Deltic Decimates the countryside. (and it turns up mob handed)

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  • Опубліковано 29 кві 2013
  • There we were, quietly savouring the birdsong, when this filthy great brute obliterates the scene with its noise and smoke. Magnificent.
    This is 0Z20 (as the headcode on the Deltic says) 0852 Alton to Castleton Hopwood Gf, diesels returning from the Gala at the MHR back to the East lancs Railway, led by BR Class 55 "Deltic" D9009 Alycidon. Missed it on the way down, was determined to catch it on the way back. Boy was it worth it.

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  • @MrKnowwun
    @MrKnowwun  4 роки тому +29

    I know what the classic Latin meaning of decimate is, the modern idiom is used in this video under artistic license . ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT WILL BE REMOVED

    • @VadoVoodoo
      @VadoVoodoo 3 роки тому +14

      Touchy!

    • @richardwild3971
      @richardwild3971 3 роки тому +1

      DOYLE

    • @hcrun
      @hcrun 3 роки тому +8

      "Modern idiom"? What "modern idiom"? There is one definition and one only.

    • @anthonyglee1710
      @anthonyglee1710 3 роки тому +7

      I would just stick to plain English to avoid confusion.

    • @ralph5407
      @ralph5407 2 роки тому +6

      Great, censor comments you don't like, very democratic.

  • @68xperfectx
    @68xperfectx 4 роки тому +7

    The sound of the Deltic in full song takes me back to being 6 years old stood at my parents bedroom window waiting in anticipation of the Deltic pulling out of the station, could hear it three miles away. Loved watching and listening to them thundering past at 100mph. Modern trains are sterile now, all sound the same with no individuality.

    • @AndreA-ke2id
      @AndreA-ke2id 2 роки тому +1

      @shaun truman. These days you're better off staying at home and listen to your vacuum cleaner. Same sound as all the plastic trains today.

  • @MarioStahl1983
    @MarioStahl1983 4 роки тому +8

    😂 These old iron horses seem to last forever. Indestructable!

  • @hubs37
    @hubs37 6 років тому +28

    I love all the birds singing and twittering to one another, so peaceful and idilic

  • @TheFlyingBusman
    @TheFlyingBusman 4 роки тому +17

    The Deltic sounded mean just idling but on full chat..... wow! I used to lie awake in bed every week night for the express service from Doncaster to Hull to pass just after 10pm pulled by a Deltic. That sound just carried on the night air like no other.

    • @jameswhite5780
      @jameswhite5780 Рік тому

      Haha same in Swindon used to hear a Class 50 late night early morning parcels probably chugging through the countryside
      The sound of the clag through the air was something to behold

    • @firefox3187
      @firefox3187 Рік тому

      Yep same here. Was like a rugby team of Brian Blessed’s slowly bumbling along past 1-2 miles away

  • @myriaddsystems
    @myriaddsystems 5 років тому +7

    Chunky beauty of unstoppable, uncompromising power, absolutely gorgeous. We won't see her like again 😣😢

  • @mikeroberts5646
    @mikeroberts5646 6 років тому +60

    All my life I,ve loved my German Trains from kid on,but I have to say this British brute looks awesome however little I know about English Trains
    Wow awesome color scheme too
    Don’t worry Ladies and gents this German loves your cars older that is,love you Brits as well

    • @MrKnowwun
      @MrKnowwun  6 років тому +5

      check it out at 93 mph ua-cam.com/video/uDm8oG1yB4Y/v-deo.html and 100mph at night ua-cam.com/video/1scc2h5PflU/v-deo.html, - nothing quite makes a noise like a deltic with its engine gunned,.

    • @samsmithsonite1595
      @samsmithsonite1595 5 років тому +1

      Mike Roberts ua-cam.com/video/2BFoiCHuAxc/v-deo.html

    • @stormwarrior5241
      @stormwarrior5241 4 роки тому +1

      Love you too Man!

    • @AlexEssex8
      @AlexEssex8 4 роки тому +2

      I think Deltics (along with Vulcan bombers and Lightning fighters) do look brutal and sinister but beautiful because of it!

    • @Bulletguy07
      @Bulletguy07 4 роки тому +1

      @Mike Roberts.....and this Brit loves your Autobahns which are a pleasure to drive by comparison to our motorways!!

  • @laurencehughes4964
    @laurencehughes4964 9 років тому +13

    awesome. pieces of our railway heritage and history thank you for sharing.

