisibleinthebackground.Deltic21hadactuallyleftKingsCrosson1S17,the09.00 toBerwick,butthedriverhadfoundafaultwiththelocoandtheDelticcameoff thetrainatPeterboroughandwentontothe depotthere.ThefaultcouldnothavebeentooseriousasNo21wasdeemedfitenoughtore-enginethisservicefrom Peterborough,justfourhourslater.
55005atTollerton(HalfwaySign)16April1979 (12)Inthe1930stheL.N.E.R.fixedseverallargemileagesignsalongtheeastcoastroute.ThelargesignatTollertoninNorth YorkshireisthegrandestandindicatestheexacthalfwaypointbetweenLondonKing’sCrossandEdinburghasbeautifully caughtherewith55005 ThePrinceofWales’sOwnRegimentofYorkshire on16April1979with1E14,the14.50fromBerwickupon-TweedtoKing’sCross.No5hadthelongestnamegiventoanyDelticandwasofficiallynamedinaceremonyatYork on8October1963.
55007atSpittal9May1979 (15)WiththegloriousbackdropoftheestuaryoftheRiverTweedatSpittal,northNorthumberland,onasplendidspring afternoonand55007 Pinza isskirtingthecoastheadingsouthsoonafterleavingBerwick-on-Tweedwith1E14,the14.50 departureforLondonKing’sCross,againmanytrainsstartinghereduetothePenmanshielTunnelcollapse. Pinza wasone ofFinsburyPark’s‘racehorses’ unlikethe‘regiments’ fromHaymarketandGatesheadbeingtransferredtoYorkaroundthis time,theystayedallocatedinLondonforanothertwoyears.
55014atDurhamViaduct12May1979 (18)ThisviewofthespectacularDurhamViaductjustsouthofDurhamstationisanotherpopularspotforrailway photography.Builtin1857theviaductcrosseshighoverDurhamCityandtheRiverWear.Ontheviaductwesee55014 The DukeofWellington’sRegimenttaking1S31,the15.00King’sCrosstoBerwick.Thefollowingday‘TheDuke’ wastransferred toYorkT.M.D.andmoresecondarywork.
(33)Inthespringandsummerof1979afterthecollapseofPenmanshielTunnelduringheavymaintenancesomethrough trainsweredivertedviaCarlisle,buttherewasonlyonesuchtrainnorthboundduringdaytimehours,thiswastheonethat 55003 Meld isseenwith,1S12,the05.50King’sCrosstoEdinburghatHarthopedescendingBeattockbankintheremote, ruggedbutbeautifulEvanWaterValleyontheWestCoastMainLinetowardsCarstairs.InMarchof1979No3hadreceiveda FinsburyParkdepotinnovation,bypaintingthecabwindowsurroundswhiteinthewaytheywerepaintedasnew,butwhen Delticsweretwo-tonegreenthiswasashadeofgrey. 55003atHarthopeBeattock4August1979
55012atNewcastle7March1981 (47)LateSaturdayafternoon7March1981atNewcastleCentraland55012 Crepello hasjustbufferedupto1S15,the17.35 stoppingservicetoEdinburghWaverley.Youcanseethelocalrailwayenthusiastswiththeirheadsoutofthefrontcoach windowsandventilators,butotherthanthereverberationof Crepello’s enginesonthestationroofitlookslikeaquiettime passengerwise.No12carriestheFinsburyParktrademarkofwhitecabwindowsurrounds.D9012wasturnedoutfrom VulcanFoundryon4September1961and,asliketheother‘racehorses’,wasnamedinDoncasterworkswithoutceremony.
55010atRoyalBorderBridgeBerwick4September1981 (67)WehavementionedthebeautifulviaductsofthenortheastofEnglandseveraltimesinthiscollectionofphotographs, butthelargestandmostmajesticisTheRoyalBorderBridgewhichspanstheRiverTweedinNorthumberland.Thisthough isnottheborderbetweenScotlandandEnglandasthisisthreemilestothenorthofBerwick-upon-Tweed.Crossingthis28 arch,Grade1listedviaducton4September1981is55010 TheKing’sOwnScottishBorderer onanotherunusualtrainfora Deltic,1S15,the15.53CarlisletoEdinburghviaNewcastleservice.
