DB Schenker Deltic
 

Hi All.

Whats this i heard from a friend today that DB Schenker have got a Deltic what are they going to do with it.
I just hope to god they are not going to paint it in that awful red.

ccmmick.

Is it Nimbus ? :D:D:D

Two questions !

1) Which one ?

2) Why ?

Hi CCMMICK, Is your friend getting confused between DB Schenker and DRS? They acquired a Deltic recently.

Regards, 62440.

Well i dont know all he told me is what i have said ????

I very much doubt that DB Schenker will be splashing cash on that sort of purchase, with the financial state they are in every penny is being cut back just to make the books look a bit healthier! Those beasts are too old for any serious work these days.

I have just phoned him he said that he read it in a rail mag but which one he cant remember so i dont know????.

ccmmick.

The Nimbus reincarnation

Will it have three 666:mad::mad::mad::mad:

ccmmick.

wHooooooooooooo The Ghost of Deltic Past

Went past so fast I missed it!:p

Ho Ho Ho, 62440.:D:D

I live right next to Roche Rock where the Omen was filmed years ago so if i see this Deltic go through Roche station i will shit myself.

ccmmick.

Oh yee all of short memories !

http://www.railwayforum.net/showthread.php?t=3222

And a photo.:D

http://www.fictitiousliveries.fotopic.net/

Just 5 mins and a bit of Google-ing.

Thanks for that Philip.

I dont like the colour or the big headlights.

Thanks again.

ccmmick.

Yes thanks for that. Question: is the big wooden cross to keep the vampires away?:eek:

Regards, 62440.

I think my mate has got confused with DRS and not Schenker.

ccmmick.

ccmmick My sister used to live in a railway keepers cottage near Roch I stayed many times visited Roche Rock what a wierd place .Love Cornwall not been down for a while since she moved to the isle of skye .traions were but a few feet from the window

Yes Garrat
The Rock is a very spooky place i have been upto the top many times on a clear day you can see for miles and on a moonlit night it looks very sinister i can see it now out of the window.

ccmmick.

A secret Deltic made it into preservation.
Maybe this is 55020 Nimbus from MoD Ashchurch.

(....groan....)

(....Yawn....)

I seem to recall this being conclusively disproved in another thread.

Hi Rassy.

Are you just trying to wind us "oldies" up ?

We all like a laugh and a joke but your obsession with this matter is getting a little tiresome. As and when (or IF :D) you find any accurate information on the matter then I'm sure we would all be interested to hear but until that time I think the matter should be considered closed.

Ok Rassy.
We have been over htis in other threads but I will tell you here.
At MOD ashchurch they seem not to know anything about such a loco.
Where ever they have got it from it probably was not here.

Nice to see DRS using deltic on main line dutys.............:)

Gordon Highlander purchased by Martin Walker
 

From the DPS website

Gordon Highlander purchased by Martin Walker
Thursday, December 31 2009 @ 21:30 PM GMT

Martin Walker is delighted to announce completion of the purchase of D9016 'Gordon Highlander'. The loco should be collected from the HNRC facility at Barrow Hill early next week by 55 022 and moved to its new home at the East Lancashire Railway. Both Deltics should be in operation at the Railway on Saturday 9th of January and Martin looks forward to seeing many there for what promises to be an entertaining day.

It is also planned to have both locomotives running on the ELR on February 13th, after which the operational engine from D9016 will transferred to 55022 as a short term measure to get RSG back into full working order at the earliest opportunity. Once the overhauled unit is completed, the plan is to use D9016 as a running in test bed for this unit.

Purely by coincidence I found a link to a fairly comprehensive Deltic related site. http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk

Regards, 62440.:D

Thanks for that 62440 a very good site
and a Happy 2010 to you.

ccmmick.

Thanks Mick, Hope you have a good one too!:D

Regards, 62440.:)

Interesting !

Looking at the detailed history of each loco it seems engines were swapped over on a regular basis,twice or three time a year !

Was that usual with the more conventional diesel engined locos ?

PS Just been viewing the photo record of power unit 406 being totally rebuilt at Paxmans workshop. I dare not think what the bill was for that job. Much as I like building engines I would fight shy of a job like that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Philip,

The Deltic engine was a highly strung beast which on a regular basis used to throw "a leg out of bed" ie a piston through the crankcase, this with other design issues made it easier to repair out of the loco,so when there was a problem the defective unit was lifted out and a spare dropped in, all in an eight hour shift if I remember correctly. So hence the reason for a few engine changes each year, I'am not aware of this being carried out on any other class though.

Cheers John