  • @piusais721
    @piusais721 6 років тому +7

    I lived just behind bentley station and loved watching the diesels, how i miss it!!

  • @tractorsmachinesro1405
    @tractorsmachinesro1405 4 роки тому +8

    Great rail therapy....I like IT!!!!....ALL THE BEST from ROMANIA!!!!

    • @danielsellers8707
      @danielsellers8707 Рік тому

      Your country built the first 30 of our class 56 locomotives in the 1970s. Greetings from England.

  • @danlaplain8212
    @danlaplain8212 5 років тому +4

    Nice to hear some of coming back In service to help out.

  • @sheepfarm7560
    @sheepfarm7560 4 роки тому +1

    Love these engines brilliant video you have done .

  • @TheAudiostud
    @TheAudiostud 9 років тому +17

    I wasn't old enough to appreciate "Steam" I grew up with these Dirty Rotten smelly Oil Burners and I loved them, I enjoyed reading Andy Houghtons anecdote takes a man blessed with a curtain amount of knowledge, to rescue the situation with out to much fuss, you can tell a man from Wigan, But! you can't tell him much…

  • @johnwilliams9240
    @johnwilliams9240 5 років тому +3

    Started my working life at English Electric Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, 1964 Technician Apprentice.
    Rows of Deltics and one GT 3, now all gone.

  • @china-trip
    @china-trip Рік тому

    Wow... !!! My best friend, It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

  • @neilbolger2679
    @neilbolger2679 2 роки тому

    These DELTICS are great sounding machines. And I'm that the 33captain Bill was there too. Seen it a few times and I miss the 33 sounds in Portsmouth greatly. Nice little engines. Great video

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 3 роки тому

    We used to see this Deltic regularly at our depot in Wimbledon having her wheels turned, we had one of the few wheel lathes that can do it when the wheels are STILL on the loco! My old dad probably did the wiring on her along with the others! Nice catch!👍🏻

  • @timgrist9649
    @timgrist9649 8 років тому +3

    What a treat to see this procession.! Thanks for posting.

  • @mattstowell8481
    @mattstowell8481 8 років тому +20

    That's a lot of lovely hardware, right there.

  • @TomsSteamVideos70013
    @TomsSteamVideos70013 11 років тому +2

    Great video. You was lucky to get them to stop there! Some lovely thash coming from Alycidon. I'd love to see that beast on the mainline. Tom.

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 4 роки тому

    More power, Love the BR 5 in this from the Class 55, 33, 47, 20 and the 37 💞 Great Vid

  • @msmirandagirl
    @msmirandagirl 10 років тому +19

    Love it!! There is no replacement for displacement!!

  • @rentaghost
    @rentaghost 8 років тому +8

    Brilliant footage. Diesel overload for any Diesel fan. Good work. Thanks for posting ;-)

    • @samsmithsonite1595
      @samsmithsonite1595 5 років тому

      rentaghost1975 ua-cam.com/video/2BFoiCHuAxc/v-deo.html

  • @DaveIncredibleW
    @DaveIncredibleW 4 роки тому +3

    the Deltic has always been my favorite train, nice video

  • @NiallMS1
    @NiallMS1 11 років тому +2

    Used to watch Deltics running full tilt along the straight past Abbots Ripton. Great sight, fantastic sound!!

  • @peteotoole8383
    @peteotoole8383 2 роки тому

    first part started to drift off sound was so peacfull 😂😂 then the on coming storm great video

  • @888johnmac
    @888johnmac 8 років тому +125

    typical.. you wait ages for a train then 5 turn up at once

    • @keith6400
      @keith6400 6 років тому +7

      and there's no seats available

    • @jeremycaldecoat1699
      @jeremycaldecoat1699 6 років тому +1

      I only counted two.

    • @al66class59
      @al66class59 6 років тому +4

      (Sarcasm) doesn’t come across when typed.
      He’s referring to each of the locomotives in the convoy as one train. 5 locos in convoy, 5 trains at once.

    • @neildeakin4454
      @neildeakin4454 5 років тому +1

      ahaha, sadly there was zero trains, just locomotives

    • @GWR-fd1up
      @GWR-fd1up 4 роки тому +1

      @@neildeakin4454 well there was one train and 5 locomotives

  • @trainsofthewest265
    @trainsofthewest265 10 років тому +1

    Nice!!! If only it was like this today. Still, these will be the good old days one day!

