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For anyone too young to have heard a Deltic in full cry, you missed an unmistakable howl that could be heard for miles. In 1961 when the Deltics were first introduced I lived in Tollerton, ten miles North of York. It was the middle of a 20 odd mile flat, straight stretch, known as the "Racetrack". I could hear a Deltic coming South through Thirsk, about 20 miles away, enough time to leave home and get down to the station in time to see it tear through! They looked magnificent on the front of a train of Pullman coaches; "Tyne Tees Pullman"," Heart of Midlothian" etc. I believe that they are speed limited now which is a great shame but it is understandable now that they no longer have Doncaster "Plant" as backup.
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