Reply to post: Re: A nice tilt to Gricerdom

This 125mph train is fitted with LASERS. Sadly no sharks, though

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Re: A nice tilt to Gricerdom

"Now Deltics, they sounded cool at full throttle."

My Dad worked on the Deltic design at Napier in Liverpool. By the time I understood the significance, he wasn't around any more. Sorry Dad. RIP.

Meanwhile there is of course a Deltic Preservation Society, and a selection of Deltics still in operation on preserved and mainline services.

http://thedps.co.uk/

In fact in recent months the new emissions regulations combined with increased demand for rail freight and a shortage of new locomotives that meet them have resulted in diesel locos being brought out of preservation and back into mainline use (their age means they don't have to meet the emissions regulations?!).

http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/news/lunacy-brussels-bid-to-reduce-exhaust-emissions-backfires

Plenty of Deltics on Youtube. And Class 37. And and and.

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