  • @mekydro
    @mekydro 11 років тому +2

    Lovely. I saw this cavalcade pass Woking, but alas was at work so only glimpsed it out of a window.

  • @williamkelley7654
    @williamkelley7654 8 років тому +6

    Nice, no noisy clanging signals in the background too!

  • @middley1964
    @middley1964 10 років тому +1

    Lucky getting that lot all at once ! great footage !

  • @Finsami71
    @Finsami71 3 роки тому +1

    'Alycidon' . Always gives me shivers. Respect.

  • @mattseymour8637
    @mattseymour8637 4 роки тому +1

    Nice sounds from the Deltic and good shot

  • @chuckydickens7258
    @chuckydickens7258 10 років тому +4

    Deltic 9000s are my favorite locomotives. I'm holding an Identical model of D9002 in my hand even as I type.

  • @irelandbloke
    @irelandbloke 5 років тому +4

    Superb 👍🏻

  • @CPRail4744
    @CPRail4744 10 років тому +1

    Awesome!!! Love that sound...Greetings from Canada!

    • @MrKnowwun
      @MrKnowwun  10 років тому

      Thanks and greetings to you too. Hows that cold weather of yours?

    • @CPRail4744
      @CPRail4744 10 років тому

      Actually warming up again, and where I am in western Canada (British Columbia), it never really got the Polar Vortex thing.
      I was in the UK for three weeks in 2011 and travelled everywhere by train, and loved it. Can't get your scenery and railway network out of my head!

  • @Boatman248
    @Boatman248 4 роки тому +1

    What a brilliant runner!!

  • @christophersharp317
    @christophersharp317 4 роки тому +2

    I absolutely love it :) such beautiful machines, though it has to be said that little songbird sings way louder ;)

  • @giuseppegulino
    @giuseppegulino 6 років тому +2

    grazie di cuore per questo bellissimo video con un gruppo di stupendi locomotori ELETTRO DIESEL grazie veramente per bel lavoro un caro saluto giudeppe

  • @Passengervehicles
    @Passengervehicles 10 років тому +1

    Excellent videos

  • @PhilPage227
    @PhilPage227 4 роки тому +1

    Fabulous to see those beasts together.

  • @DaveInBridport
    @DaveInBridport 11 років тому +1

    Such a distinctive exhaust note

  • @chrisst8922
    @chrisst8922 3 роки тому +2

    One of the most recent times anyone bothered to put the TOPS number on a train.

  • @jamesbutterson5218
    @jamesbutterson5218 3 роки тому +1

    The birds are chirping so peacefully and then! The ole chugger pull's up 😂🐦🕊️🐝🚂💨

  • @whitemoor66
    @whitemoor66 11 років тому

    Nice vid. I filmed her last July on her first run up the ECML after returning to the mainline again, and she sounded awesome then too.

  • @Lawrence5987
    @Lawrence5987 10 років тому +11

    Heavy metal thunder-it's music to my ears. Great British engineering at it's best!

    • @2760ade
      @2760ade 4 роки тому

      Judas Priest in locomotive form, yeahhh love it!

  • @bjoe385
    @bjoe385 4 роки тому +4

    Why couldn’t I have been born 70 years earlier so I could drive these things.

  • @Crewecabking
    @Crewecabking 5 років тому +1

    Lovely video I need to see D9009

  • @AldofromBordeaux
    @AldofromBordeaux 11 років тому +3

    1 word : Prfect
    thank u sharing that gem

  • @derekhartley5157
    @derekhartley5157 5 років тому +1

    I'm in my late seventies now, but can remember when I first saw a Deltic, I was probably about 13/14 years old, I was with a few mates at Northwick Park (before the hospital was built) in Kenton, Middlesex -( but now north London) which is on the west coast main line from Euston. The line has a steady incline up from London. The usual express trains were headed by Coronations, Royal Scots or Princess class steam locos, often double headed by a black five, and usually passed us at approximately 40-50mph, working hard, belching clouds of smoke. But on one particular day, no smoke but a heavy throb of a large diesel engine from a light blue Deltic with 12 coaches at a speed we all estimated at approx. 65-70 mph. I then thought "this is going to be the end of steam" This sight made quite an impression on me, and to this day when I see a Deltic (especially in blue) on UA-cam or in railway films/ Museums, my mind goes back to that sight I had nearly 60 plus years ago.

    • @newforestroadwarrior
      @newforestroadwarrior 4 роки тому +1

      The light blue Deltic was the first prototype. It is now in the National Railway Museum.

  • @simoncroft2158
    @simoncroft2158 5 років тому +1

    A rare sight indeed ! Thumbs up

  • @HomeMoviePerson
    @HomeMoviePerson 11 років тому

    Great shots.

  • @ItzzOliOfficial
    @ItzzOliOfficial 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing video, beautiful british machinery

  • @rammergramps
    @rammergramps 10 років тому +1

    great catch that is for sure loves the sounds

  • @daviddun4162
    @daviddun4162 Рік тому

    I used to dash across the Mytery (the Wavertree playing fields ) in Liverpool to the embankment to see the blue Deltic with a yellow arrow sweep by towards Lime Street Station. must have neeb about 1957 or 58.

  • @mikesuch9021
    @mikesuch9021 2 роки тому +1

    🎶There's a little hotel
    called the Shady rest,
    At the Junction. 😉

  • @sitarnut
    @sitarnut 5 років тому +2

    Looking at the front coming at me I realized it looks a bit like a caterpillar, or the larval stage of Mothra... anyway, I love the Deltics... genius engine.

  • @Goodchappy
    @Goodchappy 9 років тому +1

    I like the almost silent horn @ 4:46 LOL !

  • @arch9enius
    @arch9enius 7 років тому +4

    This thing was a lot louder on the platform at Medstead & Four Marks... but the 37 was getting all the attention

  • @johnbrown9092
    @johnbrown9092 5 років тому

    What a catch. Well done.

  • @smithpm81
    @smithpm81 5 років тому

    Great video

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 Рік тому

    Iconic footage of Class 55 deltic Locomotion ❤️❤️❤️

  • @sre331l
    @sre331l 10 років тому +51

    A Deltic on test at Vulcan foundry had the same governor/limiters fitted at both ends, not normal practice but they wanted to test her on the dynomometer...to cut a long story short all the engineers ran when they failed and she showed 3000rpm and over 7000hp causing smoke to rise from the windings.....it took one of the old hands who had taken a part time job of an evening cleaning the shop floor to take his broom to the fuel cut off valve to avert disaster. One Engineer in his haste ran through the personnel door in the hanger doors into what he thought was the night sky. It turned out the hanger door was half open and it was a black painted wall! He recovered a few months later after a long stay in Billinge Infirmary. 2-stroke diesels, perfect balance, shame the fuel consumption was so bad!

    • @michaelmcneil4168
      @michaelmcneil4168 6 років тому +1

      What was the fuel consumption?

    • @rogertycholiz2218
      @rogertycholiz2218 6 років тому +1

      They were no more fuel guzzlers than the American EMD locomotives.

    • @PhilPage227
      @PhilPage227 5 років тому +1

      Amazing story. My first two kids were born at Billinge.

    • @beaterbikechannel2538
      @beaterbikechannel2538 5 років тому +2

      It must've been bloody terrifying. No wonder the poor sod ran for his life and the old part timer casually shuts the engines off. That man had some balls. I'd have probably took off too!

    • @samsmithsonite1595
      @samsmithsonite1595 5 років тому

      Andrew Houghton ua-cam.com/video/2BFoiCHuAxc/v-deo.html

  • @martiniv8924
    @martiniv8924 3 роки тому

    Taken for granted as a kid, most lamented the loss of steam , me it still puts the hairs up on the back of my neck 🤪

  • @MikesMovies
    @MikesMovies 9 років тому

    Great stuff

  • @nablicman
    @nablicman 10 років тому

    Jolly good show.

  • @r3playretro
    @r3playretro 8 років тому +1

    My favourite diesel loco

  • @terryburton851
    @terryburton851 2 роки тому

    pure joy THANKS....

  • @jonnybottle
    @jonnybottle 10 років тому +2

    I imagine Mirrlees Pioneer would be one of the first to have a Mirrlees Blackstone engine, made in Stamford

  • @dn5751
    @dn5751 8 років тому +20

    That's the most measly horn I've ever heard.

    • @TarHeelBrit
      @TarHeelBrit 5 років тому +3

      True but their might be horn restrictions in place.

    • @Meddled
      @Meddled 4 роки тому

      Michelle D. Deltics just have squeaky little horns.

  • @MrKnowwun
    @MrKnowwun  11 років тому +1

    Yup, the very same, one stop up from Alton.

  • @MEKAYJIMMYNATHE
    @MEKAYJIMMYNATHE 10 років тому

    Great video, don't know how I missed this one? Liked, faved, subbed.

  • @DiggerEvans
    @DiggerEvans 6 років тому +1

    fantastic

  • @timosha21
    @timosha21 2 роки тому

    I'm a tram 🚋 and I approve this video! Ding ding!

  • @herrbohnen
    @herrbohnen 10 років тому

    Must be difficult to see where you're going , what is in the "Bonnet" area ?

  • @bkendlerA4
    @bkendlerA4 11 років тому

    Nice one Jeff. Is that the South Western Alton Line? Barry

  • @MikesMovies
    @MikesMovies 4 роки тому

    There is just no other look or sound, iconic locos, I've watched this before, Great video. would there be a chance of using some of the audio to go with a model rail video I am planning please?

    • @MrKnowwun
      @MrKnowwun  4 роки тому +1

      yeah sure, copy what you want.

    • @MikesMovies
      @MikesMovies 4 роки тому

      @@MrKnowwun Many thanks, moist kind :)

  • @topautos
    @topautos 6 років тому +1

    Super loco !

  • @Michael_Michaels
    @Michael_Michaels 3 роки тому

    This sighting is the equivalent to a jackpot!

  • @stormwarrior5241
    @stormwarrior5241 4 роки тому

    So is it 'towing' five dead engines or push/pull 4?

  • @toonmag50
    @toonmag50 4 роки тому +2

    I think these locomotives were Dr Who's arch enemy.

  • @multimapping8303
    @multimapping8303 8 років тому +2

    Dat sound! O.O

  • @KINGANDCASTLE
    @KINGANDCASTLE 11 років тому

    Nice one. D9009 due at Didcot GWS over May zBank hols.

  • @philt4346
    @philt4346 6 років тому

    nice bit of riveting there

  • @sloth-gaming
    @sloth-gaming 6 років тому

    wow you are so lucky!

  • @arguspanoptes9510
    @arguspanoptes9510 5 років тому

    At least the first engine is in tune with the colours of nature...

  • @felixthecleaner8843
    @felixthecleaner8843 5 років тому

    Awesome!!

  • @choirboyfromhell1
    @choirboyfromhell1 11 років тому

    Now that's what I call a lash-up.

  • @owenevans83
    @owenevans83 7 років тому +1

    Impressive!

  • @craigcrushme
    @craigcrushme 4 роки тому

    Doodles of the Deltics by some poor youngster would often be mistaken for those of a motor-car, given the notched ends of the locos.

  • @lrcb40
    @lrcb40 10 років тому +1

    Nice!

  • @Domdeone1
    @Domdeone1 4 роки тому +2

    How dare you-you stole my future..

  • @dakariszulu
    @dakariszulu 7 років тому +3

    Is it me or does the Class 37 look depressed at being at the rear?

    • @ajmedia1274
      @ajmedia1274 4 роки тому

      Still my favourite along with the class 40

  • @johnmoran7117
    @johnmoran7117 4 роки тому

    That's quite a sight.

  • @theodyssey-seawandererofca2053
    @theodyssey-seawandererofca2053 4 роки тому +1

    Those birds were loud eh!

  • @MrSwinny88
    @MrSwinny88 10 років тому +6

    why do 4 people dislike this vid, its bloody awesome.....power!

    • @tiki2950
      @tiki2950 4 роки тому

      Needs a tripod for the camera. Too Jerky.

    • @iandocwra1169
      @iandocwra1169 2 роки тому

      Far too much extreme zoom causing motion sickness, perhaps?

  • @valvlog4665
    @valvlog4665 4 роки тому

    6yrs on -- excellent. How did you get it to stop? Tied a kitten to the track?

    • @TheEnglishTrainSpotter2021
      @TheEnglishTrainSpotter2021 4 роки тому

      VAL VLOG no it’s Single track after there so it had to wait for the other train to pass

  • @CoreyKinley
    @CoreyKinley 5 років тому

    Awesome

  • @ghoulunathics
    @ghoulunathics 4 роки тому +1

    1:52 lmao it has a face like it had to leave all of it's loved ones behind forever=D

  • @shanedavis9166
    @shanedavis9166 4 роки тому

    It certainly is the dogs roundy bits